New paleomagnetic constraints on the late Cretaceous and early Cenozoic tectonic history of the Eastern Pontides

► A paleomagnetic study is carried out from Upper Cretaceous and Middle Eocene rocks in the Eastern Pontides. ► The paleomagnetic declinations which are in counterclockwise sense are consistent with the shape of an oroclinal bending existing in the Eastern Pontides. ► The shape of the oroclinal bending is interpretated as a result of the collision between the Arabia and Eurasia.