Anatolia

Anatolia (Greek: ανατολή anatolē or anatolí) is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asian portion of Turkey. It means "rising of the sun" or "East", is also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, and is sometimes falsely associated with Anadolu to ana "mother" and dolu "filled" by popular etymology Turkish.

Administrative division of Asia Minor in 1916-20

In 1915-20 Asia Minor was divided in 15 vilayets, one sanjak and one mutersaflik of the vilayet of Constantinople (both being on the asiatic side of the Bosporus).

Related Topics:
Vilayet - Sanjak - Constantinople - Bosporus

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Every vilayet was further divided in a number of sanjaks.

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More specifically the political division of Asia Minor in 1915 was as follows;

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• Vilayet of Izmir divided in the sanjaks of Manisa, Izmir, Aydin, Denizli, Mentese
• Independent vilayet of the Dardanelles
• Vilayet of Bursa divided in the sanjaks of Balikesir, Bursa, Erdogrul, Kutahya, Afyon
• Vilayet of Konya divided in the sanjaks of Burdur, Hamid abad, Atalya, Konya, Nigde
• Vilayet of Kastamonu divided in the sanjaks of Bolu, Cankiri, Kastamonu, Sinop
• Vilayet of Ankara divided in the sanjaks of Ankara, Kirsehir, Yozgat, Kayseri
• Vilayet of Adana, divided in the sanjaks of Icel(Mersin), Adana, Hozan, Jebel-i-Bereket
• Vilayet of Sivas divided in the sanjaks of Sivas, Tokat, Amasya, Karahisar-Sarki
• Vilayet of Trabzon divided in the sanjaks of Samsun, Trabzon, Argiropolis, Lazistan
• Vilayet of Erzerum
• Vilayet of Bitlis divided in the sanjaks of Mus, Ghen, Siirt
• Vilayet of Van divided in the sanjaks of Van, Hakkari
• Vilayet of Mosul divided in the sanjaks of Mosul, Sehrizan, Suleymanih
• Vilayet of Mamure-ul-Azil divided in the sanjak of Diyarbakir and the mutersaflik of Zor
• Vilayet of Halep divided in the sanjaks of Halep, Urfa, Maras

Also the

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• Independent mutersaflik of Izmit and
• the sanjak of Uskudar