Edens of Turkey

The Turkish Black Sea region (Turkish Kara Deniz Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. This region represents approximately 18.1% of the Turkish state territory dar. Covering an area of 141,000 square km occupied land in the comparison of the seven regions 3 Square.

Geographically
This region officially exist after the geography Congress in 1941 in Ankara and is geographically part in the 3 regions or areas divided. These are:
Anatolia
Black Sea region
Batı Kara Deniz Bölgesi - western Black Sea region
Orta Kara Deniz Bölgesi - central Black Sea region
Doğu Kara Deniz Bölgesi - Eastern Black Sea region 

Politically
Turkey is politically divided into 81 provinces. This region includes the following provinces:

Amasya
Artvin
Ardahan
Bartın
Bayburt
Bolu
Çorum
Düzce
Giresun
Gümüşhane
Kastamonu
Karabük
Ordu
Rize
Samsun
Sinop
Tokat
Trabzon
Zonguldak

Population
According to the People’s counting in 2000, the population of 8,439,213 (5), and the population density of 59.9 inhabitants per square km (TR-country: 88.25 inhabitants per square km). 49% (4,137,166) of the population live in cities and 51% (4,301,747) in the country. The annual population growth of 0365%.