Earthquake rupture patterns reveal Mamara fault directs considerable seismic energy towards Istanbul
A new analysis of earthquake rupture directivity provides essential insights for seismic hazard and risk assessments in urban ...
The Scientist3y
Why Turkey’s Sea of Marmara Is Full of Marine Snot
For months, the surface waters of Turkey’s Sea of Marmara have been full of a viscous substance colloquially referred to as “sea snot.” The cloudy muck, formally referred to as marine mucilage, has ...
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Earthquake rupture patterns improve the assessment of seismic hazard
A new analysis of earthquake rupture directivity provides essential insights for seismic hazard and risk assessments in urban ...
Jailed Kurdish separatist leader issues call to lay down arms
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdish separatist PKK, has called on his movement to lay down its arms and dissolve itself. His statement, read out in a letter by MPs from a pro-Kurdish ...
Ankara must seize the outstretched hand of the Kurds
EDITORIAL. Following the call by the PKK's historic leader, Abdullah Öcalan, to dissolve his organization, Turkish President ...
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Architect-designed floating garden captivates in Sea of Marmara
Once the biennal is over, the piece’s planting and architectural elements will be donated and permanently installed in Büyükada, the largest of the Princes’ Islands in the Sea of Marmara. Ellie ...
The Economist16d
One of the world’s longest conflicts may be ending
DRESSED IN A navy blue jacket, Abdullah Ocalan, long considered Turkey’s public enemy number one, sat behind a long table in an island prison in the middle of the Sea of Marmara and posed for ...