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Anatolia (Turkish: Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, [a] is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey.It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Turkish Straits to the northwest, and the Black Sea to the north.
The Anatolia peninsula historically never encompassed what is now called "Eastern Anatolia" which was, instead, referred to as the Armenian highlands. It was renamed by the newly founded Turkish Republic in the 1920s. [2] This has been seen as an attempt by Turkey to erase the Armenian history of the region. [3] [4]
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The Central Anatolia region (Turkish: İç Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Ankara , the capital of Turkey . Other big cities are Konya , Kayseri , Eskişehir , Sivas , Aksaray and Kırşehir .
0.6 Aegean 134,073 1.8 East Marmara 187,043 2.5 West Anatolia 3,721,634: 50.0: Mediterranean 228,398 3.1 Central Anatolia 1,223,857 16.4 West Black Sea 956,151 12.8 East Black Sea 241,801 3.2 Northeast Anatolia 344,929 4.6 Central East Anatolia 167,451 2.2 Southeast Anatolia 156,489 2.1 Total 7,445,037 100
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The Southeastern Anatolia region (Turkish: Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The most populous city in the region is Gaziantep . Other big cities are Şanlıurfa , Diyarbakır , Mardin and Adıyaman .