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Antalya is the most popular summer tourism destination in Turkey. Antalya beach. There are urban parks and protected natural areas located outside the cities, allowing the people to have fun, rest and get closer to nature. Some of them are green areas around lake, pond and dam lakes, and some are highland and forest areas.
It is located on the Mediterranean coast of south-west Turkey, between the Taurus Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is 20,177 km 2, [2] and its population is 2,688,004 (2022). [1] Antalya Province is the centre of Turkey's tourism industry, attracting 30% of foreign tourists visiting Turkey.
The European portion of Turkey consists mainly of rolling plateau country well suited to agriculture. Densely populated, this area includes the cities of Istanbul and Edirne . The Bosphorus , which links the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, is about twenty-five kilometers long and averages 1.5 kilometers in width but narrows in places to less ...
Map of the Turkish Riviera, highlighted in blue, with the major resort towns (from east to west) of Alanya, Antalya, Kemer, Fethiye, Marmaris, Bodrum, Kuşadası, and Çeşme Ölüdeniz Beach in Fethiye Castle of Bodrum, ancient Halicarnassus, the city of Herodotus and the home of the Mausoleum of Maussollos, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Castle and harbour of Marmaris Beach ...
East Thrace or Eastern Thrace, [a] also known as Turkish Thrace or European Turkey, is the part of Turkey that is geographically a part of Southeast Europe. [1] It accounts for 3.03% of Turkey's land area and 15% of its population. The largest city is Istanbul, which straddles the Bosporus between Europe and Asia.
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.
English: Map of Turkey in Europe, Greece and the Balkans, extract of Anthony Finley, A New General Altas, Comprising a Complete Set of Maps, representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe, Together with the several Empires, Kingdoms and States in the World; Compiled from the Best Authorities, and corrected by the Most Recent Discoveries, Philadelphia, 1827.
Istanbul-I (Thrace) TR-34 TR100 212 Istanbul Istanbul-II (Anatolia) TR-34 TR100 216 Istanbul İzmir: TR-35 TR310 232 Aegean Kahramanmaraş: TR-46 TR632 344 Mediterranean Karabük: TR-78 TR812 370 West Black Sea Karaman: TR-70 TR522 338 West Anatolia Kars: TR-36 TRA22 474 Northeast Anatolia Kastamonu: TR-37 TR821 366 West Black Sea Kayseri: TR ...