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Turkey is about the size of Texas, and has both coastal plains along the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Mount Ararat, the legendary landing place of Noah's Ark, is located in eastern Turkey.
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Geography of Adana
Adana, Turkey, the country's fourth largest city and the capital of Seyhan Province.
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Ankara, Turkey, the nation's capital and second largest city. It lies on the Ankara River amid the rolling hills of the Anatolian Plateau, about 215 miles (346 km) east-southeast of Istanbul.
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Bursa, (formerly Brusa), Turkey, a city in the northwestern part of the country, 55 miles (90 km) south of Istanbul.
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Edirne (formerly Adrianople), Turkey, the capital of a province by the same name in European Turkey and the former capital of the Ottoman Empire.
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Istanbul, Turkey, the largest city in Turkey and the industrial, commercial, and cultural center of the nation.
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Izmir, Turkey, the capital of Izmir province. It lies at the head of the Gulf of Izmir about 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Istanbul.
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Konya, or Konia, Turkey, a city in the south-central part of the country. Konya lies on a fertile plain of the Anatolian plateau.
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Turkey, or Republic of Turkey, a country of western Asia and southeastern Europe.
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