Spatial planning system in Turkey. Focus on tourism destinations

Abstract

Country profileTurkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a transcontinental country located in Europe and Asia.It is surrounded by eight countries and three seas.It has borders with Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; and Syria to the south.There is the Black Sea in the north; the Aegean Sea to the west; and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.Its size is 783,562 km 2 .With this size, it is the 36 th biggest country in the world.Its population is 84.7 million people 1 which makes Turkey the 18 th most populated country in the year 2021 (World Population Review, 2022).Ankara is the capital city with a provincial population of approximately 5.7 million people.However, the economic centre of the country is İstanbul with a population of approximately 15.8 million people (TURKSTAT, 2022a).1 Turkey hosts approximately 5.5 million immigrants, the largest group of which is the Syrians under temporary protection with a population of 3,561,

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