Due to its geographical position between the Black Sea and Mediterranean Turkey is a corridor between Asia and Europe. Of the Europeans it was always known as the gate, which opens to the east.
The country is on three sides surrounded by water. This helped that Turkey has always relations with countries all over the world maintained.
The Turkish territory is 774 815 sq km in size.
70,200 sq km of the country whose contours on the map almost a rectangle, belonged to "Asia Minor", also called "Anatolia".
This, as a peninsula-looking area in the east, the remaining part of Turkey are located in the European part on the Balkan Peninsula.
The European and Asian parts of the country through Istanbul Bogazici (Bosphorus), Marmara Sea and Canakkale Bogazi (Dardanelles) separately.
The Anatolian peninsula is a steadily rising east highlands, many rivers and rich in lakes. The most important rivers include the Dicle (Tigris) and Firat (Euphrates), both originate in Turkey. The 1646 m high, the Van Lake (3738 sq km) is the largest lake in Turkey and seven times greater than the Lake.
Parallel to the Black Sea coast is the nordanatolische mountain chain, parallel to the Mediterranean coast pull the Toros Daglari (Taurus Mountains), in the foothills drops fertile plains. The Black Sea climate is mild and rainy in Central and Eastern Anatolia is continental climate and the Aegean and Mediterranean coast of the Mediterranean climate. The four seas umspülte Anatolian peninsula has about 8333 km coastline.
The long coastline and the special bridging role in the country may be the reason for many migrations and the history of trade routes have been.
The country is on three sides surrounded by water. This helped that Turkey has always relations with countries all over the world maintained.
The Turkish territory is 774 815 sq km in size.
70,200 sq km of the country whose contours on the map almost a rectangle, belonged to "Asia Minor", also called "Anatolia".
This, as a peninsula-looking area in the east, the remaining part of Turkey are located in the European part on the Balkan Peninsula.
The European and Asian parts of the country through Istanbul Bogazici (Bosphorus), Marmara Sea and Canakkale Bogazi (Dardanelles) separately.
The Anatolian peninsula is a steadily rising east highlands, many rivers and rich in lakes. The most important rivers include the Dicle (Tigris) and Firat (Euphrates), both originate in Turkey. The 1646 m high, the Van Lake (3738 sq km) is the largest lake in Turkey and seven times greater than the Lake.
Parallel to the Black Sea coast is the nordanatolische mountain chain, parallel to the Mediterranean coast pull the Toros Daglari (Taurus Mountains), in the foothills drops fertile plains. The Black Sea climate is mild and rainy in Central and Eastern Anatolia is continental climate and the Aegean and Mediterranean coast of the Mediterranean climate. The four seas umspülte Anatolian peninsula has about 8333 km coastline.
The long coastline and the special bridging role in the country may be the reason for many migrations and the history of trade routes have been.
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