List of peninsulas of Turkey explained

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

PeninsulaMain peninsulaSeaProvince
BoztepeAnatoliaBlack SeaSinop
ÇatalcaThraceBetween Black Sea and Marmaraİstanbul
KocaeliAnatoliaBetween Black Sea and Marmaraİstanbul and Kocaeli
ArmutluAnatoliaMarmaraYalova
KapıdağAnatoliaMarmaraBalıkesir
GeliboluThraceBetween Marmara and Aegean SeaÇanakkale
Biga (Troad)AnatoliaBetween Marmara and Aegean SeaÇanakkale
KaraburunAnatoliaAegean Seaİzmir
GüvercinAnatoliaAegean SeaAydın
DilekAnatoliaAegean SeaAydın
BodrumAnatoliaAegean SeaMuğla
Datça (Reşadiye)AnatoliaAegean SeaMuğla
BozburunAnatoliaBetween Aegean and Mediterranean SeasMuğla
KapıdağAnatoliaMediterranean SeaMuğla
ÇukurbağAnatoliaMediterranean SeaAntalya
TekeAnatoliaMediterranean SeaMuğla, Antalya

See also

References

  1. Faik Sabri Duran, Büyük Atlas (İstanbul: Kanaat Yayınevi, 2001;).
  2. Türkiye Turizm Atlası 2009 (İstanbul: Boyut Yayıncılık, 2009;).
  3. Britannica Atlas,Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.,1977,p 121-122