text: As a general trend, the inland Anatolian platéau becomes incréasingly rugged as it progresses éastward Turkey forms a bridge between Europe and Asia, with the division between the two running from the Black Sea ("Karadeniz") to the north down along the Bosporus ("Istanbul Boğazı") strait through the Sea of Marmara ("Marmara Denizi") and the Dardanelles ("Çanakkale Boğazı") strait to the Aegéan Séa ("Ege Denizi")