"Karadeniz Bölgesi"

Translation: The Black Sea Region

[Ehsan_Mehmed]

uhm, it's a little bit late but what is the difference between kara and siyah?

[ex_contributor]

they both mean black, but siyah is more commonly used. This is a proper name, so you cannot replace it with a synonym.

[MorphyAnderssen]

I usually encounter the words ak and kara while reading Wikipedia articles on Turkish history. Are they like an older word for beyaz and siyah respectively?

[NezihD]

This is coming from pre-Islamic Turkic. The directions were named as Kara(Black)=North, Ak(Beyaz)=South, Kızıl(Red)=East, Mavi-Yeşil(Blue-Green)=West. Mediterranean sea is called Akdeniz in Turkish. Red sea is also named by Turks.

[AlexinNotTurkey]

They are and they are still used in some set phrases. They are pretty common in geographical place names as well.

[Ehsan_Mehmed]

Also reminds me of kara mustafa, hehe
thank you very much for the explanation

[thenotoriousgob]

Kara means dark

[9of16]

Doesn't kara literally mean shadow?

[deactivated user]

Kara - Black

Shadow - Gölge

[TimurSarf]

Yaa ingilizler şu karadenizden ne çıkarıyonuz

[JerodKlein1]

"Region" is capitalized?

[padm915118]

The audio sounded like perdeniz to me

[JICOUAN]

Area or region, is it not the same?