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The Greek-Orthodox Community of Mersin (Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1921)
Chapter 8 The Greek-Orthodox Community of Mersin (Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1921) Evangelia Balta Abstract This article is an overview of the history of the Greek-Orthodox com- munity of Mersin and its surrounding villages, retrieved from unpublished archival material to be found in Greece. More specifically, the material from the 11 Mersinian codices that were saved and transported to Greece with the Exchangeable refugees and are today kept in the General State Archives (Athens). The codices record the history of the communities (births, marriages, baptisms, deaths, decisions made by community authorities, the running of schools, trade unions, etc.), any activity in which the inhabitants of the Mersin area were involved from the mid-nineteenth cen- tury until 1924. This information was supported by refugees’ testimonies from the Oral Tradition Archive at the Centre of Asia Minor Studies in Athens. Lastly, con- sular reports from the Archive of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs are presented, which include a description of the conditions prevailing amongst the Greek element in the city of Mersin and its environs at the beginning of the twentieth century. Mersin is the proud testimony of the progress made in the sandjak of Adana in the second half of the nineteenth century. Until 1841, just a few huts of farmers and fishermen stood on the site of the town that bustled with life in the first decade of the twentieth century. We read in the Greek literature that the emergence of Mersin can be traced back to the year 1842, when Rums from Cappadocia and the Greek islands arrived in this backwater and became its true founders. -
Turkish Ports in Maritime Silk Road(Msr) by Irsa Shafiq
TURKISH PORTS IN MARITIME SILK ROAD(MSR) BY IRSA SHAFIQ Background • China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) and Maritime Silk Route(MSR) is known as the revival of ancient silk trade routes. OBOR and MSR aims to enhance connectivity between countries of the Eurasian landmass, through infrastructure development, people-to-people exchanges, increased trade, joint investment projects in technology and social welfare sectors. Through newly established and modernized routes, the travel time will decrease between China and Turkey for trade transport from 30 days to 10 days, and it is expected to create a $21-trillion trade cycle. The two countries also aim to boost bilateral trade to $100 billion by 2020. Strategic Importance of Turkey Turkey has a unique trans-continental geographic location, which allows it to serve as a central exchange or transit point for China to Europe through land and sea routes. Turkey also provides easy access to three major seas i.e. Black sea, Mediterranean sea and the Aegean sea. Under Middle Corridor of One Belt & One Road(OBOR), Turkey and China will be linked via the Caspian Sea and Central Asian countries. This line is a safe and economical route that complements existing lines on the east-west axis. OBOR & MSR Map Turkish Ports The Turkish port sector is moving into a new phase of growth as the country seeks to position itself as a leading regional shipment logistics centre. At present there is no hub port in Turkey but the intention is to establish three port hubs, one in the Black Sea, one in the Aegean and one in the Mediterranean region. -
Maritime Sector Report 2017
2017 MARITIME SECTOR REPORT İSTANBUL 2018 İstanbul & Marmara, Agean, Mediterranean, Blacksea Regions TURKISH CHAMBER OF SHIPPING TURKISH CHAMBER OF SHIPPING İSTANBUL & MARMARA, AEGEAN, MEDITERRANEAN, BLACK SEA REGIONS MARITIME SECTOR REPORT 2017 İ S T A N B U L – 2018 II FOREWORD The "TURKISH SHIPPING SECTOR REPORT 2017” has been prepared within the framework of authority and responsibility granted by paragraphs No.12 and No.19 of Law No. 5174. The report covers quantitative facts and their analysis as of 31.12.2017 and is presented to our members, Turkish and foreign institutions. The Report mainly contains eight chapters: First chapter is on Turkish Merchant Fleet and its yearly developments. The fleet has been analyzed by registry, building, tonnage and age. The position of Turkish Merchant Fleet within the world fleet and among the fleets of neighboring countries has also been examined. Second chapter includes the cargoes transported by Merchant Fleet in 2017. The developments of sabotage and foreign trade cargoes, the progress of seaborne trade by flags have been explained in detail. Within this chapter, transported cargoes by types, seaborne trade to OECD countries, BSEC and EU countries have been taken into consideration. Third chapter covers the developments in shipbuilding industry and the data about Turkish shipyards, including the recent developments in the field of yacht building industry in Turkey. Fourth chapter covers Turkish Ports and the amount of cargo handled in 2017 and yearly developments. Fifth chapter includes data about the passages through the Turkish Straits and the marine traffic systems. Sixth chapter deals with marine tourism and yacht tourism in Turkey. -
T-PVS/Files (2015) 10 [Files10e 2015.Docx]
Strasbourg, 30 October 2015 T-PVS/Files (2015) 10 [files10e_2015.docx] CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF EUROPEAN WILDLIFE AND NATURAL HABITATS Standing Committee 35th meeting Strasbourg, 1-4 December 2015 __________ Possible File Threat to the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) in Turkey REPORT BY THE GOVERNMENT Document prepared by The Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, Turkey __________________________________________________________________ This document will not be distributed at the meeting. Please bring this copy. Ce document ne sera plus distribué en réunion. Prière de vous munir de cet exemplaire. T-PVS/Files (2015) 10 - 2 - - RECEIVED IN OCTOBER 2015 – GOVERNMENT REPORT ON COMPLAINT NO: 2011 / 4: THREAT TO MEDITERRANEAN MONK SEAL IN TURKEY It was stated in the previous reports that this case was before the Turkish national court. Recently, the Court has made its decision and the decision was in favor of construction of the harbor. Now, the complainant NGO, Underwater Research Society, has lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court. The Yeşilovacık Harbor Project, consisting of building a filling area and construction of a port, is pursued by Yeşilovacık Harbor Enterprises Inc. The Environmental Impact Assessment of this construction was completed in 2008. Based on an “ecosystem evaluation report” prepared by three professors from Ankara University as a part of Environmental Impact Assessment, it was committed by the company that the Mediterranean Monk Seal population would be monitored. According to this commitment, the construction company is obliged to finance the monitoring activities of the Monk Seal. Within this scope, academic staff from Ankara University is monitoring the area and they present quarterly reports to the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs. -
The Investigation of Metal and Mineral Levels of Some Marine Species from the Northeastern Mediterranean Sea
AYAS J Mar Biol Oceanogr 2014, 3:2 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2324-8661.1000127 Journal of Marine Biology & Oceanography Research Article a SciTechnol journal metals as Cu, Zn, and Fe can be defined as essential metals. Although The Investigation of Metal and these metals are necessary for metabolism in normal concentrations, they may show toxic effects in higher concentrations [2]. Non- Mineral Levels of Some Marine essential metals are thought that they do not play any important roles for metabolisms. However, some metals, particularly Hg, Pb ve Cd Species from the Northeastern can be highly toxic even in low concentrations [3]. Mediterranean Sea Although some living species consumed by human beings function as a source of food, they may also extend the effects of Ali Murat KÜLCÜ1, Deniz AYAS2*, Ali Rıza KÖŞKER3 and Kemal pollution more effectively. Therefore, heavy metal levels of species YATKIN2 collected from their natural habitat are very important indicators in terms of causing possible risks for human health and heavy metal Abstract contamination in their habitat. In this study, the metal and mineral concentrations of some Various toxic elements as heavy metals in aquatic ecosystems can marine species from Northeastern Mediterranean Sea were be accumulated through the food chain and they can be dangerous determined. Seafood samples were: Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758), Mullus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758), Upeneus moluccensis for human health when consumed as food [4]. Heavy metals are (Bleeker, 1855), Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758), Saurida potentially harmful for marine organisms. In marine food web, undosquamis (Richardson, 1848), Scomber japonicus (Houttuyn, metals accumulate increasingly in the direction of top trophic zones. -
Broad-Scale Ecological Distribution of Dominant Macrozoobenthic Taxa of the Northern Cilician Shelf, Eastern Mediterranean Sea: Crustaceans*
Turkish Journal of Zoology Turk J Zool (2015) 39: 888-905 http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/ © TÜBİTAK Research Article doi:10.3906/zoo-1407-8 Broad-scale ecological distribution of dominant macrozoobenthic taxa of the northern Cilician shelf, eastern Mediterranean Sea: crustaceans* Erhan MUTLU** Fisheries Faculty, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey Received: 03.07.2014 Accepted/Published Online: 03.02.2015 Printed: 30.09.2015 Abstract: The distribution of crustaceans in 3 transects (İskenderun, Mersin, and Anamur bays, including depths of 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, and 200 m) located within Turkish coastal borders of the Cilician shelf was studied between 2005 and 2007 to show the association with habitat types, eutrophication level, and depth-dependent environmental parameters in representative months of each season (winter, spring, summer, and autumn). A total of 153 crustacean taxa were found. Of the specimens identified at species level, 93 species were distributed in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, 12 in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, and 4 in the cosmopolitan waters of the oceans. Three crustacean assemblages were distinguished according to the habitat types and eutrophication levels of the study sites: 1) the crustacean community of the eutrophic regions was dominated by decapods and characterized by high biomass, low faunistic characters, and high nutrient concentrations; 2) the assemblage of the bottom, vegetated with a meadow, exhibited well-diversified assemblages mainly composed of amphipod species with high faunistic characters, low biomass, and dissolved oxygen content; and 3) the assemblage of the nonvegetated undisturbed soft bottom was associated with the sedimentary parameters along the bottom depths (10–25 m, 50–100 m, and 150–200 m). -
Revival of the Collective Memory with the Help of Cartographic Materials and Gis
Proceedings, 7th International Conference on Cartography and GIS, 18-23 June 2018, Sozopol, Bulgaria ISSN: 1314-0604, Eds: Bandrova T., Konečný M. REVIVAL OF THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY WITH THE HELP OF CARTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS AND GIS Burak Beyhan1, Mehtap Ergenoğlu2 1 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burak Beyhan, Mersin University, Department of City and Regional Planning Mersin Üniversitesi, Mimarlık Fakültesi, Çiftlikköy Kampüsü, Yenişehir / Mersin Turkey phone: +90-324-3610001 (17739) fax: +90-324- 3610109 e-mail: [email protected] 2 Instructor Dr. Mehtap Ergenoğlu, Mersin University, Department of History Mersin Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Çiftlikköy Kampüsü, Yenişehir / Mersin Turkey phone: +90-324-3610001 (14823) e-mail: [email protected] Abstract One of the important field of research in urban historical analysis is the revival of collective memory in relation to the forgotten or lost urban heritages. Although it is known that in the 1910s, tramlines were used in Mersin and there were a number of piers used for various purposes, the route of the respective tramlines and the location of the piers were roughly drawn in several studies based on the oral history studies. In this context, the aim of this study is to ascertain the route of the tramlines and location of the piers by using historical cartographic materials that are important sources of urban and regional historical analysis. Based on two specific historical maps of Mersin city, the route of the tramlines and location of the piers have been identified together with the historical buildings by using georeferencing tools available in Free and Open Source Software for GIS. Keywords: Urban History, Historical Maps, Collective Memory, Free and Open Source Software for GIS INTRODUCTION Until the mid 19th century, Mersin was mainly known for its piers and docks rather than being a emerging center of settlement unit. -
Observations on the Floristic List of the Mersin Collected from the Highplateaus of Mersin
Greener Journal of Biological Sciences ISSN: 2276-7762 Vol. 3 (4), pp. 146-154, May 2013. ISSN: 2276-7762 Impact Factor 2012 (UJRI): 0.7361 ICV 2012: 5.99 Observations on the floristic list of the Mersin collected from the highplateaus of Mersin By Ayşe Everest www.gjournal.org 145 Greener Journal of Biological Sciences ISSN: 2276-7762 Vol. 3 (4), pp. 146-154, May 2013. Research Article Observations on the floristic list of the Mersin collected from the highplateaus of Mersin Ay şe Everest Mersin University, Science&Art Faculty, Biology Department, Çiftlikköy-Mersin/TURKEY Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT Mersin University Research Herbarium (MERA) plants which are collected from Middle Taurus mountains are part of the Alpin-Himalayan system. In this research, the importance of these plants in terms of endemism and rare specimens is emphasized and they are compared with some of the Alpin and Himalayan plants. MERA is presented for the first time. The 5000 sheets of specimens were collected between 1996-2009. Our results indicate that Asteraceae, Lamiaceae, Fabaceae, Poaceae are common families collected from the highplateaus in Gülnar, Bozyazı, Mut, Erdemli, Çamlıyayla and Tarsus province of Mersin. Key words: Mersin plants; Taurus mountains, Meditteranean area (TURKEY). INTRODUCTION Mersin is a city in the south of Turkey (Figure 1). Turkiye, as a whole, houses more than 10 000 species of Spermatophyta, whose 33.3 (%) is endemics and which has many different types of vegetation. In Meditterenean Region, the Taurus Mountains support a high level of biodiversity, including a large number of endemic plants. Some 1710 of these endemics occur in the Bolkar Mountains in the middle of the Taurus range (Gemici 1994). -
Mersin Province
REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FORESTRY AND WATER AFFAIRS (Nature Conservation and National Parks) 7th Regional Directorate - Mersin Branch Office MERSİN PROVINCE MEDITERRANEAN MONK SEAL Monachus monachus SPECIES CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN 2014-2018 DECEMBER 2012 / ANKARA Revision Date: April 2014 REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FORESTRY AND WATER AFFAIRS (Nature Conservation and National Parks) 7th Regional Directorate - Mersin Branch Office MERSİN PROVINCE MEDITERRANEAN MONK SEAL / Monachus monachus SPECIES CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN 2014 - 2018 DECEMBER 2012 / ANKARA Revision Date: April 2014 Republic of Turkey Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs (Nature Conservation Name of Project Owner and National Parks) 7th Regional Directorate - Mersin Branch Office Address Yeni Mah. 33191. Sok. No:31 Mezitli / MERSİN Phone: 0 (324) 3570820 Fax: 0 (324)3570823 Phone and Fax Numbers Preparing Species Conservation Action Plan for Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) and Service Project Name Procurement Work Project Location Mersin Province Turunç Peyzaj Tasarım Planlama Uygulama Proje İnşaat Organizasyon ve Danışmanlık Hizm. Reporting Institution Ltd. Şti. Plan Revision: Mersin Branch Office Address GMK Bulvarı Onur İşhanı 12/143 Kızılay Çankaya/ANKARA Phone and Fax Numbers Phone: 0 (312)4183949 Fax: 0 (312)4183949 Report Submittal Date 26 / 12 / 2012 Plan Revision Date: 16 - 17 April 2014 PREFACE Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a species under conservation by international conventions and national legislations. Various methods are utilized in order to conserve and prevent extinction of Mediterranean monk seal, which is referred to as seal by local people, in many countries. Although it does not have any natural predators on our coasts, Mediterranean monk seal population gradually diminishes due to irresponsible and unplanned human activities. -
Container Ports of Turkey
Container Ports of Turkey Hakan ERDOGAN Port Expert Turkish State Railways Ports Department Turkey has four major container ports, Haydarpasa, Ambarlı, Izmir and Mersin. Except Ambarli, the other three ports are operated by a large governmental agency namely TCDD (Turkish State Railways). Although the Mediterranean trade is one of the fastest growing container sectors, Turkish ports have not seen any spillover effects from this. One could argue that Turkish ports have certain level of centrality but not sufficient enough to reach the hub port status. There are some positive trends in the market as well. Turkey’s volatile economy appears to be increasing. The low ocean freight rates are helping the carriers compete more effectively against the road haulage alternative, i.e., Turkey to northern Europe. Carriers are also launching new services and upgrading the existing ones. The role of containerization in facilitating global commerce has been well documented by various scholars. It has altered the structure of the liner shipping industry besides altering the historical trade-flows from well-defined hinterland regions through traditional seaports. The level of competition among container ports to maintain and/or enhance their market share is also readily visible today. Solely from that perspective, one can argue that the Turkish ports are geographically challenged to be a hub port or a transshipment port compared to the other Mediterranean ports like Marsaxlokk, Gioia Tauro and Port Said. However, one should note that there are factors over and above deviation distance responsible for the choice of a transshipment port such as the port’s inherent centrality and its operational efficiency, cost, conveniences, the availability of a shipping milieu and efficient hinterland connections to the interior points. -
The Ottoman Railway Network in the Southern Balkans and Asia Minor and the New Railway Ports at the End of the 19Th Century
Evangelos P. Dimitriadis* – Dimitris P. Drakoulis** The Ottoman Railway Network in the Southern Balkans and Asia Minor and the New Railway Ports at the End of the 19th Century. The Role of the European Powers in West-Middle East Relations Methodological foreword The study of the transportation network in relation to historical space is the subject of transport geography,1 as well as historical geographical space, a branch which examines human geography, and, in particular, the sub-branch of historical human geography, or historical geography.2 Thus, we have established the scientific framework of this work, which is directly connected with the related branch of economic history and social anthropology.3 The arrangement of the railway network in the late Ottoman Empire is examined in relation to society, the economy, though, mainly the ge- opolitical situation in the southern Balkans and Asia Minor at the end of the 19th century. Therefore, knowledge of the historical dimension (historical-geographical framework) is crucial. A basic element of the study is the role of railway transport as a factor in geographical changes * Emeritus Professor of Urban Planning, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki ** Dr Architect – Urban Planner, Post-doctoral Researcher, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1. Alan M. Hay, entry “Transport Geography,” in The Dictionary of Human Ge- ography, eds. Robert J. Johnston and Derek Gregory and Peter Haggett and David M. Smith and David R. Stoddart (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1981), 350-352. 2. Georgios P. Tsotsos, «Ιστορική γεωγραφία και κύριες θεωρητικές προσεγγίσεις του χώρου» (Historical geography and basic theoretical approaches of space), in Ιστορική, Κοινωνική και Πολεοδομική Ανάλυση του Χώρου. -
Kurtuluş Günü Coşkuyla Kutlandı Tarihi Deniz Feneri Restore Ediliyor
OCAK 2019 | YIL 27 | SAYI 320 Kurtuluş Günü Coşkuyla Kutlandı Tarihi Deniz Feneri Restore Ediliyor Özbenli: 20 Yıldır Özelleştirelemeyen İşletme Olur Mu? Platforma kargo taşıyan denizde ikmal gemisi 3 Ocak Mersin’in Kurtuluşu...! 3 Ocak 2019… MDTO’nın Aylık Yayın Organı Mersin’in düşman işgalinden kurtuluşunun 97. yılı.. Ocak 2019 Yıl: 27 Sayı: 320 Aslında yıllarca 5 Ocak’ta kutladık Kurtuluş Günü’nü. MDTO Basın Meslek İlkelerine Uyar. Ta ki, Mersin’in renkli simalarından rahmetli Kenan Kayaselçuk’un araştırmaları sonrasında yanlışlığın fark edilmesine kadar. 30 yılı aşkındır 3 Ocak’ta kutluyoruz. İÇİNDEKİLER Üç yıl sonra 100 olacak. Hep düşünürüm; “Mersin düşman işgalinden kurtuldu, ama 5-6 sahipsizlikten bir türlü kurtulamadı” diye. “WARDEH” Adlı Gemi Fırtına Nedeniyle Karaya Oturdu Düşman işgalinden kurtulmak tabi ki önemlidir! Özgürlük demektir. 8-12 Ancak, sahipsizlikten kurtulamamak geri kalmak, hak ettiğin yere MDTO’dan Haberler gelememektir. Hele hele Mersin’in son yıllardaki sahipsizliğine söyleyecek bir söz 14-21 bulamıyorum. Kısa Kent Haberleri Mersin’e verilen sözlerin birçoğu yerine getirilmedi. Hem de bazı bakanların çabalarına karşın. 23-29 Mersin için emek veren, elini taşın altına koyan herkese sonsuz Denizcilik Haberleri teşekkürler. TBMM’nin kurulmasının üzerinden 99 yıl geçmiştir. 30-33 Anılardaki Mersin Ve de 27. dönem milletvekilleri iş başındadır. Bugün Mersin’in 13 milletvekili var. 35 Kaba bir hesapla 27 dönemde Mersin Ankara’ya 250 milletvekili Deniz Feneri gönderdi. Çok sayıda bakanı (!) oldu. 36-37 Birkaçı hariç sahipsizliği göreni olmadı. Denizcilik Gündeminden Kısa Kısa Kaçının ismini anımsarsınız? Sanırım iki elin parmaklarını geçmez. 38-43 Ya yerel yöneticiler? Denizlerimizi Aydınlatanlar: Mersin’de Belediye Teşkilatı’nın kuruluşu 1873 olarak kabul edilir.