<P> Coordinates: 39 ° N 35 ° E ﻿ / ﻿ 39 ° N 35 ° E ﻿ / 39; 35 </P> <P> Anatolia (Turkish: Anadolu, in Modern Greek: Ανατολία, from Ἀνατολή, Anatolḗ, pronunciation Anatolía--"east" or "(sun) rise";), in geography known as Asia Minor (Turkish: Küçük Asya, in Medieval and Modern Greek: Μικρά Ἀσία, Mīkrá Asía, pronunciation Mikrá Asía--"small Asia"), Asian Turkey, the Anatolian peninsula, or the Anatolian plateau, is the westernmost protrusion of Asia, which makes up the majority of modern - day Turkey . The region is bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Aegean Sea to the west . The Sea of Marmara forms a connection between the Black and Aegean Seas through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits and separates Anatolia from Thrace on the European mainland . </P>

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