GEOGRAPHY

Turkey borders eight countries and three seas.

• Black Sea
• Bulgaria
• Greece
• Georgia
• Armenia
• Iraq
• Syria
• Mediterranean Sea

• Black sea regıon
• Marmara regıon
• Eastern anatolıan regıon
• Central anatolıan regıon
• Aegean regıon
• Southeastern anatolıan regıon
• Medıterranean regıon

• Greece & Bulgaria to the northwest;
• Georgia to the northeast;
• Armenia and Iran to the east
• Iraq and Syria to the southeast Cyprus
• Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus to the south
• Aegean Sea and Archipelago seperating Turkey from Greece to the west
• Black Sea to the north.

Separating Anatolia (Asian land of Turkey) and Thrace (European Land of Turkey) are the Sea of Marmara and the Turkish Straits which are commonly reckoned to delineate the border between Asia and Europe, thereby making Turkey transcontinental.

The capital city of Turkey is Ankara. The territory of Turkey is subdivided into 81 provinces for administrative purposes.

The provinces are organized into 7 regions for census purposes: Marmara, Aegean, Mediterranean, Black Sea, Central Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia and the Southeastern Anatolia Regions.