With its dense forests covering the mountains, this region forms a green world where wide valleys and rivers run. At the same moment with swimming and sunbathing on the beautiful beaches of its coastline, it interestingly offers skiing on snowy slopes, with resort facilities at Saklikent, near Antalya. Wide forests sprinkled over the land make this region a perfect mixture of green and blue, just like the Black Sea Region, though in different proportions. Another region with quite different natural characteristics is Eastern Anatolia. Although it seems to be an enclosed area with no opportunities for a sea holiday, it possesses equally amazing natural assets with the coastal parts of the country.
Some inactive volcanoes exist which contribute to the tremendous diversity of the region.
While the Eastern Anatolian Region occupies the largest area in Turkey, Southeastern Anatolia constitutes the smallest part. And just as the Marmara Region is located in the northwest corner of the country, this small region forms that of the southeast. Though the general characteristics resemble those of the eastern region, it offers very different leisure opportunities, like caving, and it will be an adventure to visit this region of mountain cities, and to get lost in its historical beauties. In the very midst of the country, there exists the seventh region of Turkey, Central Anatolia. It is the geographical center as well as the strategical center, with Ankara, the capital of Turkey set here, in the heart of this region.