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Turkey is a transcontinental Eurasian country. Asian Turkey (made up largely of Anatolia), which includes 97% of the country, is separated from European Turkey by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles (which together form a water link between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean). European Turkey (eastern Thrace or Rumelia in the Balkan peninsula) includes 3% of the country. Turkey is encircled by seas on three sides: the Aegean Sea to the west, the Black Sea to the north and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Turkey also contains the Sea of Marmara in the northwest.
The European section of Turkey, in the northwest, is Eastern Thrace, and forms the borders of Turkey with Greece and Bulgaria. The Asian part of the country, Anatolia (also called Asia Minor), consists of a high central plateau with narrow coastal plains, between the Körog(lu and East-Black Sea mountain range to the north and the Taurus Mountains to the south. Eastern Turkey has a more mountainous landscape, and is home to the sources of rivers such as the Euphrates, Tigris and Aras, and contains Lake Van and Mount Ararat, Turkey's highest point at 5,165 metres.
Turkey
is geographically divided into seven regions: Marmara, Aegean, Black Sea, Central
Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia, Southeastern Anatolia and the Mediterranean. The uneven
north Anatolian terrain running along the Black Sea resembles a long, narrow belt.
This region comprises approximately one-sixth of Turkey's total land area. As
a general trend, the inland Anatolian plateau becomes increasingly rugged as it
progresses eastward.
Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople;
see the other names of Istanbul) is located in the north-west Marmara Region of
Turkey. It encloses the southern Bosphorus which places the city on two continents—the
western portion of Istanbul is in Europe, while the eastern portion is in Asia.
The city boundaries cover a surface area of 1,539 square kilometres, while the
metropolitan region, or the Province of Istanbul, covers 6,220 square kilometres.
Istanbul's
districts are divided into three main areas:
The historic peninsula of old Istanbul corresponds approximately to the extent of Constantinople in the 15th century; it comprises the districts of Eminönü and Fatih. This area lies on the southern shores of the Golden Horn, which separates the old city center from the northern and younger parts of the European side. The historic peninsula ends with the Theodosian Land Walls in the west. The peninsula is surrounded by the Sea of Marmara on the south and the entrance of the Bosphorus on the east.
North of the Golden Horn are the historical Beyog(lu and Bes,iktas, districts, where the last Sultan's palace is located, followed by a chain of former villages such as Ortaköy and Bebek along the shores of the Bosphorus. On both the European and Asian sides of the Bosphorus, wealthy Istanbulites built luxurious chalet mansions, called yal?, which were used as summer residences.
The quarters of Üsküdar and Kadköy which are located on the Asian side were originally independent cities, like Beyog(lu also used to be. Today they are full of modern residential areas and business districts, and are home to around one-third of Istanbul's population.
To the west, to the east and to the north, Istanbul exceeds far over historical quarters. Elevated office and residential areas rise particularly in the north on height of the second Bosphorus bridge above Bebek in the quarters of Levent,Etiler and Maslak. Due to Istanbul's exponential growth during the second half of 20th century, a significant portion of the city consists of "Gecekondus", a Turkish word created in the 1940s meaning "built overnight" and refers to the illegally constructed squatter buildings that comprise entire neighborhoods and run rampant in Turkey’s larger cities, especially Istanbul, Ankara, I.zmir, and Bursa. According to the official definition stated in the Gecekondus Act of 1966, these neighborhoods are typically built on abandoned land or on lands owned by others, without the permission of the landowner, and do not obey rules and regulations.
Istanbul is one of the most important tourism spots of Turkey. There are thousands of hotels and other tourist oriented industries in the city, catering to both vacationers and visiting professionals.
Atatürk International Airport (formerly Yes,ilköy International Airport) is the major international airport in Istanbul, Turkey. Located in Yes,ilköy, on the European side of the city, it is 15 km southwest of the city centre.
Anatolia or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, and the bulk of the Asian mainland to the east.
The Anatolian peninsula is bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea (itself an arm of the Mediterranean) to the west, and the bulk of the Asian mainland to the east.
Anatolia's
terrain is structurally complex. A central massif composed of uplifted blocks
and downfolded troughs, covered by recent deposits and giving the appearance of
a plateau with rough terrain, is wedged between two folded mountain ranges that
converge in the east. True lowland is confined to a few narrow coastal strips
along the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea coasts. Flat or gently sloping land
is rare and largely confined to the deltas of the Kzl River, the coastal plains
of Çukurova, and the valley floors of the Gediz River and the Büyük
Menderes River, and some interior high plains in Anatolia, mainly around Tuz Gölü
(Salt Lake) and Konya Ovas.
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