what country does turkey trade with?
Albania Algeria
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 Turkey has the world 's 17th largest GDP by PPP and 18th largest nominal GDP . The country is among the founding members of the OECD and the G @-@ 20 major economies . 

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 The independence of the Turkic states of the Soviet Union in 1991 , with which Turkey shares a common cultural and linguistic heritage , allowed Turkey to extend its economic and political relations deep into Central Asia , thus enabling the completion of a multi @-@ billion @-@ dollar oil and natural gas pipeline from Baku in Azerbaijan to the port of Ceyhan in Turkey . The Baku – Tbilisi – Ceyhan pipeline forms part of Turkey 's foreign policy strategy to become an energy conduit to the West . However Turkey 's border with Armenia , a state in the Caucasus , was closed by Turkey in support of Azerbaijan during the Nagorno @-@ Karabakh War and remains closed . 

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 Turkey is bordered by eight countries : Syria and Iraq to the south ; Iran , Armenia , and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the east ; Georgia to the northeast ; Bulgaria to the northwest ; and Greece to the west . The Black Sea is to the north , the Mediterranean Sea to the south , and the Aegean Sea to the west . The Bosphorus , the Sea of Marmara , and the Dardanelles , which together form the Turkish Straits , divide Thrace and Anatolia ; they also separate Europe and Asia . Turkey 's location between Europe and Asia makes it strategically important . 

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 The EU – Turkey Customs Union in 1995 led to an extensive liberalization of tariff rates , and forms one of the most important pillars of Turkey 's foreign trade policy . Turkey 's exports were $ 143 @.@ 5 billion in 2011 and reached $ 163 billion in 2012 ( main export partners in 2012 : Germany 8 @.@ 6 % , Iraq 7 @.@ 1 % , Iran 6 @.@ 5 % , UK 5 @.@ 7 % , UAE 5 @.@ 4 % ) . However , larger imports which amounted to $ 229 billion in 2012 threatened the balance of trade ( main import partners in 2012 : Russia 11 @.@ 3 % , Germany 9 % , China 9 % , US 6 % , Italy 5 @.@ 6 % ) . 

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 Turkey is a transcontinental Eurasian country . Asian Turkey , which includes 97 percent of the country , is separated from European Turkey by the Bosphorus , the Sea of Marmara , and the Dardanelles . European Turkey comprises 3 percent of the country . The territory of Turkey is more than 1 @,@ 600 kilometres ( 990 miles ) long and 800 kilometres ( 500 miles ) wide , with a roughly rectangular shape . It lies between latitudes 35 ° and 43 ° N , and longitudes 25 ° and 45 ° E. Turkey 's land area , including lakes , occupies 783 @,@ 562 square kilometres ( 302 @,@ 535 square miles ) , of which 755 @,@ 688 square kilometres ( 291 @,@ 773 square miles ) are in Southwest Asia and 23 @,@ 764 square kilometres ( 9 @,@ 175 square miles ) in Europe . Turkey is the world 's 37th @-@ largest country in terms of area . The country is encircled by seas on three sides : the Aegean Sea to the west , the Black Sea to the north and the Mediterranean to the south . Turkey also contains the Sea of Marmara in the northwest . 
