Mediterranean Region, Turkey

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Antalya
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Mediterranean Region

*Akdeniz Bölgesi*
Mediterranean Region Akdeniz Bölgesi
Region
	Konyaaltı Beach Hadrian's Gate Hıdırlık Tower Düden Waterfalls Antalya Harbour Kaleiçi
Country	Turkey
Capital	Antalya
Provinces	8 Adana; Antalya; Mersin; Burdur; Hatay; Isparta; Osmaniye; Kahramanmaraş;
Government
• Mayor of Antalya	Muhittin Böcek
Area
• Total	122,927 km2(47,462 sq mi)
• Rank	4th
Population (Jan. 2022)(INSEE)
• Total	10,584,506
• Rank	3st
• Density	86/km2(220/sq mi)
Demonym	Turkish:Akdenizli
GDP
• Total	US$ 81.360 billion (2022)
• Per capita	US$ 7,690 (2022)
Time zone	UTC+03:00(CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00(CEST)
ISO 3166 code	TR-IDF
NUTS Region	TR6

TheMediterranean Region(Turkish:Akdeniz Bölgesi) is ageographical regionofTurkey.The largest city in the region isAntalya.Other big cities areAdana,Mersin,Isparta,AntakyaandKahramanmaraş.

It is bordered by theAegean Regionto the west, theCentral Anatolia Regionto the north, theEastern Anatolia Regionto the northeast, theSoutheastern Anatolia Regionto the east,Syriato the southeast, and theMediterranean Seato the south.

Subdivision

AdanaSection (Turkish:Adana Bölümü)
- Çukurova - Taurus MountainsArea (Turkish:Çukurova - Toros Yöresi)
- Antakya - KahramanmaraşArea (Turkish:Antakya - Kahramanmaraş Yöresi)
AntalyaSection (Turkish:Antalya Bölümü)
- AntalyaArea (Turkish:Antalya Yöresi)
- GöllerArea (Turkish:Göller Yöresi)
- Taşeli - MutArea (Turkish:Taşeli - Mut Yöresi)
- TekeArea (Turkish:Teke Yöresi)

Ecoregions

Terrestrial

Palearctic

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Central Anatolian steppe

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

Provinces

Provinces that are entirely in the Mediterranean Region:

Provinces that are mostly in the Mediterranean Region:

Kahramanmaraş

Provinces that are partially in the Mediterranean Region:

Geography

Mediterranean Region is a mountainous region.Toros Mountains,a mountain chain from west to east, covers most of the region. Another chain isAmonos Mountainswhich run from north to south in the extreme east of the region. The mountains run in parallel to sea and in most places the mountains meet the sea except in coastal plains. The coastal plains were formed in the lower courses of the rivers. The most important coastal plain isÇukurova(Cilicia of the antiquity) in the eastern part of the region. It was formed by three rivers,Berdan,SeyhanandCeyhan.Main lakes of the region, likeLake Beyşehir,Lake EğirdirandLake Burdurwhich form a closed basin are in the north west of the region.

The capital of each province is a city bearing the name of the province exceptAntakyawhich is the capital city of Hatay Province.

However, as the provinces are the administrative units their border lines do not exactly match that of the region. Thus the region includes also the eastern part ofMuğla Provinceas well as southern parts of the neighbouring provinces likeKonya Province,Karaman ProvinceandNiğde Province.On the other hand, northern and eastern parts of Kahramanmaraş Province are not included in Mediterranean region.

Climate

The Mediterranean Region has aMediterranean climateat the coast, with hot, dry summers and mild to cool, wet winters and asemi-arid continental climatein the interior with hot, dry summers and cold, snowy winters.