Tales of Trotsky Nov 5, 2009
k Ada, the largest of the islands in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul. It was there that he wrote his major books. (The American Conservative)
A golden promise lives on after 46 years Jun 23, 2009
Golden Horn the unfortunately is only in Sea of Marmara and Turkey does not have a coast to Adriatic Sea ... It is pretty far from where the Sea of Marmara and the AEGEAN meet. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Constantinople and the Bosporus Apr 29, 2009
The Bosporus, a 17-mile water link between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara, ultimately leads to the Dardanelles and on to the Aegean Sea. The city itself, renamed Constantinople after the Roman Emperor Constantine enlarged it in AD 330, remained as one of the western world s most important citadels. (Suite101.com)
Turkey's opposition chief faces another poll loss Mar 22, 2009
Watching Baykal on a crisp, sunny afternoon in Yalova, a small town facing Istanbul across the sea of Marmara, people profess a love of the party but crave youthful new leaders. "I support CHP because it is the party of Ataturk and I worry that the AK Party will change Turkey," said 19-year-old student Ebru Sezgin, referring to the revered founder of the modern Turkish republic in 1923, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Ancient Shipwreck's Stone Cargo Linked to Apollo Temple Feb 25, 2009
Using a variety of techniques, she has linked the column in the K z lburun shipwreck to its likely intended destination, the Claros temple as well as to its origin, a marble quarry 200 miles (322 kilometers) away on an island in Turkey's Sea of Marmara. While there is plenty of ancient marble among the shipwrecks that cover the bottom of the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas, this is the first time archaeologists have pinpointed both where the marble came from and where it was going. (National Geographic)
Clashes at Turkish Ocalan rally Feb 15, 2009
He is being held in solitary confinement as the sole inhabitant of a prison island in the sea of Marmara. In Batman, police had reportedly warned demonstrators to disperse because the protest was unauthorised. (BBC News -- Europe)
"Noah's Flood" Not Rooted in Reality, After All? Feb 7, 2009
Researchers said these areas had been flooded when the Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara which lies between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea breached a rocky barrier across the Bosporus, the Turkish strait that links the Maramara with the Black Sea. Continued on. (National Geographic)
