Aegean Turkey
A land of beautiful vistas over the sea, lovely evening breezes, and majestic sunsets, Aegean Turkey is the western part of the country, including the Aegean Sea coast across from a wide arch of Greek islands and the adjoining inland areas.Photo: CherryX, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Izmir and Ephesus.
Izmir
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İzmir is a port on the Central Aegean coast of Turkey, known in antiquity as Smyrna. It's the country's third-largest city, with a population of 3.12 million in 2024.
Ephesus
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Ephesus is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with magnificent Roman ruins. It's in the Central Aegean region of Turkey 4 km west of Selçuk and 19 km northeast of the beach resort of Kuşadası.
Denizli
Denizli is a city in the Southern Aegean region of Turkey, which most visitors simply transit to reach Pamukkale 20 km north. It's a typical modern Turkish city, far from picturesque, but does have enough sights of its own if your schedule allows.
Destinations to Discover
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Central Aegean
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Central Aegean is the central section of the Aegean coast of Turkey. Although it's named for the bordering sea, this region stretches over 200 km inland, comprising the provinces and cities of Izmir, Manissa and Uşak.
Southern Aegean
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Southern Aegean Region is on the southwest coast of Aegean Turkey. It has a 2000 year tradition of tourism, and most international visitors are heading for party-town Bodrum.
Aegean Turkey
- Type: Region with 9,900,000 residents
- Description: region of Turkey
- Also known as: “Aegean region”, “Aegean Region”, and “Ege”
- Neighbors: Aegean Sea, Central Anatolia, Marmara, and Mediterranean Turkey
- Category: region of Turkey
- Location: Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Uzbek—“Aegean Turkey” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Rajoni i Egjeut”
- Arabic: “منطقة إيجة”
- Armenian: “Եգեյան երկրամաս”
- Armenian: “Եգեյան տարածաշրջան”
- Azerbaijani: “Egey regionu”
- Bashkir: “Эге регионы”
- Basque: “Egeoko Kosta eskualdea”
- Belarusian: “Эгейскі рэгіён”
- Bosnian: “Egejska regija”
- Bulgarian: “Беломорски регион”
- Bulgarian: “Егейски регион”
- Catalan: “Regió de l’Egeu”
- Central Kurdish: “ھەرێمی ئێژە”
- Chechen: “Эгейн регион”
- Chinese: “愛琴海地區”
- Chinese: “爱琴海地区”
- Crimean Tatar: “Ege regionı”
- Croatian: “Egejska regija”
- Czech: “Ägäis”
- Czech: “Egejský region”
- Dimli (individual language): “Mıntıqay Egey”
- Dutch: “Ege Bolgesi”
- Dutch: “Ege Bölgesi”
- Dutch: “Egeisch gebied”
- Dutch: “Egeïsch gebied”
- Dutch: “Egeische Regio”
- Dutch: “Egeïsche Regio”
- Dutch: “Egeische Zee-regio”
- Dutch: “Egeïsche Zee-regio”
- Dutch: “Egeïsche Zeeregio”
- Esperanto: “Egea regiono de Turkio”
- Esperanto: “Egea regiono”
- Estonian: “Egeuse piirkond”
- Finnish: “Egeanmeren alue”
- French: “Région égéenne de Turquie”
- French: “Région égéenne”
- French: “Région Égéenne”
- Galician: “Rexión do Exeo”
- Georgian: “ეგეოსი”
- Georgian: “ეგეოსის რეგიონი”
- German: “Ägäisregion”
- German: “Ege Bölgesi”
- German: “Ege-Gebiet”
- German: “Ege”
- Greek: “Περιοχή Αιγαίου”
- Hebrew: “הים האגאי”
- Hebrew: “מחוז הים האגאי”
- Hungarian: “Égei-tengeri régió”
- Indonesian: “Ege Bölgesi”
- Indonesian: “Kawasan Aegea”
- Italian: “Regione del Mar Egeo”
- Italian: “Regione dell’Egeo”
- Japanese: “エーゲ海地方”
- Korean: “에게해 지역”
- Macedonian: “Егејски регион”
- Marathi: “एजियन प्रदेश”
- Northern Frisian: “Ägäisregiuun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Egeerregionen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Egearregionen”
- Norwegian: “Egeerregionen”
- Persian: “منطقه اژه”
- Persian: “ناحیه اژه”
- Persian: “ناحیهٔ اژه”
- Portuguese: “Região do Egeu”
- Pushto: “اژه سیمه”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Egeeană”
- Russian: “Эгейский регион”
- Scots: “Aegean Region”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Egej”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Egejska regija”
- Slovak: “Egejský región”
- Slovenian: “Egej, Turčija”
- Slovenian: “Egej”
- South Azerbaijani: “اژه بؤلگهسی”
- Spanish: “Region del Egeo”
- Spanish: “Región del Egeo”
- Swahili: “Ukanda wa Aegea”
- Swahili: “Ukanda wa Aegean”
- Tagalog: “Aegean Region”
- Tagalog: “Rehiyon ng Egeo”
- Tajik: “Минтақаи Эгей”
- Tamil: “ஏஜியன் பிராந்தியம்”
- Thai: “เขตอีเจียน”
- Turkish: “Ege Bölgesi”
- Uighur: “ئېگېي رايونى”
- Ukrainian: “Егейський регіон”
- Urdu: “ایجیئن علاقہ”
- Uzbek: “Aegean mintaqasi”
- Uzbek: “Egey mintaqasi”
- “Ege bolgesi”
- “Ege bölgesi”
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