Turkey

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How to spot Turkey from satellite imagery

Turkey is the bridge between Europe and Asia, covering 783,000 square kilometres of varied terrain from the Aegean coast in the west to the high mountains of the Armenian border in the east. The country is split between the small European province of Thrace and the large Asian province of Anatolia by the Bosphorus and Dardanelles — two of the most strategically important waterways on Earth. The vast majority of Turkish territory is the Anatolian Plateau, a high arid interior bounded by the Pontic Mountains in the north along the Black Sea, the Taurus Mountains in the south along the Mediterranean, and the dramatic peaks of the east approaching Mount Ararat and the Caucasus.

For geography games, Turkey is a high-value country to learn because it shows up often and its regional landscapes are highly distinctive. This guide walks through the major aerial signatures and the cues that lock the country in fast.