Topic: Sea Of Marmara

Suspected Kurd militants hijack ferry in Turkey

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - As many as five suspected Kurdish militants, reportedly armed with explosives, held about 20 people hostage on a passenger ferry near Istanbul on Saturday having hijacked the vessel soon after it set out in northwest Turkey early on Friday evening ...
A state-of-the-art underwater robot called BOB may hold the key to protecting millions of people around Turkey's biggest city against a massive earthquake scientists say is all but inevitable.Submersed into the dark waters of the Marmara Sea off Istanbul, BOB ...

Balikhisar

Aspects of the topic Balikhisar are discussed in the following places at Britannica. ancient Greek town, located on the southern coast of the Sea of Marmara in what is now Balikhisar, Tur.

Bosporus

Bosporus, also spelled Bosphorus, Turkish Istanbul Bogazi or Karadeniz Bogazi, strait (bogaz, " throat") uniting the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara and separating parts of Asian Turkey (Anatolia) from European Turkey.. In its centre a rapid current flows from the Black ...

Dardanelles

Dardanelles, formerly Hellespont, Turkish anakkale Bogazi, narrow strait in northwestern Turkey, 38 miles (61 km) long and 0.75 to 4 miles (1.2 to 6.5 km) wide, linking the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara. The Dardanelles lies between ...
Ferry sinks off Turkey's coast; at least 1 dead, 5 reported missingMilitary divers on Monday searched for five truck drivers reported missing after a ferry sank in the Sea of Marmara with about 100 people aboard. Of those rescued, 34 were ...