Türkiye

The Republic of Türkiye 🇹🇷 (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), formerly known as Turkey, is a located on the border between  and. The capital is.

Statistics
The land area of Türkiye is 769,632 km2. As of 2020, the population is estimated to be 82,017,514, making it the in the world.

On June 2, 2022, the recognized the official English name change of "Turkey" to "Türkiye" to reflect the native pronunciation of tur-key-yay and to avoid association with the. . Apple began referring to the country by its new official name in English-language support documents in February 2023, though CEO Tim Cook still referred to it as 'Turkey' in a tweet within that same month.

Apple in Türkiye
Apple Computer began operating in Turkey around 1991. The first Apple retail store in Turkey was opened on April 5, 2014 at the shopping complex in Istanbul. In early 2020, all 2 stores in the country were temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but reopened on June 8th. On October 22, 2021 the third store was opened on (Avenue), in the heart of the n side of Istanbul.