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Marmara Region

Region in Turkey
Marmara is a region in northwest Turkey that straddles Europe and Asia across the Sea of Marmara. The cosmopolitan main city, Istanbul, features the Byzantine Hagia Sophia Museum, with its soaring dome and Christian mosaics, and the huge Sultan...
Area: 28,126 mi²
Capital: Istanbul
Demonym: Turkish: Marmaralı
ISO 3166 code: TR-IDF
NUTS Region: TR1