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词条 Eastern Anatolia Region
释义

  1. Substitution with Armenia

  2. Subdivision

  3. Provinces

  4. Location and borders

  5. Population

  6. Geography

  7. Climate and nature

  8. Gallery

  9. Endnotes

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| native_name_lang = tr
| settlement_type = Region of Turkey
| image_map = Latrans-Turkey location Eastern Anatolia Region.svg
| coordinates =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Turkey
| area_total_km2 = 165,436
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The Eastern Anatolia Region ({{lang-tr|Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi}}) is a geographical region of Turkey.

The region and the name "Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi" were defined at the First Geography Congress in 1941. It has the highest average altitude, largest geographical area, and lowest population density of all regions of Turkey. Prior to getting its current name from the Turkish state, most of the region was part of the Six Armenian provinces in the region known as the Armenian Highlands.[1][2] After the Armenian Genocide, the geopolitical term "Eastern Anatolia" was coined to replace what had historically been known as Western Armenia.[3][4][5][6][7]

Substitution with Armenia

{{further|Geographical name changes in Turkey}}

Beginning in 1880, the name Armenia was forbidden to be used in official Ottoman documents, in an attempt to censor the history of Armenians in their own homeland.[5][6][7] The government of Sultan Abdul Hamid II replaced the name Armenia with such terms as "Kurdistan" or "Anatolia". The Sublime Porte believed there would be no Armenian Question if there was no Armenia. The process of “nationalization” of toponyms was continued by the Kemalists, who were the ideological successors of the Young Turks, and gained momentum during the Republican period. Starting from 1923 the entire territory of Western Armenia was officially renamed “Eastern Anatolia” (literally The Eastern East).[3][4][5][7]

The word Anatolia means “sunrise” or “east” in Greek. This name was given to the Asia Minor peninsula approximately in the 5th or 4th centuries B.C. During the Ottoman era, the term Anadolou included the north-eastern vilayets of Asia Minor with Kyotahia as its center. The numerous European, Ottoman, Armenian, Russian, Persian, Arabic and other primary sources did not confuse the term Armenia with Anatolia. This testifies, inter alia, to the fact that even after the loss of its statehood the Armenian nation still constituted a majority in its homeland, which was recognized by Ottoman occupiers as well.[3]

Historically the Armenian Highlands have been situated to the east of Anatolia, with the border between them located near Sivas (Sebastia) and Kayseri (Caesarea). Therefore, it is incorrect to refer to Armenia as part of "Eastern Anatolia".[6]

In the 17th century, when the Armenian Question was not yet included into the international diplomacy agenda, the terms "Anatolia" or "Eastern Anatolia" were never used to indicate Armenia. Furthermore, the "Islamic World Map" of the 16th century and other Ottoman maps of the 18th and 19th centuries have clearly indicated Armenia (Ermenistan) on a specific territory as well as its cities.[3]

Armenia, together with its boundaries, was unequivocally mentioned in the works of earlier Ottoman historians and chroniclers until the end of the 19th century. Kâtip Çelebi, a famous Ottoman chronicler of the 17th century, had a special chapter titled “About the Country Called Armenia” in his book Jihan Numa. However, when this book was republished in 1957, its modern Turkish editor H. Selen changed this title into “Eastern Anatolia”. Osman Nuri, a historian of the second half of the 19th century, mentions Armenia repeatedly in his three-volume Abdul Hamid and the Period of His Reign.[3]

In the 1960s, the Swiss airline Swissair removed the nomenclature 'plateau arménien' from the maps provided by their planes at the request of the Turkish ambassador in Bern.[5]

Subdivision

  • Upper Euphrates Section ({{lang-tr|Yukarı Fırat Bölümü}})
  • Erzurum - Kars Section ({{lang-tr|Erzurum - Kars Bölümü}})
  • Upper Murat - Van Section ({{lang-tr|Yukarı Murat - Van Bölümü}})
    • Upper Murat Area ({{lang-tr|Yukarı Murat Yöresi}})
    • Van Area ({{lang-tr|Van Yöresi}})
  • Hakkari Section ({{lang-tr|Hakkari Bölümü}})

Provinces

Provinces that are entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region:

  • Ağrı
  • Bingöl
  • Elazığ
  • Hakkari
  • Iğdır
  • Kars
  • Tunceli
  • Van

Provinces that are mostly in the Eastern Anatolia Region:

  • Ardahan
  • Erzurum
  • Şırnak

Location and borders

The Eastern Anatolia Region is located in the easternmost part of Turkey. It is bounded by Turkey's Central Anatolia Region to the west; Turkey's Black Sea Region to the north; Turkey's Southeast Anatolia Region and Iraq to the south; and Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia to the east, where Eastern Anatolia overlaps and converges with the South Caucasus region and Lesser Caucasus mountain plateau.

The area of the region is 146,330 km², which comprises 18.7% of the total area of Turkey.

Population

The total population of the region is 6,100,000 (2000 census) and 5,906,565 (2014 estimate). The region has the second most rural population of Turkey after the Black Sea region. The migration level (to the other regions, especially to Marmara Region) is high and population density (40 person/km²) is lower than the average for Turkey (98 person/km²). The migration toward other Turkey's regions and toward foreign countries is higher than the natural population increase, a fact which is leading to a slight decline of the Region's population.

Geography

The average altitude is 2,200 m. Major geographic features include plains, plateaus and massifs. There is some volcanic activity today.

Massifs and mountains
  • There are three massif lines running north-south:
    • To the north, the Çimen Dağı, Kop Dağı and Yalnızçam mountains
    • In the centre, the Munzur, Karasu Dağı, Aras Dağı mountains
    • To the south, Southeast Tauros, Bitlis, Hakkâri, and Buzul mountains.
  • The volcanic mountains Nemrut, Süphan, Tendürek and Ararat are in the region.
Plateaus and plains
  • The largest plateau in the region is Erzurum-Kars Plato.
  • The region includes the Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Muş plains and the Van Lake basin.
Lakes{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
  • Balık
  • Bulanık
  • Çıldır
  • Erçek
  • Hazar
  • Kuyucuk
  • Nazik
  • Van Gölü, the largest of Turkey

}}Rivers{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
  • Fırat
  • Dicle
  • Aras
  • Kura
  • Zap

}}

Climate and nature

{{climate chart|Erzurum
|-15|-4|20
|-14|-3|24
|-7|3|33
|0|12|58
|4|17|70
|7|22|43
|10|27|27
|10|28|16
|5|23|21
|1|15|49
|-5|7|33
|-11|-1|22
|float=right
|clear=none
|source= Turkish State Meteorology[8]
}}

Since most of the region is far from the sea, and has high altitude, it has a harsh continental climate with long winters and short summers. During the winter, it is very cold and snowy, during summer the weather is cool in the highlands and warm in the lowlands. The region has the lowest average temperature of all Turkish regions, with -25 °C. Although it can get below -40 °C. The summer average is about 20 °C.

The region's annual temperature difference is the highest in Turkey. Some areas in the region have different microclimates. As an example, Iğdır (near Mount Ararat) has a milder climate.

The region contains 11% percent of the total forested area of Turkey, and it is rich in native plants and animals. Oak and yellow pine trees form the majority of the forests.

The region has high potential for hydroelectric power.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

Gallery

{{Regions of Turkey}}

Endnotes

{{Wikivoyage|Eastern Anatolia}}
1. ^Lynch, H.F.B., "Armenia, Travels and Studies" London, 1901, vol2 p391. "The natural boundary between Armenia and Asia Minor is the course of the Western Euphrates between the town of Kemah, and its passage through Taurus below Keban-Maden."
2. ^Oswald, Felix "A Treatise on the Geology of Armenia", London, 1906.
3. ^{{cite book|last=Sahakyan|first=Lusine|title=Turkification of the Toponyms in the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey|year=2010|publisher=Arod Books|location=Montreal|isbn=978-0969987970}}
4. ^{{cite book|last1=Hovannisian|first1=Richard|author-link=Richard G. Hovannisian|title=The Armenian Genocide: Cultural and Ethical Legacies|date=2007|publisher=Transaction Publishers|location=New Brunswick, N.J.|isbn=1412835925|page=3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K3monyE4CVQC}}
5. ^{{cite book|last1=Cheterian|first1=Vicken|title=Open Wounds: Armenians, Turks and a Century of Genocide|date=2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford and New York City|isbn=1849044589|page=65|quote=As a result of policies such as these, the expression Armenian Plateau, which had been used for centuries to denote the mountainous highlands around Lake Van and Lake Sevan, was eliminated and replaced by the expression 'eastern Anatolia'.}}
6. ^{{cite book|last1=Galichian|first1=Rouben|author-link=Rouben Galichian|title=Historic Maps of Armenia: The Cartographic Heritage|date=2004|publisher=I.B. Tauris|location=London and New York City|isbn=1860649793|page=8-9}}
7. ^{{cite book|title=Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies|date=2005|location=Los Angeles|volume=14-16|page=55|quote=Most of historical Armenia presently constitutes a part of Turkey (renamed "Eastern Anatolia"), which conducts a policy of minimizing the role of the Armenians in history}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dmi.gov.tr/veridegerlendirme/il-ve-ilceler-istatistik.aspx?m=ERZURUM |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-05-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620032903/http://dmi.gov.tr/veridegerlendirme/il-ve-ilceler-istatistik.aspx?m=ERZURUM |archivedate=2011-06-20 |df= }}
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