A cape (headland) (Turkish : burun) is a point of land extending into the sea. Turkey, being a country of two big peninsulas (Anatolia and Thrace) is surrounded by four seas and has many capes. The surrounding seas (counter-clockwise from the north) are the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Aegean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea.
The following list gives the names of capes of Turkey. The names are sometimes used with the suffix burun which means cape. [1] [2]
Cape [3] | Main peninsula | Sea | Province |
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Fener | Anatolia | Black Sea | Trabzon |
Kale | Anatolia | Black Sea | Giresun |
Çam | Anatolia | Black Sea | Ordu |
Yasun | Anatolia | Black Sea | Ordu |
Civa | Anatolia | Black Sea | Samsun |
Bafra | Anatolia | Black Sea | Samsun |
Sinop | Anatolia | Black Sea | Sinop |
İnce | Anatolia | Black Sea | Sinop |
Usta | Anatolia | Black Sea | Sinop |
Kerempe | Anatolia | Black Sea | Kastamonu |
Köpekkayası | Anatolia | Black Sea | Kastamonu |
Baba | Anatolia | Black Sea | Zonguldak |
Pazarbaşı | Anatolia | Black Sea | Kocaeli |
Servi | Thrace | Black Sea | Kırklareli |
İğneada | Thrace | Black Sea | Kırklareli |
Liman | Thrace | Marmara Sea | Tekirdağ |
Boz | Anatolia | Marmara Sea | Yalova |
Kabsul | Anatolia | Marmara Sea | Balıkesir |
İnce | Anatolia | Marmara Sea | Çanakkale |
Nara | Thrace | Marmara Sea | Çanakkale |
Bakla | Thrace | Aegean Sea | Çanakkale |
Büyükkemikli | Thrace | Aegean Sea | Çanakkale |
İlyasbaba | Thrace | Aegean Sea | Çanakkale |
Mehmetçik | Thrace | Aegean Sea | Çanakkale |
Kum | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Çanakkale |
Baba [4] | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Çanakkale |
Kum | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Balıkesir |
Aslan | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | İzmir |
Kömür | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | İzmir |
Top | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | İzmir |
Teke | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | İzmir |
Doğanbey | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | İzmir |
Dil | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Aydın |
Tekağaç | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Aydın |
Fener | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Muğla |
İnce | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Muğla |
İskandil | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Muğla |
Deveboynu | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Muğla |
Kara | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Muğla |
Kadırga | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Muğla |
Kurtoğlu | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Muğla |
İlbiz | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Muğla |
Yedi | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Muğla |
Yalı | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Antalya |
Ulu | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Antalya |
Kırlangıç | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Antalya |
Çavuş | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Antalya |
Dildarde | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Antalya |
Anamur | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Mersin |
Sulusalma | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Mersin |
Tisan | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Mersin |
İncekum | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Mersin |
Deli | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Mersin |
Karataş | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Adana |
Portakal | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Adana |
Akıncı | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Hatay |
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