What else contributed to the creation of the Black sea besides fault lines in Turkey ?
It lies between latitudes 35° and 43° N , and longitudes 25° and 45° E. Turkey 's area , including lakes , occupies 783,562 square kilometres ( 300,948 sq mi ) , of which 755,688 square kilometres ( 291,773 sq mi ) are in Southwest Asia and 23,764 square kilometres ( 9,174 sq mi ) in Europe .