“…1). The origin of the LP-ME magmatism is controversial and has been attributed to slab breakoff (Altunkaynak, 2007;Keskin et al, 2008;Karacık et al, 2008;Altunkaynak et al, 2012;Altunkaynak and Dilek, 2013;Ersoy and Palmer, 2013;Gülmez et al, 2013;Kasapoğlu et al, 2016;Ersoy et al, 2017a, b;Gürarslan and Altunkaynak, 2019), delamination of the lower part of the thickened lithosphere (Köprübaşı and Aldanmaz, 2004) and subduction (Okay and Satır, 2006;Ustaömer et al, 2009;Rabayrol et al, 2021). This paper deals with the LP-ME magmatic flare-up in northwestern Anatolia.…”