Bosporus
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Bosporus (Karadeniz Bogazi), Turkey A strait linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara from
boğaz ‘throat’; Karadeniz means ‘Black Sea’. The English name, sometimes spelt Bosphorus, comes from the Greek and means ‘Ox Ford’ from
bous ‘ox’ and
poros ‘ford’.
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Bosporus Bottleneck Complicates Exports
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/16/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Turkey An oil tanker passes through the Bosporus in Istanbul, Turkey Friday, June 11...through the narrow curves of the busy Bosporus bisecting Istanbul a scene Turkey says...weave through the narrow curves of the Bosporus Strait bisecting Istanbul. It's a...
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The Bosporus: A Clogged Artery; Ancient Seaway Faces Modern-Day Traffic Problems
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/16/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Bebek, an Istanbul neighborhood on the Bosporus Strait, terrifying residents as it ground...one aboard. The historic and romantic Bosporus--the connection and the separation...drawn a traffic jam of ships through the Bosporus. Nearly 50,000 tankers and cargo vessels...
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Turkey's Bosporus bottleneck complicates exports of Caspian oil
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/16/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...through the narrow curves of the busy Bosporus bisecting Istanbul _ a scene Turkey says...with growing oil tanker traffic on the Bosporus. On Wednesday, oil executives and top...industry officials said was the worst Bosporus bottleneck in more than a decade. The...
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Profile: Opposition in Turkey to increased supertanker traffic through the Bosporus waterway
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 6/17/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...increased supertanker traffic through the Bosporus waterway Host: LIANE HANSEN Time: 1...oil or liquified gas pass through the Bosporus Strait. The waterway is a treacherous...This summer, tanker traffic through the Bosporus is set to increase dramatically when...
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Bottleneck in the Bosporus. (introduction of safety regulations in the Bosporus Strait)
Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest; 3/5/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...overcrowding in the international waters of the Bosporus. The expected rise in shipping, with...about 45,000 ships passed through the Bosporus, the narrow strip of water that separates...Soviet republics, shipping through the Bosporus is now expected to increase dramatically...
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Russian oil ships stuck in Bosporus strait traffic jam; Turkey's new shipping regulations are causing an expensive bottleneck on the famed waterway.(WORLD)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 1/25/2005; 700+ words
; ...every vessel sailing through Istanbul's Bosporus strait with pinpoint precision. Today...Traffic Service. "Everybody knows the Bosporus - it's a dangerous place." It's...Critics say the new system has created a Bosporus bottleneck, increasing the cost of shipping...
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After 16 months, Turkey lets half-built aircraft carrier cross through Bosporus
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 11/1/2001; ; 668 words
; ...China was being slowly towed through the Bosporus strait Thursday. The operation forced...Sea waiting for permission to sail the Bosporus. The 309-meter (1,020-foot...Crowds gathered along the shores of the Bosporus under clear, blue skies. "They'll...
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Turkey Unbars Bosporus Strait
News Wire article from: AP Online; 11/1/2001; ; 626 words
; ...AP Online 11-01-2001 Turkey Unbars Bosporus Strait ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- Tugboats...aircraft carrier through Istanbul's narrow Bosporus strait on Thursday -- forcing Turkey...waterways. Normal traffic through the Bosporus -- the sole passageway between the Black...
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Turkey stirs up a storm in the Bosporus
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/18/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...the morning mist at the mouth of the Bosporus, Captain Stoika Giorgiu of the Romanian...current. "I've been up and down the Bosporus 140 times with this ship. Everything...12 hours before he announced that the Bosporus was clear of traffic for the Biruinta...
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Russian ministries to discuss Bosporus problem.
Newspaper article from: Energy News; 5/20/2004; 555 words
; Russian ministries to discuss Bosporus problem MOSCOW. May 20 (Interfax...transport Russian oil, bypassing the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits. A source...tankers had to wait to pass through the Bosporus and Dardanelles increased significantly...
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Bosporus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bosporus [Gr.,=ox ford, in reference to the...the Sea of Marmara . Istanbul is on the Bosporus. At its narrowest point stand two famous...European side. With the Dardanelles , the Bosporus connects the Black Sea with the Mediterranean...
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University of the Bosporus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
University of the Bosporus at Istanbul, Turkey; opened 1863 as Robert College, with funds contributed by Christopher R. Robert and other Americans for...
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Boğaziçi (Bosporus) University
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
BO ğ AZI ç I (BOSPORUS) UNIVERSITY public university in istanbul, turkey. Founded...American missionary school, Bo ğ azi ç i (Bosporus) University maintains English as the language of instruction...
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Istanbul
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus at its entrance into the Sea of Marmara...city were linked by the opening of the Bosporus Bridge, one of the world's longest...bridges. This was followed by the Second Bosporus Bridge (3,322 ft/1,012 m), completed...
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Makarov, Stepan Osipovich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...conducted hydrological research in the Bosporus. In 1886 – 1889 he commanded...1881 – 1882 on currents in the Bosporus. In his first experiment Makarov proved...existence of contrary currents in the Bosporus. Makarov estimated that the ratio of...
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