Asian Turkey

E123721

geographical region part of country peninsula

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Asian Turkey canonical	4
CentralAnatolianCuisine	1

Statements (169)

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 Province ⓘ surface form: Artvin Avanos ⓘ Aydın Province ⓘ surface form: Aydın Ayvalık ⓘ Ağrı ⓘ Balıkesir Province ⓘ surface form: Balıkesir Bartın ⓘ Batman Dam ⓘ surface form: Batman Bayburt Province ⓘ surface form: Bayburt Belek ⓘ Bingöl Province ⓘ surface form: Bingöl Bitlis ⓘ Bodrum ⓘ Bolu Province ⓘ surface form: Bolu Burdur ⓘ Bursa ⓘ Datça ⓘ Denizli ⓘ Didim ⓘ Diyarbakır ⓘ Düzce ⓘ Edirne ⓘ Elazığ ⓘ Erzurum ⓘ Eskişehir ⓘ Fethiye ⓘ Foça ⓘ Gaziantep ⓘ Trabzon ⓘ surface form: Giresun Göreme ⓘ Gümüşhane ⓘ Hakkâri ⓘ Hatay Province ⓘ surface form: Hatay Isparta ⓘ Iğdır ⓘ Kahramanmaraş Province ⓘ surface form: Kahramanmaraş Kalkan ⓘ Karabük ⓘ Karaman ⓘ Kars ⓘ Kars Province ⓘ surface form: Kars city Kastamonu Province ⓘ surface form: Kastamonu Kayseri ⓘ Kaş ⓘ Kemer ⓘ Kilis ⓘ Kocaeli Province ⓘ surface form: Kocaeli Konya ⓘ Kuşadası ⓘ Kütahya ⓘ Kırıkkale Province ⓘ surface form: Kırıkkale Kırşehir Province ⓘ surface form: Kırşehir Malatya Province ⓘ surface form: Malatya Manavgat ⓘ Manisa ⓘ Mardin ⓘ Marmaris ⓘ Mersin Province ⓘ surface form: Mersin Muğla Province ⓘ surface form: Muğla Nevşehir ⓘ Niğde ⓘ Olympos ⓘ Ordu ⓘ Patara ⓘ Rize Province ⓘ surface form: Rize Sakarya ⓘ Samsun ⓘ Side ⓘ Sinop ⓘ Sivas ⓘ Tekirdağ Province ⓘ surface form: Tekirdağ Tokat Province ⓘ surface form: Tokat Trabzon ⓘ Uşak ⓘ Van ⓘ Yalova ⓘ Yozgat ⓘ Zonguldak ⓘ Çanakkale Province ⓘ surface form: Çanakkale Çankırı ⓘ Çeşme ⓘ Çorlu ⓘ Çorum Province ⓘ surface form: Çorum Çıralı ⓘ Ürgüp ⓘ İskenderun ⓘ Izmir ⓘ surface form: İzmir Şanlıurfa ⓘ
containsSite	Ani Archaeological Site ⓘ Aphrodisias ⓘ Cappadocia ⓘ Çatalhöyük ⓘ surface form: Catalhoyuk Ephesus ⓘ Gobekli Tepe ⓘ surface form: Göbekli Tepe Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ surface form: Hattusa Pamukkale-Hierapolis ⓘ surface form: Hierapolis-Pamukkale Lake Tuz ⓘ Lake Van ⓘ Mount Ararat ⓘ Mount Erciyes ⓘ Mount Nemrut ⓘ surface form: Nemrut Dağ Pergamon ⓘ Pontic Mountains ⓘ Karabük ⓘ surface form: Safranbolu Taurus Mountains ⓘ Troy ⓘ Xanthos ⓘ surface form: Xanthos-Letoon
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 ⓘ surface form: Black Sea Region Central Anatolia Region ⓘ surface form: Central Anatolia eastern Turkey ⓘ surface form: Eastern Anatolia Mediterranean Region ⓘ Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ surface form: Southeastern Anatolia
historicalRegionOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Hittite Empire ⓘ surface form: Hittite civilization Lydian Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Lydian civilization Ottoman Empire ⓘ Phrygians ⓘ surface form: Phrygian civilization Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ surface form: Urartian kingdom
languageMajority	Turkish language ⓘ surface form: Turkish
largestCityPartiallyIn	Istanbul ⓘ
locatedIn	Western Eurasia ⓘ surface form: Western Asia
partOf	Turkey ⓘ surface form: Republic of 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 zone ⓘ surface form: North Anatolian Fault

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 surface form: Eastern Turkey

European Turkey → separatedFrom → Asian Turkey ⓘ

TurkishCuisine → regionalVariant → Asian Turkey ⓘ

this entity surface form: CentralAnatolianCuisine