Bosporus
The Bosporus, the strait separating the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara, is generally viewed as the boundary between Europe and Asia. About 30 kilometers long, it varies in width from 3,550 ...
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Visits by Americans to Turkey have finally returned to pre-2001 levels, with 532,000 U.S. visitor arrivals in 2006, according to statistics from the Turkish government.In the year 2000, some 515,00...
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Where would New York be without its Nobel laureates? It’s crucial to the collective city ego that a majority of our living room mantels show off very gigantic prizes.
Thankfully, the Istanbul...
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ISTANBUL, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Turkey stepped up pressure on
the United States to help curb attacks by Kurdish rebels from
northern Iraq as a conference on Saturday of Iraq's neighbours
and major pow...
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Russia, Greece and Bulgaria signed a deal Thursday to build a 175-mile pipeline to transport Russian oil to a port in northern Greece.The pipeline from Bulgaria's Black Sea port of Burgas will tran...
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ISTANBUL, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Major powers sought on Saturday
to reduce tensions on the Turkish-Iraqi border and prevent any
large-scale incursion by Turkey's military that could escalate
into a big...
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ATHENS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Greece is struggling to contain
coastal pollution which threatens its renowned azure waters and
golden coastlines, the main sources of its booming tourism
industry. "A f...
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ISTANBUL, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The United States promised on
Friday to try to help stop Kurdish guerrillas operating in
northern Iraq in an attempt to stave off a threatened Turkish
military interven...
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ISTANBUL, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Major powers sought on Saturday
to reduce tensions on the Turkish-Iraqi border and prevent any
large-scale incursion by Turkey's military in pursuit of Kurdish
militant...
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ISTANBUL, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Iraq said on Saturday it was
ready to track down and arrest Kurdish guerrilla leaders
responsible for cross-border raids into Turkey from northern
Iraq. Iraqi governmen...
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ISTANBUL, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Iraq said on Saturday it was
ready to track down and arrest Kurdish guerrilla leaders
responsible for cross-border raids into Turkey in an effort to
avert a major incur...
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