▁with ▁severe ▁weather ▁on ▁the ▁An atol ian ▁plate au ▁in ▁winter , ▁and ▁hot , ▁dry ▁sum mers . ▁These ▁large ▁differences ▁in ▁climate ▁are ▁reflected ▁in ▁an ▁extremely ▁diverse ▁fl ora ▁and ▁fa una . ▁ ▁The ▁e cor eg ions ▁of ▁Turkey ▁include ▁the ▁important ▁terrest rial ▁Eastern ▁An atol ian ▁decid uous ▁for ests ▁and ▁Southern ▁An atol ian ▁mont ane ▁con ifer ▁and ▁decid uous ▁for ests . ▁ ▁Turkey ▁includes ▁port ions ▁of ▁three ▁b iod iversity ▁hot sp ots : ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁Bas in , ▁the ▁C au cas us , ▁and ▁the ▁I rano - An atol ian . ▁ ▁Flora ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁Turkey ▁there ▁are ▁about ▁ 1 1 , 0 0 0 ▁species ▁of ▁flow ering ▁plant , ▁about ▁a ▁third ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁en demic ▁to ▁the ▁country . ▁This ▁area ▁played ▁a ▁key ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁cultiv ation ▁of ▁whe at , ▁other ▁c ere als ▁and ▁various ▁h ort icult ural ▁cro ps . ▁The ▁country ▁is ▁divided ▁into ▁three ▁main ▁flor istic ▁areas ; ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁area ; ▁the ▁Euro - S iber ian ▁area ; ▁and ▁the ▁I rano - T ran ian ▁area . ▁The ▁fl ora ▁of ▁the ▁European ▁part ▁of ▁Turkey ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁ad jo ining ▁Greece . ▁The ▁e cor eg ions ▁here ▁include ▁B alk an ▁mixed ▁for ests ▁domin ated ▁by ▁o aks ▁and ▁containing ▁Sc ots ▁p ine , ▁Bos