Webcams Overview by earthTV Asia – Turkey

Turkey: the Bosphorus, the Aegean and the Mediterranean

Water gives Turkey several compelling starting points. Istanbul is shaped by the Bosphorus, İzmir turns towards the Aegean, and Antalya occupies a Mediterranean bay beneath the Taurus Mountains. earthTV’s perspectives on Turkey connect these distinct city settings, inviting an interest in how coastlines and waterways influence the places beside them.

Exploring Turkey’s waterfront cities

Istanbul’s position across the Bosphorus brings its European and Asian sides into a shared urban geography. Mosques, museums, palaces and waterfront districts give the city many possible points of interest. Beginning with the strait helps place those individual subjects within the wider landscape.

İzmir introduces an Aegean coastal setting. The relationship between the city and the sea provides a different line of enquiry, centred on a waterfront and the urban area around it. A coastal city can become easier to understand when the shape of its shore gives the buildings a geographical frame.

Antalya’s bay belongs to the Mediterranean landscape often called the Turkish Riviera. Beaches and rocky sections of coastline sit beneath the Taurus Mountains, bringing contrasting landforms into close relation. Together, these three cities suggest how varied a waterside journey through Turkey can be. An interest in architecture, a harbour or a mountain-backed coast can give that journey its own direction.