India and Turkiye held 12th round of Foreign Office Consultations (FoC) to restore bilateral relations ruptured during the India-Pakistan conflict last year.
Political Features
- Location: It is a transcontinental Eurasian country with the major part located in Western Asia, while a small part located on Southeastern Europe's Balkan Peninsula.
- Bordering Countries: Greece and Bulgaria (northwest), Georgia (northeast), Armenia and Iran (east), Iraq (southeast), Syria (south).
- Nakhchivan, an exclave of Azerbaijan also borders Turkiye to the east.
- Coastline: Black Sea (north), Aegean Sea (west) and Mediterranean Sea (south).
Geographical Features:
- Plateau: Anatolia
- Major Mountains: Taurus, Koroglu and Pontic ranges.
- Highest Peak: Mt. Ararat (largest volcano in Turkey).
- Key Rivers: Tigris, Kizilirmak, Sakarya, and Euphrates.
- Major Lake: Lake Van (the largest alkaline lake in the world).
- Straits: Bosphorus (connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara) and Dardanelles (connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara).
