Mediterranean Coast TurkeyTurkey
is surrounded by sea on three sides, by the Black Sea in the north, the Mediterranean
in the south and the Aegean Sea in the west. In the northwest there is also an
important internal sea, the Sea of Marmara, between the straits of the Dardanelles
and the Bosphorus, important waterways that connect the Black Sea with the rest
of the world. Because the mountains in the Black Sea region
run parallel to the coastline, the coasts are fairly smooth, without too many
indentations or projections. The length of the Black Sea coastline in Turkey is
1,595 kilometres, and the salinity of the sea is 17%. The Mediterranean coastline
runs for 1,577 kilometres and here too the mountain ranges are parallel to the
coastline. The salinity level of the Mediterranean is about
double that of the Black Sea. Although the Aegean coastline
is a continuation of the Mediterranean coast, it is quite irregular because the
mountains in the area fall perpendicularly into the Aegean Sea. As a result, the
length of the Aegean Sea coast is over 2,800 kilometres. The coastline faces out
to many islands. Map of Turkey's
Mediterranean Coast
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