Asian Turkey

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Asian Turkey, also known as Anatolia, is the vast peninsular part of Turkey in Western Asia that forms the bulk of the country’s landmass and hosts major cities, historical sites, and diverse landscapes.

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Label Occurrences
Asian Turkey canonical 4
CentralAnatolianCuisine 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
part of country
peninsula
alsoKnownAs Anatolia
Asia Minor
areaApprox about 755,000 square kilometers
borders Aegean Sea
Armenia
Black Sea
Bulgaria
European Turkey
Georgia
Greece
Iran
Iraq
Mediterranean Sea
Syria
capitalLocatedIn Ankara
climate Mediterranean climate (south and west coasts)
continental climate (interior)
oceanic climate (eastern Black Sea coast)
containsCity Adana
Afyonkarahisar
Aksaray
Alanya
Ani (ruins)
Ankara
Antalya
Ardahan
Artvin
linked to: Artvin Province

Avanos
Aydın
linked to: Aydın Province

Ayvalık
Ağrı
Balıkesir
linked to: Balıkesir Province

Bartın
Batman
linked to: Batman Dam

Bayburt
linked to: Bayburt Province

Belek
Bingöl
linked to: Bingöl Province

Bitlis
Bodrum
Bolu
linked to: Bolu Province

Burdur
Bursa
Datça
Denizli
Didim
Diyarbakır
Düzce
Edirne
Elazığ
Erzurum
Eskişehir
Fethiye
Foça
Gaziantep
Giresun
linked to: Trabzon

Göreme
Gümüşhane
Hakkâri
Hatay
linked to: Hatay Province

Isparta
Iğdır
Kahramanmaraş
Kalkan
Karabük
Karaman
Kars
Kars city
linked to: Kars Province

Kastamonu
linked to: Kastamonu Province

Kayseri
Kaş
Kemer
Kilis
Kocaeli
linked to: Kocaeli Province

Konya
Kuşadası
Kütahya
Kırıkkale
Kırşehir
linked to: Kırşehir Province

Malatya
linked to: Malatya Province

Manavgat
Manisa
Mardin
Marmaris
Mersin
linked to: Mersin Province

Muğla
linked to: Muğla Province

Nevşehir
Niğde
Olympos
Ordu
Patara
Rize
linked to: Rize Province

Sakarya
Samsun
Side
Sinop
Sivas
Tekirdağ
linked to: Tekirdağ Province

Tokat
linked to: Tokat Province

Trabzon
Uşak
Van
Yalova
Yozgat
Zonguldak
Çanakkale
linked to: Çanakkale Province

Çankırı
Çeşme
Çorlu
Çorum
linked to: Çorum Province

Çıralı
Ürgüp
İskenderun
İzmir
linked to: Izmir

Şanlıurfa
containsSite Ani Archaeological Site
Aphrodisias
Cappadocia
Catalhoyuk
linked to: Çatalhöyük

Ephesus
Göbekli Tepe
linked to: Gobekli Tepe

Hattusa
Hierapolis-Pamukkale
Lake Tuz
Lake Van
Mount Ararat
Mount Erciyes
Nemrut Dağ
linked to: Mount Nemrut

Pergamon
Pontic Mountains
Safranbolu
linked to: Karabük

Taurus Mountains
Troy
Xanthos-Letoon
linked to: Xanthos
continent Asia
country Turkey
formsBulkOf landmass of Turkey
hasCoastlineOn Aegean Sea
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
hasEthnicGroup Arabs
Circassians
Kurds
Laz
Turks
hasPart Aegean Region
Black Sea Region
linked to: Black Sea region

Central Anatolia
Eastern Anatolia
linked to: eastern Turkey

Mediterranean Region
Southeastern Anatolia
historicalRegionOf Byzantine Empire
Hittite civilization
linked to: Hittite Empire

Lydian civilization
linked to: Lydian Kingdom

Ottoman Empire
Phrygian civilization
linked to: Phrygians

Urartian kingdom
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
languageMajority Turkish
linked to: Turkish language
largestCityPartiallyIn Istanbul
locatedIn Western Asia
linked to: Western Eurasia
partOf Republic of Turkey
linked to: Turkey
religionMajority Islam
separatedFrom European Turkey by the Bosporus
European Turkey by the Dardanelles
European Turkey by the Sea of Marmara
timeZone UTC+3
traversedBy North Anatolian Fault

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dardanelles borderFeatureOf Asian Turkey
Bosporus borderOf Asian Turkey
Eastern Turkey partOf Asian Turkey
subject linked to: eastern Turkey
European Turkey separatedFrom Asian Turkey
TurkishCuisine regionalVariant CentralAnatolianCuisine
linked to: Asian Turkey