The geographical regions of Turkey comprise seven regions (Turkish: bölge) which were originally defined at the country's First Geography Congress in 1941. These seven regions are subdivided into twenty one sections (Turkish: bölüm), which are further split into numerous areas (Turkish: yöre) as defined by microclimate and bounded by local geographic formations.
"Regions" as defined in this context are merely for geographic, demographic, and economic purposes, and do not refer to an administrative division.
Regions and subregions
Aegean RegionAegean SectionEdremit AreaBakırçay AreaGediz Areaİzmir AreaKüçük Menderes AreaBüyük Menderes AreaMenteşe AreaInner Western Anatolia SectionBlack Sea RegionWestern Black Sea SectionInner Black Sea AreaKüre Mountains AreaCentral Black Sea SectionCanik Mountains AreaInner Central Black Sea AreaEastern Black Sea SectionEastern Black Sea Coast AreaUpper Kelkit - Çoruh GullyCentral Anatolia RegionKonya SectionObruk PlateauKonya - Ereğli VicinityUpper Sakarya SectionAnkara AreaPorsuk GullySündiken Mountain Chain AreaUpper Sakarya AreaKonya - Ereğli VicinityMiddle Kızılırmak SectionUpper Kızılırmak SectionEastern Anatolia RegionUpper Euphrates SectionErzurum - Kars SectionUpper Murat - Van SectionUpper Murat AreaVan AreaHakkari SectionMarmara RegionÇatalca - Kocaeli SectionAdapazarı AreaIstanbul AreaErgene SectionSouthern Marmara SectionBiga - Gallipoli AreaBursa AreaKaresi AreaSamanlı AreaYıldız SectionMediterranean RegionAdana SectionÇukurova - Taurus Mountains AreaAntakya - Kahramanmaraş AreaAntalya SectionAntalya AreaGöller AreaTaşeli - Mut AreaTeke AreaSoutheastern Anatolia RegionMiddle Euphrates SectionGaziantep AreaŞanlıurfa AreaTigris SectionDiyarbakır AreaMardin - Midyat AreaThe Aegean Region has:
the longest coastlineThe Black Sea Region has:
highest annual precipitationlargest forest areafewest sunshine hoursmost landslidesThe Central Anatolia Region has:
lowest annual precipitation,most erosionThe Eastern Anatolia Region has:
largest areahighest altitudelowest annual temperaturecoldest wintershighest temperature difference between seasonsmost volcanic activitysmallest populationhighest mineral resourcesThe Marmara Region has:
smallest arealowest altitude‹See TfD›most climate diversityhighest energy consumption,coolest summers,largest populationThe Mediterranean Region has:
highest annual temperaturemildest winterswettest winters,most greenhouse farmingThe Southeastern Anatolia Region has:
hottest summersdriest summerssmallest forest areamost sunshine hours