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☆ I left the US and moved to Istanbul for a fresh start. I love it here, and my American dollars go far.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Maria Mocerino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I left the US to start over and I've spent the past few months falling love with Istanbul. The city is stunning and bustling — and I find that my American dollars go far here. For example, I'm living in a digital-nomad hotel in Kadikoy, one of the hippest neighborhoods on the Asian side, right by the water. I'm able to save money each month, which I always found challenging to do while living in NYC. I've had chestnuts, corn, and mussels stuffed with spiced rice and topped with fresh lemon juice for just a few dollars.

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☆ A 5,000-ton cargo ship crashed into a Scottish island while the officer on watch was 'snoring loudly' after a night of drinking, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A cargo ship crew member fell asleep on watch as the vessel ran aground in 2021, a new report found. Members of the ship's crew had been drinking onboard prior to the incident, per the report. An alarm sounded 15 times as the crew member on watch was recorded snoring, per the report. He subsequently invited three other crew members back to his cabin for an "informal wake," including the second officer, a 37-year-old Ukrainian national. The crew members drank beer and Jägermeister in the man's cabin for about three hours, the report found.

Persons: —, Briese Schiffahrt Organizations: Service, BBC, Investigation Locations: Scotland, BBC Marmara, Portuguese, Ireland, Eilean Trodday, Poland, Scottish

☆ Fireworks Over Bangkok’s River or Samba the Night Away
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Victoria Gomelsky | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If you have the day, you can rent a boat to visit the Princes’ Islands, a group of nine islands in the Sea of Marmara. Only four of them are open for public visits: Kinaliada, Burgazada, Heybeliada and Buyukada. They have a small private beach, as well as a restaurant open to the public called Elio Sedef. Every hour of the boat rental is 500 euros [$530] plus tax, plus catering. For the Princes’ Islands excursion, you need at least seven to eight hours.

Persons: Elio Sedef Organizations: Princes Locations: ’, Marmara, Turkey

☆ The 500-year-old hamam bringing Istanbul’s past to life
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Alice Barnes-Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Closed to the public for more than a decade, the stunning Zeyrek Çinili Hamam has just reopened its wooden doors to the world. A team of archaeologists and historians at the hamam helped those institutions to identify exactly where their Iznik tiles came from. Ottoman know-how and seamless minimalism come together inside the Çinili Hamam to create the ultimate zone-out space. The glass stars on the domed ceilings (a signature of Ottoman hamam design) allow just enough natural light to shimmer in, but not so much that it dazzles. Yazgan says the Zeyrek Çinili Hamam will closely replicate time-honored Ottoman bathtime traditions.

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☆ The next earthquake: Is time running out for Europe's largest city?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Idil Karsit | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

In 1999, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Marmara region of Turkey, killing at least 17,000 people. It also ruptured some parts of the North Anatolian fault line, creating a time bomb under the city of Istanbul. Experts warn that a magnitude 7 or above earthquake could strike the city at any given time in the next 30 years. "We are not ready," said Naci Gorur, a geologist and professor at Istanbul Technical University. "I'm afraid an earthquake in Istanbul will cause even more destruction than what we witnessed in the Kahramanmaras earthquake that struck Turkey's south in February 2023."

Persons: Naci Gorur, Didem, Osman Ozbulut Organizations: Istanbul Technical University, University College London, University of Virginia Locations: Marmara, Turkey, Istanbul

☆ Forest fire shuts down Turkey's Dardanelles Strait for maritime traffic
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ANKARA, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Maritime traffic from the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara has been suspended due to the ongoing forest fire in the Turkish northwestern province of Canakkale, the transport ministry and a shipping agency said on Tuesday. "The traffic at Dardanelles was suspended for both directions on Tuesday at 18:45 (1545 GMT) hours due to the aircraft intervening in the forest fire in the region by safely taking water from the sea," Tribeca shipping agency said. The Dardanelles Strait, a narrow and historically significant passage connecting the Aegean Sea to the Black Sea, serves as a vital shipping route for vessels travelling between Europe and Asia. "Tugboats are prepared to intervene if the fire approaches the seafront, providing additional support to the ongoing firefighting operations," the Transport Ministry said in a statement. Reporting by Ece Toksabay Editing by Bill BerkrotOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Bill Berkrot Organizations: Tribeca, Transport Ministry, Thomson Locations: ANKARA, Marmara, Turkish, Canakkale, Dardanelles, Europe, Asia

☆ Çanakkale: Where ancient Troy sits beside the modern city
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Nick Hilden | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —An enormous wooden horse presides over the marina in Çanakkale, a small port city southwest of Istanbul. The clapboard animal is a mock-up of the Trojan Horse of mythological fame. Çanakkale (pronounced cha-na-call-ay) stands adjacent to the archaeological site that was once the ancient city of Troy, best known as the setting of the Trojan War in Homer’s “Iliad.”A giant wooden horse watches over Çanakkale. Today when you visit Truva – either via car or a short bus ride from Çanakkale – a second model of the Trojan Horse looms at the entrance. “We know that there were many wars that occurred at Troy,” Rose explains.

☆ Iran seizes oil tanker in Gulf, U.S. Navy says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/4] Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Advantage Sweet, which, according to Refinitiv ship tracking data, is a Suezmax crude tanker which had been chartered by oil major Chevron and had last docked in Kuwait, sails at Marmara sea near Istanbul, Turkey January 10, 2023. Iran's army said it had seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman after it collided with an Iranian boat, injuring several crewmen, Iranian state media reported. The vessel's destination was listed as the U.S. Gulf of Mexico port of Houston, ship tracking data showed. Iran last November released two Greek-flagged tankers it seized in the Gulf in May in response to the confiscation of oil by the United States from an Iranian-flagged tanker off the Greek coast. The U.S. Navy, whose Fifth Fleet is based at the Gulf island state of Bahrain, called on Iran to immediately release the tanker.

Fear that another tragedy could strike forced her to leave Istanbul because she couldn't afford a new apartment there, she said. However, seismologists said the February disaster has not changed the likelihood of an Istanbul quake, with the two areas on different faultlines. Any disaster in Istanbul would stagger Turkey's economy given the broader Marmara region accounts for some 41% of national GDP. Some 1.5 million homes are considered at risk in the city, Urban Planning Minister Murat Kurum said this week. According to official data, an average of more than three people live in each household, meaning up to 5 million live in these properties.

☆ Turkey's quakes revive concern for northwestern industrial hub
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Birsen Altayli | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/3] The full moon, also known as the Supermoon or Flower Moon, rises above the Camlica Mosque during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Istanbul, Turkey, May 7, 2020. Istanbul, Turkey's biggest city with a population of 16 million and the country's commercial engine, lies near fault lines that criss-cross the country. The southeast region has a sizeable manufacturing sector, albeit smaller than Turkey's northwest. "This is (Turkey's) industrial centre. The Marmara region is home to 25 million people and accounts for just over 40 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) as of 2021, according to figures from Turkey's Statistics Institute.

☆ Turkey-Syria reconstruction costs to come to 'billions of dollars,' World Bank says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Turkish and Syrian reconstruction efforts in the wake of devastating twin earthquakes last week will cost "in the billions of dollars," according to Ferid Belhaj, World Bank vice president for Middle East and North Africa. The World Bank has already pledged roughly $1.8 billion of funding for Ankara and is pursuing relief aid for Syria, he said, in wake of the Feb. 6 tragedy that left over 35,000 dead. "On Turkey, the World Bank has committed about 1.8 billion dollars," he told CNBC's Hadley Gamble and Dan Murphy at the World Government Summit in Dubai on Monday. "This is because we had already a portfolio in Turkey, we had projects, and we were able to repurpose some of the funding." Comparatively, the 1999 earthquake of Marmara that struck the city of Izmit and killed over 17,000 people, resulted in $51.1 billion of losses.

☆ The tunnels and bridges linking Asia to Europe
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Lisa Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Sometimes called FSM Köprüsü, it’s another gravity-anchored steel suspension bridge similar in length to the First Bridge and costing a similar toll fee to use. Yavuz Sultan Selim BridgeThe Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge opened in 2016. irina lepnyova/Adobe StockIn 2016, a third suspension bridge opened up across the Bosphorus, near the Black Sea. With a 58.8-meter-wide single deck slab, it is the world’s widest suspension bridge, able to carry eight lanes of traffic and a double-track railway line. Çannakale 1915 BridgeThe 1915 Canakkale Bridge has the world's longest suspension bridge span. Measuring just short of 2.3 miles, it now claims the world record for the longest suspension bridge span.

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[1/6] Commercial vessels, including oil tankers, wait at an anchorage in the Black Sea off Kilyos near Istanbul, Turkey, December 9, 2022. A total of 28 oil tankers are in a queue seeking to leave the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, the Tribeca shipping agency said on Friday. Turkey's maritime authority said it would continue to keep out of its waters oil tankers that lacked appropriate insurance letters. A shipping source said four of the tankers waiting to cross the Dardanelles were scheduled to go on Saturday with tug escorts. Millions of barrels of oil per day move south from Russian ports through Turkey's Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits into the Mediterranean.

☆ Factbox: Why are oil tankers stuck in Turkish waters?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Jonathan Saul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Turkey's maritime authority said on Thursday it would continue to block the passage of oil tankers that don't carry appropriate insurance letters, adding that insurance checks on ships in its waters were a "routine procedure". The logjam is creating growing unease in oil and tanker markets and comes as the G7 and European Union introduce a price cap on Russian oil. Millions of barrels of oil per day move south from Russian ports through Turkey's Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits into the Mediterranean. Ships typically have protection & indemnity (P&I) insurance, which covers third party liability claims including environmental damage and injury. Turkish authorities introduced new requirements, which came into effect at the beginning of December, in which every ship must have P&I insurance cover in place for all circumstances when sailing through Turkish waters or when calling at ports.

☆ Oil tankers are getting stuck in the Black Sea. That could become a problem
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

A further nine tankers were waiting to cross southbound from the Sea of Marmara through the Dardanelles strait into the Mediterranean. The snag is linked to a Western price cap on Russian oil that came into effect on Monday. Countries including Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan use the Turkish straits to get their oil to world oil markets. The traffic jam in the Turkish straits arose following the imposition this week of the price cap on Russian oil. Turkish officials say this position is “unacceptable” and on Thursday reiterated demands for letters from insurers.

☆ Turkey is stopping oil not under Russian sanctions, raising global energy market supply concerns
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Cargo ships and vessels transit the Bosphorus Strait, a body of water connecting the Black Sea to the Marmara and Mediterranean Seas through Istanbul, Turkey. Above, the Russia-flagged vessel Volga River Taganrog oil tanker passes south through the Bosphorus Straits in October 2022. "It appears that all but one of the roughly twenty loaded crude tankers waiting to cross the straits are carrying Kazakh-origin oil," a price cap official told CNBC. If delays mount, refiners will seek alternative supplies from other countries or they will reduce operating capacity because they don't have enough oil, which impacts the supply of gasoline and diesel, said Andrew Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates. "If this continues for another week we will begin to see an impact on the oil market," Lipow said.

☆ U.N. seeks 'urgent' steps to relieve backlog in Black Sea exports deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ISTANBUL, Oct 24 (Reuters) - A U.N spokesperson said on Monday that "urgent" steps are needed to relieve a backlog of more than 150 ships involved in a deal which allows Ukraine to export grain from ports in the Black Sea. Reuters reported the backlog jumped last month, leaving anchored ships in the Marmara Sea stretching out beyond the horizon off Istanbul. The four parties to the deal - Russia, Ukraine and brokers Turkey and the U.N. - are currently negotiating a possible extension and expansion beyond its Nov. 19 deadline. The grains-export deal paved the way for Ukraine to resume grain exports from three ports that had been shut since the Russian invasion. Coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative, told Reuters this month he had asked Russia and other parties to end "full-blown" inspections of outgoing vessels to ease the backlog.

☆ Erdogan a deschis şantierul proiectului „Canalul Istanbul”, între Marea Neagră şi Marea Marmara
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaErdogan a deschis şantierul proiectului „Canalul Istanbul”, între Marea Neagră şi Marea MarmaraPreşedintele turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan a deschis şantierul pentru primul pod al proiectului „Canalul Istanbul”, un canal gigantic paralel cu strâmtoarea Bosfor din Istanbul, iniţiativă condamnată de opoziţie şi apărătorii mediului. „Astăzi deschidem o nouă pagină în istoria dezvoltării Turciei”, a anunţat şeful statului turc în timpul ceremoniei de aşezare a primei pietre a unui pod care face parte din proiect. Această cale navigabilă lungă de 45 km ar trebui să fie o strâmtoare artificială la vest de Istanbul, între Marea Neagră şi Marea Marmara. Rivalii îl acuză pe Erdogan că a început un proiect care va duce Turcia la o catastrofă ecologică şi la o îndatorare pe cât de mare, pe atât de inutilă. De asemenea, proiectul a stârnit critici în străinătate, în special în Rusia, ţară care se teme că accesul la Marea Neagră va fi facilitat pentru navele NATO, transmite Ziarul Financiar.

Persons: Erdogan Organizations: NATO Locations: Istanbul, Marmara, turc, Bosfor, Turciei, Turcia, străinătate, Rusia, Montreux

☆ "Mucii de mare” au invadat coastele Mării Marmara, acoperind suprafaţa apelor ca o pătură (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Mucilagiul marin favorizat de temperaturile crescute a acoperit coastele Mării Marmara, alarmând locuitori din Istanbul şi pescarii în măsura în care această pătură groasă de nutrienţi altfel inofensivă ameninţă să sufoce viaţa marină. Observaţi pentru prima dată în Turcia în 2007, mucii marini , formând o cuvertură maronie şi gelatinoasă, au apărut din pricina temperaturilor mari prelungite şi a vremii fără vânt, în zone bogate în nutrienţi. Marea Marmara primeşte ape reziduale de la aproape 20 de milioane de locuitori şi. Potrivit biologului marin Muharrem Balci de la Universitatea din Istanbul, supracreşterea algelor e favorizată de temperaturile mari şi poluarea apelor, care s-a accentuat în ultimii 40 de ani. După ceva vreme, cuvertura se prăbuşeşte şi ajunge la fund unde acoperă subsolul marin şi ecosistemul de acolo.

Organizations: Universitatea din Locations: Mării Marmara, Istanbul, Turcia, Marmara, Universitatea din Istanbul

☆ A 2-a opinie medicală de la specialiști de talie internațională pentru pacienții cu cancer de piele
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-17 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Jurnal.mdA 2-a opinie medicală de la specialiști de talie internațională pentru pacienții cu cancer de pieleTehnologiile în cancer au evoluat foarte mult în lume. Acum diagnosticul poate fi stabilit cu cea mai înaltă precizie, iar tratamentele moderne oferă șanse tot mai înalte de succes. Pentru a oferi pacienților din Moldova posibilitatea de a beneficia de expertiza specialiștilor internaționali, Medpark colaborează cu medici oncologi de top, în cadrul programului „Sănătate fără hotare”. - Prof. Şeref Kömürcü, oncolog medical cu peste 30 de ani experiență în tratamentul cancerului și membru al societăților internaționale de profil. Consultațiile gratuite vor avea loc la:- Data de 28 mai- Spitalul Internațional Medpark, Chișinău, str.

Persons: Hale, Çağlar, Şeref, John Hopkins, Andrei Doga Organizations: Universitatea Harvard Locations: Moldova, SUA, Universitățile, Marmara, Turcia, Anadolu, american, Chișinău

☆ A 2-a opinie medicală de la specialiști de talie internațională pentru pacienții cu cancer cerebral
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-06 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: MedparkA 2-a opinie medicală de la specialiști de talie internațională pentru pacienții cu cancer cerebralPe data de 9 aprilie Spitalul Internațional Medpark a invitat 2 colegi cu vastă experiență în tratamentul tumorilor cerebrale primare și secundare (metastatice), care vor oferi consultații gratuite și o a doua opinie medicală:- Prof. Hale Başak Çağlar, medic oncolog radiolog, cu pregătire la Universitatea Harvard din SUA și la Universitățile “Marmara” și „Medipol” din Turcia, și membru al celor mai prestigioase asociații oncologice la nivel mondial. - Prof.Dr.Serdar Kahraman, Profesor în Neurochirurgie Oncologică, directorul clinicii de neurochirurgie a spitalului Anadolu din Turcia, cu o experiență de peste 20 de ani în domeniul neurochirurgiei. Membru activ al mai multor societăți academice naționale și internaționale inclusiv Eurospine (The Spine Society of Europe). Consultațiile gratuite vor avea loc la:- Data de 9 aprilie- Spitalul Internațional Medpark, Chișinău, str. Nu există hotare pentru sănătate!

Persons: Hale, Çağlar, John Hopkins, Andrei Doga Organizations: Universitatea Harvard Locations: SUA, Universitățile, Marmara, Turcia, Anadolu, american, Chișinău

☆ Un stol de păsări a întors din drum un avion cargo din Turcia
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-04 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Un avion cargo al companiei Turkish Airlines, ce plecase spre Kazahstan, a aterizat de urgenţă la Istanbul, după ce a lovit de un stol de păsări, la scurt timp după decolare. Aeronava, un Boeing 777-200, a trebuit să descarce în Marea Marmara combustibilul, pentru a face aterizarea.

Organizations: Turkish Airlines Locations: Kazahstan, Istanbul, Marmara

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