Climate in Turkey and when is to best time to go Turkey?

Turkey’s latitude would lead one to expect a broadly temperate or Mediterranean climate. Owing to its topography, however, the country’s climate varies according to region. 

Turks claim that all for seasons can be experienced in any one day, albeit in different parts of the country.

The Black Sea coast has predominantly mild summer and winter. It is the area with the heaviest rainfall (pack an umbrella for a trip to Black Sea !) and is famous for its tea plantations.

The Mediterranean and Aegean coasts have a typical Mediterranean climate, with long, hot, dry summers and mild winters.

The Marmara coast is a climatic transitional zone between the first two. It is hot, but does not have dry summers. The winters are cool, with occasional frosts and outbreaks of snow.

Central Anatolia (if you take trip to Cappadocia , Konya and Ankara) has a markedly continental climate, with hot summers around 86⁰F(30⁰C), and bitterly cold, snowy winters, sometimes down to -22⁰F (-30⁰C). There are large temperature swings between day and night and even in summer the nights can be surprisingly cold.