Black Sea region

Turkey

The Black Sea region of Turkey shares 111 connections with 3976 other places across 21 topics, with history and nature as its two dominant threads. Military and government connections round out a profile shaped by centuries of coastal strategic importance. Russia and Greece are among the most-shared co-connected places. The region produced the tulum, a distinctive bagpipe still tied to its folk tradition, and its mountain plateaux support rivers and rafting culture distinct from the Mediterranean coast.