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  2. Geography of Turkey - Wikipedia

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    The Anatolian side of Turkey is the largest portion in the country [1] that bridges southeastern Europe and west Asia. East Thrace, the European portion of Turkey comprises 3% [2] of the landmass but over 15% [2] of the population. East Thrace is separated from Asia Minor, the Asian portion of Turkey, by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara and the ...

  3. Eastern Anatolia region - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Anatolia Region is located in the easternmost part of Turkey. It is bounded by Turkey's Central Anatolia Region to the west; Turkey's Black Sea Region to the north; Turkey's Southeast Anatolia Region and Iraq to the south; and Iran , Azerbaijan , Armenia and Georgia to the east, where Eastern Anatolia overlaps and converges with the ...

  4. Turkey - Wikipedia

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    Turkey, [a] officially the Republic of Türkiye, [b] is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia , Armenia , Azerbaijan , and Iran to the east; Iraq , Syria , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea ...

  5. Geographical regions of Turkey - Wikipedia

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    The geographical regions of Turkey comprise seven regions (Turkish: bölge), which were originally defined at the country's First Geography Congress in 1941. [1] The regions are subdivided into 31 sections (Turkish: bölüm), which are further divided into numerous areas (Turkish: yöre), as defined by microclimates and bounded by local geographic formations.

  6. Pontus (region) - Wikipedia

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    The Black Sea Region in today's Turkey Administrative subdivisions of today's Black Sea Region. The Black Sea Region (Turkish: Karadeniz Bölgesi), comprising all or parts of 22 provinces, is one of Turkey's seven census-defined geographical regions. It encompasses but is larger than historic Pontus.

  7. Outline of Turkey - Wikipedia

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    The location of Turkey. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Turkey: . Turkey or Türkiye, sovereign Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Southwest Asia and Thrace at the southeastern tip of the Balkan Peninsula in Southern Europe. [1]

  8. Earthquake's sheer power turned a Turkish olive grove into a ...

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    TEPEHAN, Turkey — An olive grove split into two, separated by an enormous canyon 1½ miles long, is a lasting testament to the sheer power of the deadly earthquakes that devastated large swaths ...

  9. File:1870 Johnson Map of Turkey, Persia, Arabia, Balochistan ...

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    English: This is A. J. Johnson 1870 map of what is today considered the Middle East, in Western Asia. Divided into two maps on a single sheet and based upon earlier separate Johnson maps. The upper map focuses on Turkey and the territories claimed by the Ottoman Empire. Includes modern day Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus, and Iraq.