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Bosporus
Bosporus [Gr.,=ox ford, in reference to the story of Io], Turk. Boğaziçi, strait, c.20 mi (30 km) long and c.2,100 ft (640 m) wide at its narrowest, separating European from Asian Turkey and joining the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara . Istanbul is on the Bosporus. At its narro... Read more
Aegean Sea
Aegean Sea Gr. Aigaion Pelagos, Turkish Ege Denizi, arm of the Mediterranean Sea, c.400 mi (640 km) long and 200 mi (320 km) wide, off SE Europe between Greece and Turkey; Crete and Rhodes mark its southern limit. Irregular in shape, it is dotted with islands, most of which belong to Greece; th... Read more
Istanbul
Istanbul , city (1990 pop. 6,748,435), capital of Istanbul prov., NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus at its entrance into the Sea of Marmara. Its name was officially changed from Constantinople to Istanbul in 1930; before AD 330 it was known as Byzantium. (For the history of the city, see Byz... Read more
Asia Minor
Asia Minor great peninsula, c.250,000 sq mi (647,500 sq km), extreme W Asia, generally coterminous with Asian Turkey, also called Anatolia. It is washed by the Black Sea in the north, the Mediterranean Sea in the south, and the Aegean Sea in the west. The Black and Aegean seas are linked by the Sea... Read more
Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula southeasternmost peninsula of Europe, c.200,000 sq mi (518,000 sq km), bounded by the Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea, and Adriatic Sea. Although there is no sharp physiographic separation between the peninsula and Central Europe, the line of th... Read more
Páros
Páros , island (1991 pop. 9,591), c.81 sq mi (210 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea; one of the Cyclades . The main town is Páros. The land slopes to the coast from Mt. Hagios Ilias (c.2,500 ft/760 m high). Wine, tobacco, figs, and grains are produced on the island. The beautiful w... Read more
Dardanelles
Dardanelles or Çanakkale Boğazi , strait, c.40 mi (60 km) long and from 1 to 4 mi (1.6 to 6.4 km) wide, connecting the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara and separating the Gallipoli peninsula of European Turkey from Asian Turkey. It was called the Hellespont in ancient times and was... Read more
Black Sea
Black Sea inland sea, c.159,600 sq mi (413,360 sq km), between SE Europe and Asia, connected with the Mediterranean Sea by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles. It is c.750 mi (1,210 km) from east to west, up to 350 mi (560 km) wide, and has a maximum depth of 7,364 ft (2,245 m). I... Read more
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea [Lat.,=in the midst of lands], the world's largest inland sea, c.965,000 sq mi (2,499,350 sq km), surrounded by Europe, Asia, and Africa. Geography The Mediterranean is c.2,400 mi (3,900 km) long with a maximum width of c.1,000 mi (1,600 km); its greatest depth is c.14,4... Read more
Thrace
Thrace , region, 3,310 sq mi (8,575 sq km), SE Europe, occupying the southeastern tip of the Balkan Peninsula and comprising NE Greece, S Bulgaria, and European Turkey. Its boundaries have varied in different periods. It is washed by the Black Sea in the northeast and by the Sea of Marmara and the A... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Marmara,"

Marmara University
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa MARMARA UNIVERSITY Public university in Istanbul, Turkey. Marmara University was founded as a vocational school in 1883...Business Administration in 1959 and later, in 1982, to Marmara University, after the Sea of Marmara, on which it...
Sea of Marmara
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sea of Marmara or Sea of Marmora, c.4,430 sq mi...north and Asia in the south. The Sea of Marmara, c.175 mi (280 km) long and 50 mi...entrance of the Bosporus into the Sea of Marmara. The sea has no strong currents and the...
Turkey
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia ...along the North Anatolian fault. The Marmara earthquake occurred on August 17, 1999...into seven geographical provinces: the Marmara Region, the Aegean Region, the Mediterranean...Anatolia Region. Four of the regions (the Marmara Region, the Aegean Region, the Mediterranean...
Istanbul
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Bosporus at its entrance into the Sea of Marmara. Its name was officially changed from...Bosporus (formerly Robert College), Marmara Univ., Mimar Sinan Univ., and Yildiz...abutting the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara. The quarter of Phanar in the northwest...
Women's Services
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...Kadin Sorunlar ı Ara ş t ı rma ve Uygulama Merkezi), in 1990 Marmara University Women's Labor Force and Employment Center (Marmara Ü niversitesi Kad ı n İ ş g ü c ü...
Straits, Turkish
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...are natural straits; between them lies the inland Sea of Marmara. So long as the Black Sea was Ottoman and the only approaches...arriving from the Mediterranean were permitted into the Sea of Marmara only as far as Constantinople. From that point north, all...
Tekirdağ
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Tekirdağ , city (1990 pop. 80,207), capital of Tekirdağ prov., NW Turkey, on the Sea of Marmara. It is a small port and an agricultural trade center. It was known in ancient times as Bisanthe and as Rhaedestus and later...
Kizil Adalar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Princes Islands, group of nine small islands (1990 pop. 19,413), c.4 sq mi (10.4 sq km), NW Turkey, in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul. The islands are a popular resort area. They were used as places of exile in Byzantine times. There are...
Bosporus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...100 ft (640 m) wide at its narrowest, separating European from Asian Turkey and joining the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara . Istanbul is on the Bosporus. At its narrowest point stand two famous castles: Anadolu Hisar (1390) on the Asian side...
Black Sea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...sq mi (413,360 sq km), between SE Europe and Asia, connected with the Mediterranean Sea by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles. It is c.750 mi (1,210 km) from east to west, up to 350 mi (560 km) wide, and has a maximum...

Dictionary entries related to "Marmara,"

Makarov, Stepan Osipovich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...barrel which was borne by the surface current toward the Sea of Marmara. At a certain depth the line began to pull in the opposite...between the less saline Black Sea and the more saline Sea of Marmara appears to be the reason for the existence of contrary currents...
Menaechmus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Republic ” . 2 Alopeconnesus was in the Thracian Chersonese, and Proconnesus (the Island of Marmara) was in the Propontis (the Sea of Marmara), no great distance from it; and both were near Cyzicus (Kapida ̆ i Yarimadasi, Turkey...
Turkey
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...partly in Asia and partly in Europe. Physical The Asian and European parts of Turkey are separated by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the channel of the Dardanelles. The smaller, European part is bounded by Bulgaria and Greece. The much larger Asian...
Dardanelles
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Dardanelles a narrow strait between Europe and Asiatic Turkey (called the Hellespont in classical times ), linking the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea, which in 1915 was the scene of an unsuccessful attack on Turkey by Allied troops (see Gallipoli ).
Andrusov, Nikolai Ivanovich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...of Kara-Bogaz-Gol, in the Balkans, and in the regions of the Inlet of Baku. He also measured the depths of the Sea of Marmara. In 1896 Andrusov was appointed professeur extraordinaire at the University of Yuriev. The following year he defended his...
Aegospotami, Battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Aegospotami, Battle of The naval battle (405 BC) fought in the Hellespont, the strait between the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara, that sealed the defeat of Athens in the PELOPONNESIAN WAR . For five days the Athenian fleet attempted to draw LYSANDER and...
Bosporus
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Bosporus a strait connecting the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara, and separating Europe from the Anatolian peninsula of western Asia; Istanbul (originally Byzantium and then Constantinople...
Penck Walther
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...observations in Anatolia (where he visited the Bithynian Olympus) and did varied geological work in the region of the Sea of Marmara (where he studied the coal strata of the Dardanelles). He also served as a professor at teh Agricultural College of Halkaly...

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Roadshow MARMARA MINING PLC.
PR Newswire; 10/10/2008; 700+ words ; ...until 4th November, at the earliest, MARMARA MING PLC will present the company to investors...encourage the public to purchase shares in MARMARA MINING PLC. The subscription period...also expected to have been published. MARMARA MINING PLC intends its shares to begin...
United States: Roadshow MARMARA MINING PLC.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 10/11/2008; 700+ words ; ...until 4th November, at the earliest, MARMARA MING PLC will present the company to investors...encourage the public to purchase shares in MARMARA MINING PLC. The subscription period...also expected to have been published. MARMARA MINING PLC intends its shares to begin...
EMERGING MARKETS: Focus on Istanbul.(Marmara Istanbul)
Magazine article from: Marketing Week; 11/13/2008; 700+ words ; ...southern coastal areas. Luxury hotel group Marmara, which operates a number of hotels across...gyms, swimming pools and saunas. The Marmara Istanbul, located in the central Taksim...international corporate projects at The Marmara Hotels & Residences, says Istanbul is...
A stone I lay from marble of Marmara. (poem)(The Keys to the Garden: Israeli Writing in the Middle East)
Magazine article from: The Literary Review; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; Marmara, the Sea of Marmara rises over its shores within my heart washing down over my face...said to We shall eat and drink and be happy and go to the Sea of Marmara. We shall eat and drink and be happ And I gave him my hand in support...
MARMARA MARINE, INC. WINS BID FOR S.S. UNITED STATES HISTORIC SHIP TO BE RECONSTRUCTED FOR PASSENGER CRUISES
PR Newswire; 4/30/1992; 506 words ; MARMARA MARINE, INC. WINS BID FOR S.S. UNITED STATES HISTORIC...PRNewswire/ -- Fred A. Mayer, chief executive officer of Marmara Marine, Inc., announced that Marmara submitted the $2.6 million winning bid for the S.S. United...
MARMARA HOTEL : FOR THE MORE SPECIALIZED BUSINESS GUEST
Newspaper article from: The Star (Jordan, Middle East); 7/31/1997; 691 words ; ...This is exactly the idea behind the Marmara hotel. Situated in Mecca Street at the Kilo 2 intersection, the Marmara Hotel, which has just opened, its...establishment comes in. The concept behind the Marmara hotel didn't come out of thin air...
Marmara University, Medical Department reports research in hepatitis.
Newspaper article from: AIDS Weekly; 9/8/2008; 700+ words ; ...presented to the emergency department of Marmara University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey...wrote O. Guneysel and colleagues, Marmara University, Medical Department (see...additional information, contact O. Guneysel, Marmara University, School Medical, Dept. of...
India: CRM Global to represent The Marmara Hotels in India.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 7/12/2008; 682 words ; ...represent the Turkish hotel chain, The Marmara Hotels & Residences, in India. One of the largest hotel chains in Turkey, The Marmara has nine hotel properties in Turkey and...Currently, we are representing The Marmara Hotels in India. We are also trying to...
French Seismic Research Ship Starts Work in Marmara Sea
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 8/11/2001; 397 words ; ...experts, has started work in the Sea of Marmara to draw a fault line map of the sea...Saturday. Naci Gorur, chairman of the Marmara Research Center of the Scientific and...been installed in several points of the Marmara Sea, while 73 seismographs have been...
Crush syndrome and acute renal failure in the Marmara earthquake
Magazine article from: Military Medicine; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...as a result of crush syndrome after the Marmara earthquake were evaluated retrospectively...injured patients were evaluated after the Marmara earthquake at Gulhane Military Medical...earthquake, subsequently known as the Marmara earthquake, caused approximately 17...