Mountains Types in Turkey

Turkey, which becomes more arid the further south one goes, is presently hemmed in on every side by mountain ranges: The Northern Anatolian Mountain Range, the Interior Anatolian Massif Range, the Southern Anatolian Mountain Range and the Southeastern Anatolian Mountain Range. Important mountains in the Northern Anatolian Mountain Range are Istiranca (Yildiz) Mt. (1000 m), Bursa Uludag Mt. (2543 m) , Bolu Kopoglu Mt. (2400 m), Ilgaz Mt. (2587) and the Karagol Mts. (3100m). In the Central Anatolian Massif Range, there are volcanic mountains such as, Erciyes Mt. (3917m), Hasan Mt. (3263m), Greater Mt. Ararat (5137m), Tendurek Mt. (3533m), Suphan Mt. (4058m) and Nemrut Mt. (3050m). In the folded Taurus Mountain range, there are the Beydaglar Mts. (3086m) and Bolkar Mts. (3524m), and in the Southeastern Anatolian Mountain Range there are the, Hakkari Cilo (Buzul), Sat (4136m) and Nur (Amanos) Mountains.

Mountains formed by folding or breaking Western Taurus

– Beydaglari Central Taurus

– Bolkar Daglari -Aladaglar Munzur Mountains Cilo

– Sat Mountains Kackar Mountains

– Western Group (Versembek)

– Kavran Group

– Eastern Group (Altiparmak)

Volcanic Mountains

– Mount Ararat and Lesser Ararat

– Mount Suphan

– Mount Tendurek

– Mount Nemrut

– Mount Hasan

– Mount Erciyes

Important mountains in Turkey (Ranked according to height)