Turkey is primarily a country of two peninsulas: the Asiatic (southeastern) side is Anatolia, and the European (northwestern) side is Thrace on the Balkan Peninsula. On these two main peninsulas there are secondary peninsulas.[1][2][3]

The list of peninsulas

Peninsula Main peninsula Sea Province
Boztepe Anatolia Black Sea Sinop
Çatalca Thrace Between Black Sea and Marmara İstanbul
Kocaeli Anatolia Between Black Sea and Marmara İstanbul and Kocaeli
Armutlu Anatolia Marmara Yalova
Kapıdağ Anatolia Marmara Balıkesir
Gelibolu Thrace Between Marmara and Aegean Sea Çanakkale
Biga (Troad) Anatolia Between Marmara and Aegean Sea Çanakkale
Karaburun Anatolia Aegean Sea İzmir
Güvercin Anatolia Aegean Sea Aydın
Dilek Anatolia Aegean Sea Aydın
Bodrum Anatolia Aegean Sea Muğla
Datça (Reşadiye) Anatolia Aegean Sea Muğla
Bozburun Anatolia Between Aegean and Mediterranean Seas Muğla
Kapıdağ Anatolia Mediterranean Sea Muğla
Çukurbağ Anatolia Mediterranean Sea Antalya
Teke Anatolia Mediterranean Sea Muğla, Antalya

See also

References

  1. ^ Faik Sabri Duran, Büyük Atlas (İstanbul: Kanaat Yayınevi, 2001; ISBN 975-7537-04-7).
  2. ^ Türkiye Turizm Atlası 2009 (İstanbul: Boyut Yayıncılık, 2009; ISBN 978-975-23-0634-9).
  3. ^ Britannica Atlas,Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.,1977,p 121-122
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