The present set of 22 papers stems from the 7th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology that was held in Adana, Turkey, 18â22 October 2010. After its initiation in l992, in Adana this international conference has been held successively in Jerusalem (Israel) in l995, Nicosia (Cyprus) in 1998, Isparta (Turkey) in 2001, Thessalonica (Greece) in 2004 and Amman (Jordan) in 2007. The Cyprus and Thessalonica conferences were followed by substantive publications, including one with a focus on Cyprus (Panayides et al. 2000) and another mainly concerned with the Balkan region (Robertson & Mountrakis 2006). A subset of the papers that were presented at the 7th Adana meeting, together with some others, have been prepared and edited for the present volume. Anatolia and the surrounding region provide an excellent opportunity for the study of fundamental geological processes, including rifting, seafloor spreading, ophiolite genesis and emplacement, collision, continental assembly and neotectonics. This volume should interest a wide cross-section of international researchers, including those concerned with hydrocarbons, mineral deposits and seismic risk, and also postgraduate students and advanced undergraduates. The papers highlight the role of fieldwork, the multidisciplinary nature of much of the current research in the region, the role of teamwork and the strong contribution being made by young scientists. Following an introductory chapter, the volume is divided into four sections covering different aspects of the region as a whole. The area discussed mainly lies within Turkey, Cyprus and Syria. Section 1 is made up of a small number of papers that are mainly concerned with the Pontide belt of northern Turkey. Section 2 is concerned with the geological development of the Tauride and Anatolide belts of central and southern Anatolia, especially the TriassicâJurassic period of rifting and passive margin development and the Late Cretaceous period of ophiolite genesis and emplacement. Section 3 is mainly concerned with the formation of sedimentary basins during closure of several Mesozoic ocean basins and the related structural development during Late Cretaceous to Pliocene time. Finally, Section 4 is devoted to aspects of the structural development of the region, mainly during the PlioceneâQuaternary (i.e. neotectonics) when the plate configuration was essentially as it is today. The area covered by each paper is shown in Figure 1. The introduction by Robertson et al. covers the southern part of Anatolia and the adjacent easternmost Mediterranean region that was the main subject of the international conference. The main focus is on Late PermianâRecent time. A review of the Late PrecambrianâRecent geological development of the easternmost Mediterranean region is published elsewhere (Robertson et al. 2012). The authors discuss alternative interpretations of the MesozoicâCenozoic inter-relations of the various crustal units that make up the region. In particular, they consider whether these should be interpreted as individual microcontinents separated by Mesozoic small ocean basins or as parts of larger continental units (i.e. microcontinents). The Anatolides in the north are generally interpreted as the metamorphosed equivalents of the Taurides, although different reconstructions exist. The Anatolides are commonly seen as the northern, leading edge of the Mesozoic TaurideâAnatolide continent that subducted and underwent high-pressure/lowtemperature (HP/LT) metamorphism during Late CretaceousâEarly Cenozoic time. The Anatolides are divided into two parts, namely the HP/LTmetamorphosed AfyonâBolkar Dag zone in the south, which can be closely correlated with the Taurides, and the very HP/LT Tavsanli Zone further north, which also shows some affinities with the Taurides but is less well understood. The Kirsehir Massif is interpreted as a rifted continental block that was separated from a larger Tauride continent to the south by a Mesozoic oceanic basin known as the Inner-Tauride Ocean. However, uncertainties remain, including the reconstruction