General Overview of the Tombolos with Urban Settlements on Turkey’s Coastlines

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This paper deals with 11 tombolos, which have hosted urban settlements throughout the long historical process, on Turkey’s Black Sea, Marmara, Aegean and the Mediterranean coastlines. Unfortunately, most of these tombolos that draw attention with their unique appearance within the coastal geomorphology have not been studied to date. Therefore, this paper aims to make contributions to both coastal geomorphology and urban geography of Turkey. This paper provides brief information, not exceeding several paragraphs, about the formation and functional characteristics of tombolos, and urban settlements on these tombolos. In this context, it was strived particularly to demonstrate the close relation between the tombolo sites and topographic locations of cities, and the reason why the tombolos have been preferred as a place of settlement since the Antiquity through examples.

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Coastal geomorphology , tombolos , Sinop , Alanya

International Journal of Geography and Geography Education

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International Journal of Geography and Geography Education