"The Eastern Anatolia Region (Turkish: Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey.
It is bordered by the Black Sea Region and Georgia in the north, ...
the Central Anatolia Region in the west, the Mediterranean Region in the southeast, the Southeastern Anatolia Region and Iraq in the south, and Iran, Azerbaijan and Armenia in the east.
The region and the name "Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi" were defined at the First Geography Congress in 1941 at the capital Ankara. It has the highest average altitude, largest geographical area, and lowest population density of the seven Turkish regions.
Kurdish people are the predominant ethnic group. Until the 1915 Armenian Genocide, the region also had a large population of Armenians, and was known as Western Armenia." - (en.wikipedia.org 21.12.2020)
