Regions

Explore Türkiye region by region

Türkiye's seven geographic regions offer landscapes utterly unlike one another: the turquoise coves of the Mediterranean, the misty highlands of the Black Sea, the fairy chimneys of Central Anatolia, the southeast with humanity's oldest temples. Each region is a separate field of discovery, with its own nature and history.

Rocky cliffs and clear blue water along the Mediterranean coast.

Mediterranean

The Mediterranean is the region where Türkiye’s coast and mountains meet most sharply.

The Aegean Sea in the evening light along the coast of Doğanbey.

Aegean

The Aegean is a region of olive groves, ancient harbours and coastlines that change colour in the evening light.

Lake İznik, its lakeside town and distant mountains seen from the surrounding hills.

Marmara

Marmara is a narrow but varied geography joining two continents.

Uzungöl and its lakeside village enclosed by densely green mountain slopes.

Black Sea

The Black Sea is a region that measures itself less by its coast than by altitude and rain.

Hot-air balloons drifting above Cappadocia’s fairy chimneys at sunrise.

Central Anatolia

Central Anatolia is a region of unexpected landscapes in the middle of open steppe.

Snow-covered Mount Süphan rising beyond the reed-lined shore of Lake Norşin.

Eastern Anatolia

Eastern Anatolia is a region where altitude decides everything.

A wide panorama of Mardin’s stone-built city spreading across the hillside above the valley.

Southeastern Anatolia

The southeast is a region that carries the traces of humanity’s move to settled life.