Geographical division within Turkey (cf. Table 1, p. 11).map 2 |
TABLE 1: GENERAL DISTRIBUTION IN TURKEY
areas numbered as on Map 2 |
TURKEY-IN-EUROPE (1) |
NORTH ANATOLIA (2-4) |
Bithynia (2) |
Paphlagonia (3) |
Lazistan (4) |
WEST ANATOLIA (5-7) |
Mysia (5) |
Lydia (6) |
Caria (7) |
SOUTH ANATOLIA (8-15) |
Taurus (8-11) |
Lycian (8) |
Pisidian (9) |
Isawian (10) |
Cilician (11) |
Pamphylia (12) |
Cilician Plain (13) |
Anti-Taurus (14) |
Amanus (15) |
CENTRAL ANATOLIA (16-20) |
Phrygia (16) |
Pisidia (17) |
Lycaonia (18) |
Galatia (19) |
Cappadocia (20) |
EAST ANATOLIA (21-25) |
Upper Euphrates (21) |
Mesopotamia (22) |
Kurdistan (23) |
Armenia (24-25) |
North Armenia (24) |
South Armenia (25) |
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The following terms are also used: |
Outer Anatolia: areas 2-15 |
Inner Anatolia: areas 16-25 |
North-West Turkey: areas 1, 2 & 5, together with vilayet Bilecik |
North-East Anatolia: areas 4 & 24, together with that part of vilayet Gümüsane in area 21 |
South-West Anatolia: areas 7, 8, 9, 12 & 17 |
South-East Anatolia: area 23, together with those parts of vilayets Van & Bitlis in area 25 |
North Turkey: North Anatolia & Turkey-in-Europe |
West Turkey: West Anatolia & Turkey-in-Europe |