Greece, Iraq, Georgia, Syria, Bulgaria, Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan. The country has coastlines on the Black Sea to the north Aegean Sea to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Nakhchivan, an exclave of Azerbaijan also borders Turkey to the east. It is bordered by seven countries: Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest, Georgia to the northeast, Armenia and Iran to the east, Iraq to the southeast, and Syria to the south. Turkey is located in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres of the Earth. The Turkish Straits (Bosphorus and Dardanelles) and Sea of Marmara separate the European part of Turkey called East Thrace from Anatolia. The major part of the country lies in the Anatolian Plateau of Western Asia while a small part is located on Southeastern Europe's Balkan Peninsula. Turkey is a transcontinental Eurasian country. km, Konya is the biggest province of Turkey by area and Istanbul is the most populous one.Īnkara, the capital city of Turkey and the country’s second-largest city is located in the central part of the Anatolian peninsula. The 81 provinces in alphabetical order are as follows: Adana, Adiyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Agri, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingol, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Duzce, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Hatay, Igdir, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir (Smyrna), Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kilis, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sanliurfa, Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon (Trebizond), Tunceli, Usak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, and Zonguldak. These provinces are further subdivided into 937 districts and smaller subdivisions. Turkey is divided into 81 provinces (iller, singular - ili) for the sake of proper administration. The Tigras, Kizilirmak, Sakarya, and Euphrates are the most significant rivers, and Lake Van is the largest lake.Īs a geological point-of-interest, the country is positioned on one of the planet's major fault lines, and earthquakes are rather common. (5,166m).Īlong the Black Sea and Mediterranean coastlines, the land is lower and quite fertile.
Many peaks in Turkey exceed 10,000 feet, and the tallest, most rugged ones, are found in the Eastern Taurus Mountains.
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The European side of Turkey is mostly a series of rolling hills, while across the Bosporus Strait into central Turkey, the land rises into an elevated central plateau (Anatolian), surrounded by (and mixed with) high, rugged mountains, including the Taurus, Koroglu and Pontic ranges, all of which have been marked on the map above. The Asian part that is separated from the former by the Turkish Straits, occupies most of the Anatolian Plateau region. As observed on the physical map of the country above, the European part of Turkey called Eastern Thrace is located at the extreme eastern edge of the Balkan Peninsula. km with 97% of this area located in Asia and the rest in Europe. We can only serve the continental US.Turkey occupies an area of 783,356 sq. Looking to add some diversity to your coffee-table and ˜awesome' to your player's spelunking through dangerous dungeons. If you are looking for something novel to spice up a fantasy roleplaying campaign, or simply want to see a new take on the creatures of fantasy, Atlas Animalia has all the monstrous variants you'll need! Showcasing the arctic owlbear, and the tiger griffin, to the lionfish hippocampus there is much to be rediscovered in this new landscape of possibilities!įunded by 798 aficionados of animal affection on Kickstarter in 2017, this book joins ceremoniously with the Baby Bestiary and other works by Metal Weave Games in an exciting line of inspirational goodness.
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