Etudes par pays volume 2, PDF, 346 p., 1,4 Mo - Femise

11873_2002 Study D2: Poverty, Informal Sector, Health and Labour
1.3. Geography and territorial characteristics
Geography and territorial patterns of Turkey composite of geographical
surface, geographical distribution of population, principle Natural
Resources, climate characteristics and environmental Issues.
Geographical Surface
The Republic of Turkey spans two continents. The seas which surround the
country on three sides are the Black Sea, the Aegean and the Mediterranean.
Turkey has borders with Georgia, Armenia, Nakhicevan (Azerbaidjan) and
Iran to the east, Bulgaria, and Greece to the west and Iraq and Syria to the
south.
Turkey has an area of 814,578 km square. 3% of the area of Turkey is
located in Thrace in Europe, and the remaining 97%, which is referred to as
Anatolia, is located in Asia. The legth of the land borders of the country is
2,875 km. and the length of the coastline is 8,333 km. Turkey has a width of
app. 550 km. and a length of app. 1,500 km.
Turkey has seven geographical regions: The Black Sea, the Marmara, the
Aegean, the Mediterranean, the Central, East and Southeast Anatolia
Regions. The Regions are not definiteve demarcations, but markers of
gradually changing geographical and climatic features.
Principle Natural Resources
Turkey has large and varied mineral deposits and resources.Turkey holds
28th place in terms of total production among 132 countries in the world
who are involved in mining activities and 10th place in terms of the type of
minerals produced. Today 53 different metals and minerals are being
produced in the mining sector.
While the public sector predominates in the production of mineral fuels ano
metallic ores, the private sector has concentrated on industrial minerals.
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