marmara
Canakkale
Canakkale province stands on the Dardanelles Strait in the Marmara region of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). The province of Canakkale lies on both sides of the Dardanelles which connects the Sea of Marmara ...
Turkey 's physical geography
... Ikizdere, Hursit Cayi and Firtina. The highest waterfall in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) is on the Totum river here. The Marmara basin has fewer rivers, the longest being the Kocaçay (whose ...
1453: Conquest of Constantinople
... in Topkapi. The same day the city was besieged from the Golden Horn to the Marmara Sea from the land. 6-7 April 1453 First cannons fired. Some of the fortresses in Edirnekapi were destroyed. 9 April ...
Balikesir
Turkish town of Balikesir The province of Balikesir has pretty tiny towns of wide natural beauties. The beaches extending for kilometers on both the Aegean (Turkish: Ege) and Marmara coasts, the dazzling ...
Bilecik
town of Bilecik in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) is near Bursa in the Marmara region. Bilecik, lying in the green fertile lands of the river valley, is the eastern neighbor of Bursa in Marmara region. ...
Bithynia
... bordered via the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus (Turkish:Bogazici) in the west and the Black Sea in the north and, inland, stretched as far as the mountain passes east of Bolu and, to the south, down ...
Bolu
Information on the province of Bolu in the west of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) Bolu is 1 of the most enchanting areas of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) located approximately half-way between Istanbul ...
Bosphorus
... Bosphorus (Turkish:Bogazici) is the strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara; it is an inundated valley that follows an irregular northeast-southwest course 32km (20 miles) long, 730-3300m (800-3600 ...
Bursa
... Uludag (Mount Olympos of Mysia, 2543 m) in the Marmara region of Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu). The title "Green" of Bursa comes from its gardens and parks, and of course from its being in the middle of an ...
Tekirdag
City of Tekirdag in the Marmara region of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). It is in Thrace, European side of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) Tekirdag is on the Marmara Sea coast of Thrace, and has been ...
Top Tourist Sites
Top Tourist Sites of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) See also: Regions of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) Marmara: Istanbul , Bursa , Iznik (Nicaea) , Troy , the region… Aegean (Turkish: ...
Thrace
Thrace is the European part of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), in the Marmara region. The region of Thrace in the Marmara region, 3,310 sq mi (8,575 sq km), South-east of Europe, is occupying the southeastern ...
Turkey 's flora
... 5 subdivisions, these are; I) Euro-Siberian Flora Area a) Kolsik Provence: includes central and western parts of the Black Sea Region and some of Marmara Region. b) Oksin Provence: includes eastern part ...
Turkish University Links
... NOT OPENED YET Marmara University (Istanbul) Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (Burdur) Mersin University (Mersin) ...
Usak
... of the city is its location, constituting a pathway between four different regions of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), namely the Marmara, Aegean (Turkish: Ege), Central Anatolian and the Mediterranean ...
Uskudar (Scutari)
... The Marmara Sea was not the cause of separation, but means of the transportation. When you travel from this sea to ?sküdar, Kizkulesi welcomes you first. This beautiful tower is 1 of the beauties ...
Turkish oil wrestling
... a sport on its own during a campaign launched via Ottoman sultan Orhan Gazi to capture Rumeli (Thrace) - the European side of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye)'s Marmara region. In that time the sultan and ...
Yalova
Yalova is a province of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) in the Marmara Region and well known for its termal baths, apples and forest. In August 1999 a terrrible earthquake of 7.4 Richter scale struck the ...
Regions of Turkey
Geographycal regions of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) and its provinces. Marmara , Aegean (Turkish: Ege) , Mediterranean , Black Sea , Central Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu) , Eastern Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu) ...
Seas of Turkey
... 2 regions; Marmara and Black Sea. Besides Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), other countries that circle the Black Sea (Turkish:Karadeniz) are; Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia. It's connected ...