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Turkey's largest lake, Lake Van, is situated in the mountains at an elevation of 1,546 meters. The headwaters of three major rivers arise in the Anti-Taurus: the east-flowing Aras , which pours into the Caspian Sea ; the south-flowing Euphrates ; and the south-flowing Tigris , which eventually joins the Euphrates in Iraq before emptying into ...
Pontic Mountains (in Turkish, Kuzey Anadolu Dağları, meaning North Anatolian Mountains) range along the southern coast of the Black Sea in northern Turkey Kaçkar Mountains form the eastern end of the Pontic Mountains; Köroğlu Mountains (Northwest Anatolia) Yıldız Mountains (Istranca or Strandzha) are in the European part of Turkey and in ...
Elevation in meter and feet Province Geographical region Bahçe Pass: Osmaniye: Mediterranean Region: Belkahve Pass: 268 m (879 ft) İzmir: Aegean Region: Belen Pass: 660 m (2,170 ft) Hatay: Mediterranean Region: Çaykavak Pass: 1,584 m (5,197 ft) Niğde: Central Anatolia Region: Gülek Pass: 1,050 m (3,440 ft) Mersin: Mediterranean Region ...
Following this relocation, maps and plans required by governmental bodies, universities, and private companies were produced in line with the changes laid down after the foundation of the new state, the Turkish Republic. After these developments, a need arose for reorganization of the department. Lieut. Gen. M.
The Amanus range in southern Turkey is where the Taurus Mountains are pushed up as three tectonic plates come together. The Amanus is a natural frontier: west is Cilicia, east is Syria. There are several passes, like the Amanian Gate (Bahçe Pass), which are of great strategical importance.
The geographically extreme points of the Republic of Turkey are: Northernmost : The point is on the Turkish-Bulgarian border in Kofçaz , Kırklareli Province – ( 42°06′21″N 27°14′27″E / 42.10583°N 27.24083°E / 42.10583; 27.
Mount Kop Defense National Historic Park (Turkish: Kop Dağı Müdafaası Tarihî Millî Parkı) is a protected national historic site located between the provinces Bayburt and Erzurum in eastern Turkey dedicated to the events during the defense of Mount Kop against the Imperial Russian Army in the World War I. It was established in 2016.
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.