_#_Maritime claims:
Exclusive economic zone: in Black Sea only—to the maritime boundary agreed upon with the USSR;
Territorial sea: 6 nm in the Aegean Sea, 12 nm in Black Sea and
Mediterranean Sea
_#_Disputes: complex maritime and air (but not territorial) disputes with Greece in Aegean Sea; Cyprus question; Hatay question with Syria; ongoing dispute with downstream riparians (Syria and Iraq) over water development plans for the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; Kurdish question among Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and the USSR
_#_Climate: temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
_#_Terrain: mostly mountains; narrow coastal plain; high central plateau (Anatolia)
_#_Natural resources: antimony, coal, chromium, mercury, copper, borate, sulphur, iron ore
_#_Land use: arable land 30%; permanent crops 4%; meadows and pastures 12%; forest and woodland 26%; other 28%; includes irrigated 3%
_#_Environment: subject to severe earthquakes, especially along major river valleys in west; air pollution; desertification
_#_Note: strategic location controlling the Turkish straits (Bosporus, Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles) that link Black and Aegean Seas; Turkey and Norway only NATO members having a land boundary with the USSR