The Region The region known as Cappadocia in classical times was reaching the Black Sea to the north and the Taurus Mountains to the south, the Euphrates to the east and the Salt Lake to the west. After the Persian invasion in 6th century BC, the region was divided in to two, the Pontus to the north...Read More

Istanbul Istanbul is the largest city in the Republic of Turkey. It is situated on the shores of the Bosphorus and is borded to the North by the Bosphorus and is bordered to the North by the Black Sea, to the east by the region of Kocaeli and the Marmara Sea and to the west...Read More