Jacob van Artevelde
Jacob van Artevelde , c.1290-1345, Flemish statesman, of a wealthy family of Ghent. In 1337 the Flemish cloth industry underwent a severe crisis. The pro-French policy of the count of Flanders in the conflict between Edward III of England and Philip VI of France cut off English wool imports and thus ruined the Flemish merchants and weavers. Ghent rebelled, and Artevelde was given dictatorial powers as head of the city government. He negotiated (1338) a commercial treaty with England and obtained recognition of Flemish neutrality. The other towns of Flanders followed his lead, the count fled to France, and trade revived and prospered. In 1340, Artevelde had Edward III recognized as king of France (and thus suzerain of Flanders) by the Flemish towns. Artevelde's firm leadership and wealthy origin inevitably aroused resentment. Enemies accused him of proposing the lordship of Flanders to Edward the Black Prince (of England). In 1345 a riot broke out in Ghent, and Artevelde was killed by the mob.
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Turkey: Erdemir to renew infrastructure in Iskenderun plant.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 9/8/2008; 496 words
; ...announced that the third coke battery at its Iskenderun plant would be renewed. The new battery...the cost of the new coke battery at Iskenderun to be around USD 100 million. The investment...not been disclosed yet. Erdemir's Iskenderun plant has a total coking capacity of...
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Turkey: Mr Rashnikov visits Turkish JV at Iskenderun.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 7/13/2009; 667 words
; ...enterprise MMK-Atakas in the town of Iskenderun in Turkey. The decision to build a...production will be located at two sites in Iskenderun and in Istanbul. The designed capacity...on the territory of the enterprise in Iskenderun. The port will be able to take ships...
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Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest; 7/7/2000; 700+ words
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Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest; 9/1/2000; 700+ words
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Magazine article from: International Railway Journal; 10/1/2004; 316 words
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BOO plant shortlists announced. (build-own-operate power plants in Turkey)
Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest; 11/8/1996; 700+ words
; ...700 MW); Izmir (1,400 MW); and Iskenderun (imported coal - 1,000 MW). The...two stages between 2001 and 2005, and Iskenderun in 2003. The ministry hopes to make...Energy Alternatives (CEA) - Ankara and Iskenderun * Germany's Siemens - Adapazari...
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Turkey : Silvermet Signs Agreement to Acquire Metoks Zinc Processing Facility in Turkey.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 11/6/2008; 700+ words
; ...plants on the Mediterranean coast in the Iskenderun Bay. These EAF steel plants produce...presently under construction in the Iskenderun area and are expected to produce a further...service the growing supply of EAFD in the Iskenderun region. A number of other EAF plants...
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Silvermet Signs Agreement to Acquire Metoks Zinc Processing Facility in Turkey.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 11/4/2008; 700+ words
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U.S. to Explore for Off-shore Gas ANKARA, July 18
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 7/18/2000; 473 words
; ...explore for natural gas in the southern Iskenderun and Mersin gulfs. TPAO and El Paso...shallow and deep waters in Mersin and Iskenderun gulfs in the Mediterranean Sea. Earlier...will collect deep-sea seismic data in Iskenderun and Mersin gulfs. If necessary, the...
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Botas puts its future in gas. (state pipeline agency of Turkey)(News: Turkey)
Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest; 2/15/1991; ; 700+ words
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Iskenderun
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Alexandretta
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...C.E. Alexandretta (in Turkish, Iskenderun) is located in Turkey's Hatay province on the southeast shore of the Gulf of Iskenderun, just north of Syria. The ancient...paved roads was built from the Gulf of Iskenderun into the eastern interior. Hostility...
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Issus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...SE Asia Minor, now in Turkey, 5 mi (8 km) NW of Dörtyol. Located near the head of a gulf (the modern Gulf of Iskenderun), Issus was on a narrow strip of land backed by high mountains. Nearby, in 333 BC, Alexander defeated the forces of Darius...
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Kurdistan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...km) strip of land that, stretching from the southeast to the northwest, extends from Kermanshah (Iran) to the Gulf of Iskenderun (or Alexandretta, Turkey). Its width varies from about 150 miles (250 km) to 250 miles (400 km) between Mosul and...
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place-name changes
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
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