The Turkish empire may now be defined as covering Macedonia in Europe, extending west to Greece, northward to include Albania, Bulgaria, and Adrianople,—all of Asia Minor to the Russian and Persian borders upon the east, Syria and Arabia, with two small sections of Africa and a few islands in the Mediterranean. It exercises no actual control of Egypt, while its hold upon parts of Arabia is constantly contested by the people themselves. The size and population of territory under direct control of Turkey are: Europe 65,350 sq. miles; 6,130,200 inhabitants Asia 693,610 “ “ 16,898,700 “ Africa 398,900 “ “ 1,000,000 “ ————————— —————————— 1,157,860 24,028,900 Under indirect control: Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia 37,200 sq. miles; 3,744,300 inhabitants Bosnia, etc. 19,800 “ “ 1,591,100 “ Crete 3,330 “ “ 310,400 “ Cyprus 3,710 “ “ 237,000 “ Samos 180 “ “ 54,840 “ Egypt 400,000 “ “ 9,820,700 “ ———————— —————————— 464,220 “ “ 15,758,340 “ This makes a total area covered by both the immediate and quasi possessions of the sultan 1,622,080 square miles, with a population of 39,787,240. These are the figures given by the Statesman’s Year-Book, the best attainable authority upon the subject; but even these must be taken largely as estimates and not as the results of a careful and reliable census,—something that never takes place in Turkey. It may be said, therefore, that at the present time the sultan of Turkey actually rules over only Constantinople, the Macedonian provinces in Europe and Asia Minor to the borders of Russia and Persia, extending south through Syria and into Arabia. This includes an area of about 704,000 square miles, and a population of about 23,500,000.