▁ ▁The ▁mountain ous ▁eastern ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁is ▁separated ▁flor ist ically ▁from ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁by ▁the ▁An atol ian ▁diagonal , ▁a ▁fl oral ▁break ▁that ▁cross es ▁the ▁country ▁from ▁the ▁eastern ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Black ▁Sea ▁to ▁the ▁n ort he astern ▁corner ▁of ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁Sea . ▁Many ▁species ▁found ▁to ▁the ▁east ▁of ▁this ▁break ▁are ▁not ▁found ▁to ▁the ▁west ▁and ▁vice ▁vers a , ▁and ▁about ▁four ▁hundred ▁species ▁are ▁only ▁found ▁along ▁this ▁divide . ▁The ▁natural ▁veget ation ▁in ▁eastern ▁Turkey ▁is ▁the ▁Eastern ▁An atol ian ▁decid uous ▁for ests ; ▁in ▁these ▁o aks ▁such ▁as ▁Br ant ' s ▁o ak , ▁Leb anon ▁o ak , ▁Ale ppo ▁o ak ▁and ▁Mount ▁Th abor ' s ▁o ak ▁pre dom inate ▁in ▁open ▁wood land ▁with ▁Sc ots ▁p ine , ▁burn et ▁rose , ▁dog - rose , ▁orient al ▁plane , ▁al der , ▁sweet ▁ch est nut , ▁map le , ▁C au cas ian ▁h one ys uck le ▁( L onic era ▁c au cas ica ) ▁and ▁common ▁juni per . ▁ ▁Fa una ▁ ▁Turkey ▁has ▁a ▁large ▁range ▁of ▁habitat ▁types ▁and ▁a ▁great ▁fa unal ▁divers ity . ▁Near ly ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁verte br ate ▁species ▁were ▁recorded , ▁of ▁which ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁species , ▁mostly ▁fish , ▁are ▁en demic . ▁The ▁country ▁is ▁on ▁two