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December 20, 2011	Featured article review	Demoted
August 11, 2014	Good article nominee	Listed
September 15, 2014	Peer review	Reviewed
March 6, 2015	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
May 27, 2017	Peer review	Not reviewed
May 20, 2019	Good article reassessment	Delisted
May 8, 2020	Peer review	Reviewed
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RM, Turkey → Turkey (country), Not moved, 12 December 2017, discussion
RM, Turkey → Turkey (country), Not moved, 17 August 2021, discussion
RM, Turkey → Türkiye, Not moved, 20 January 2022, discussion
RM, Turkey → Turkiye, Not moved, 22 January 2022, discussion
RM, Turkey → Turkiye, Not moved, 3 June 2022, discussion
RM, Turkey → Türkiye, Procedural close, 8 September 2022, discussion
RM, Turkey → Türkiye, Not moved and one-year moratorium imposed, 28 November 2022, discussion
RM, Turkey → Turkey (country), Procedural close, 10 February 2023, discussion
RM, Turkey → Türkiye, Not moved, 15 February 2024, discussion
RM, Turkey → Türkiye, WP:SNOW close as not moved, 4 October 2024, discussion
RM, Turkey → Türkiye, Not moved and one-year moratorium imposed, 9 May 2025, discussion

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Section sizes

Section size for Turkey (42 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
Beginning	23,769	23,769	591	591
Etymology	8,435	8,435	390	390
History	121	53,793	0	2,743
Prehistory and ancient history	5,655	5,655	248	248
Early classical antiquity	6,122	6,122	344	344
Rome and Byzantine Empire	4,073	4,073	338	338
Seljuks and Anatolian beyliks	8,390	8,390	369	369
Ottoman Empire	10,831	10,831	525	525
Republic of Türkiye	18,601	18,601	919	919
Geography	9,314	17,206	408	822
Biodiversity	4,118	4,118	207	207
Climate	3,774	3,774	207	207
Government and politics	2,776	46,435	165	1,814
National government	3,741	3,741	44	44
Administrative divisions	810	810	62	62
Parties and elections	7,429	7,429	319	319
Law	4,481	4,481	219	219
Foreign relations	8,968	8,968	331	331
Military	9,935	9,935	280	280
Human rights	3,832	3,832	209	209
LGBTQ+ issues	4,463	4,463	185	185
Economy	10,266	25,997	421	1,027
Infrastructure	9,887	9,887	381	381
Science and technology	5,844	5,844	225	225
Demographics	1,354	32,111	97	1,425
Ethnicity and language	12,617	12,617	430	430
Immigration	5,515	5,515	278	278
Religion	5,470	5,470	228	228
Education	4,421	4,421	233	233
Health	2,734	2,734	159	159
Culture	1,565	27,204	115	1,777
Architecture	4,379	4,379	374	374
Literature, theatre, and visual arts	4,090	4,090	427	427
Music and dance	1,012	1,012	86	86
Media and cinema	6,533	6,533	235	235
Cuisine	3,274	3,274	266	266
Sports	6,351	6,351	274	274
See also	59	59	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	30	36,238	0	0
Works cited	36,208	36,208	0	0
External links	2,658	2,658	0	0
Total	273,931	273,931	10,589	10,589

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"Country Profile: Turkey" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division; Library of Congress. August 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2015.

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