First Geography Congress, Turkey

Color-coded geographical regions map of Turkey, with national and provincial borders superimposed in thicker gray and thinner white, respectively. The seven official geographical regions are the Marmara Region (dark green), the Black Sea Region (light green), the Aegean Region (blue), the Mediterranean Region (purple), the Central Anatolia Region (brown), the Eastern Anatolia Region (orange), and the Southeastern Anatolia Region (yellow)

The First Geography Congress (Turkish: Birinci Türk Coğrafya Kongresi), which was held in Ankara in 1941, separated Turkey into seven geographical regions, which are still used today.[1]

  1. ^ A Comparative Analysis Regarding Pictures Included in Secondary School Geography Textbooks Taught in Turkey Archived 2015-04-13 at the Wayback Machine, Okan Yasar and Mehmet Seremet, International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2007