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  Bingol - All About Turkey
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Bingöl, 144 km's east of Elazig, is located in a high region of the broad Eastern Anatolian plateau.
Contact Burak at buraksan@superonline.com for all kinds of regular and/or private travel services throughout the country.
www.allaboutturkey.com /bingol.htm   (299 words)

  
 Bingol -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bingol ((A Turkic language spoken by the Turks) Turkish Bingöl for: a thousand lakes) is a town in the (A peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey) Anatolia region of (A Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923) Turkey.
Bingol is also the name of one of the (additional info and facts about 81) 81 il or (The proper sphere or extent of your activities) provinces, which are the main administrative divisions in the country (see (additional info and facts about politics of Turkey) politics of Turkey).
On May 1, 2003 the whole area suffered from a (The property of relative size or extent) magnitude 6.4 (Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity) earthquake, leaving up to 100 dead and 300 injured.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bi/bingol.htm   (186 words)

  
 News-Star OnlineEastern Turkish town of Bingol in shock after suicide attacks 11/28/03
While devoutly Muslim, many in the town of Bingol harshly condemn the chain of deadly suicide attacks in Turkey after learning that two of the four suicide bombers grew up in Bingol and a third was from the area according to investigators.
Bingol was where Elaltuntas met two Islamic extremists, Azad Ekinci and Mesut Cabuk, about four years ago while in his late teens, the childhood friend said.
Bingol lawmaker Fevzi Berdibek, from the ruling Islamic-rooted government, said the town's reputation had been irreparably tarnished by the suicide bombings.
www.news-star.com /stories/112803/New_20.shtml   (940 words)

  
 Bingol
Bingol (Turkish for: a thousand lakes) is a town in the Anatolia region of Turkey.
Bingol is also the name of one of the 80 iller or provinces, which are the main administrative divisions in the country (see politics of Turkey).
The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bi/Bingol.html   (106 words)

  
 [A-List] Turkey: Political Economy of an Earthquake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
For your information, Bingol is a mostly Kurdish city, whose mayor is from the Kurdish dominated party DEHAP, whereas the Governor is appointed by Ankara.
Bingol police chief has been removed from duty, in his stead, Diyarbakir police chief resumes duty today.
********** http://ntvmsnbc.com/news/213737.asp Bingol police chief suspended after riot The demonstration was fuelled by anger by Bingol residents who felt the state had not done enough to ease the suffering of quake survivors.
lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2003-May/025593.html   (422 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » First situation report, Bingol Earthquake 1 May 2003
Considerable damage was caused to all the buildings of the town of Bingol and to 5 other villages or small towns (Diyabrer, Siirt, Erzurum, Mus, Celtiksuyu).
The town of Bingol with around 70.000 inhabitants has been hit less violently than the villages to the east, but taller buildings have suffered more and several have completely collapsed, so that most of the victims come from the densely populated urban area.
Geographical area: Bingol is a town at the bottom of a large valley among snow capped mountains.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/dd958a72205f269cc1256d1d002ec604   (1040 words)

  
 Quake kills 150 in Turkey : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Ergezen said 135 primary school students were buried after their boarding school collapsed in Celtiksuyu, a dozen kilometres from the provincial capital.
Soldiers from the Bingol garrison were taking part in the rescue work.
Bingol is situated on the eastern Anatolia fault.
www.worldministries.org /prophecynewsarticles/turkey/turkey_quake5-1-03.html   (298 words)

  
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Bingol is a largely rural poor area in the predominantly Kurdish southeast that suffered for years from the fierce fighting between the Turkish army and Kurdish autonomy-seeking rebels.
Nazim Karabulut, a resident of Bingol, described the school as a ``terrible construction.
The temblor was felt in the nearby provinces of Erzincan, Tunceli, Bingol, Erzurum, Kayseri and Sivas.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003050203461400.htm&date=2003/05/02/&prd=th&   (695 words)

  
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BINGOL, Turkey (CNN) -- More than 80 schoolchildren were feared trapped under the rubble of their four-story school dormitory in southeastern Turkey following a powerful earthquake which killed at least 85 people.
Thursday (0027 GMT) and was centered in Bingol, according to the Kandilli Observatory, the largest in Turkey.
Bingol is a small and underdeveloped city with few high-rises and not much heavy industry.
www.omogenia.com /forums/printthread.php/Board/UBB10/main/5277/type/post   (387 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Turkish police seized equipment from the Bingol Internet Merkezi cafe owned by the family of Gokhan Elaltintas, believed to have been one of two suicide bombers who attacked synagogues in Istanbul nine days ago.
Bingol’s proximity to Iran and Syria, which have become havens for al Qaida since the Taliban regime was overthrown in Afghanistan, made it attractive as a base for plotting the terror attacks.
Bingol is an ethnically divided town, split between hardline Turks and militant Kurds.
www.telegraphindia.com /1031124/asp/foreign/story_2605625.asp   (535 words)

  
 Bingol, Turkey - Mersina: Information about Turkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bingol, 144 kms east of Elazig, is located in a high region of the broad Eastern Anatolian plateau.
Kalatepe peak (3250 m) on the Bingol Mountains, near the town of Karilova is a great place to watch the magnificent sunrise, especially between the 15th of July and the 15th of August.
The history of the land begins with the Urartians, and continues under the hegemony of the Persians, the Seljuks and then the Ottomans.
www.mersina.com /Turkey/E_Anatolia/Bingol   (154 words)

  
 Bingol and Mus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bingol means "a thousand lakes": a name given to the town because of the many glacier lakes in the surrounding mountains.
In the city stand the remains of a medieval fortress.
Bingol - Yolcati (Kurucadag) Ski Center is 20 km to the west.
www.homemadetravel.com /html/bingol.htm   (93 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Strong quake kills at least 30 in Turkey
Some 50 children were rescued from the wreckage of the dormitory in Bingol, 430 miles east of Ankara, said Sevket Turan, an official with Bingol municipal government.
Bingol Mayor Feyzullah Karaaslan said he feared the death toll could rise dramatically.
We estimate the death toll to be around 150, there are about 300 injured," he said, adding that soldiers were on their way from the capital Ankara to help with the rescue operations.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20030430-2142-turkey-earthquake.html   (460 words)

  
 Naturalist News - Late-breaking environmental news from around the world.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
After the riot, Chief of Bingol Police Osman Nuri Ozdemir was fired from his post by the Interior Ministry for ordering his officers to shoot into the air.
Bingol city has a population of 60,000 and there are 250,000 people living within a 50 kilometer (30 mile) radius of the quake's epicenter.
Assessments in some of the surrounding areas are being carried out, and authorities say the death toll could rise when the situation in outlying villages becomes known.
www.naturalist.com /eco-news/index.cfm?p=display&id=7346   (569 words)

  
 Reuters AlertNet - Turkey Earthquake
BINGOL (Reuters) - Turkish rescue workers dug into the wreckage of a school dormitory on Friday, searching for scores of children buried under rubble by a powerful earthquake that struck south-eastern Turkey and killed up to 150.
Working through the night under floodlights to the rumble of generators, military and civil defense rescue teams slowly hacked through the crumpled concrete that was a four-story dormitory for poor students from remote villages.
Metal cupboards (fl, in lower half of picture) took the pressure from the upper floors, allowing several dozen children to escape from being trapped under the flattened storeys after the quake.
www.alertnet.org /thenews/photoalbum/1052305590.htm   (2410 words)

  
 Anatolia - Turkey Regions - Eastern Region - Bingol
The city of Bingol, which gets its name from the glacier lakes in the region and means "one thousand lakes", acquired a more modern appearance the new buildings constructed after the large earthquake in 1971.
In the Bingol Mountains located to the north of the province, there are countless glacier lakes formed by the melting of glaciers, which is an interesting natural event.
In the surroundings of Bingol, a province rich in natural and historical beauties, the Kigi Citadel, the Kupik and Ahpik Caves, remaining from prehistoric ages and the Harabekoy remains are worth seeing.
7woa.com /eastern.asp?submenu=eastern&pos=13&a=1305   (200 words)

  
 Earthquake Victims Riot in Turkey : SF Indymedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bingol's deputy governor Ahmet Aydin told Anatolia news agency that 117 of the pupils in Celtiksuyu survived the disaster, while 46 children and one teacher were killed.
In nearby Bingol city, meanwhile, police clashed with crowds protesting at the slow distribution of tents following the tremor.
Tayyip Erdogan blamed provocateurs for rioting in the earthquake-struck city of Bingol on Friday but, without criticizing police, said the local police chief had been sacked from his post.
sf.indymedia.org /news/2003/05/1606820.php   (860 words)

  
 Albuquerque Tribune Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The epicenter of the 6.4-magnitude quake was just outside Bingol, where the force of the tremor toppled buildings and utility poles.
At least 25 buildings and a bridge collapsed in the center of Bingol, the mayor said.
Bingol is a poor area in the predominantly Kurdish southeast that suffered for years from the fierce fighting between the Turkish army and autonomy-seeking Kurdish rebels.
abqtrib.com /archives/news03/050103_news_quake.shtml   (451 words)

  
 Turkey quake toll rises to 84; rescue efforts on   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bingol (Turkey): A strong earthquake shook South Eastern Turkey on May 1 killing at least 84 people and injuring 390 others.
Crews were working to rescue 118 primary and middle school students still buried under the four-story dormitory that collapsed, the Industry Minister said in Bingol.
Five students were found dead, Bingol Mayor Feyzullah Karaaslan said.
news.indiainfo.com /2003/05/01/01quake1.html   (288 words)

  
 Turkish death toll climbs past 100 in quake aftermath
In the town of Bingol, where the quake struck hardest, a boarding school collapsed with 198 students between the ages of 7 and 16 sleeping inside.
The hospital in Bingol was damaged, prompting doctors to treat scores of injured people in a tent set up in the garden.
Bingol has been struck before, in 1971, when an earthquake killed almost 900 people in the area, authorities said.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/05/02/MN184273.DTL   (719 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Europe | Why militancy reigns in Bingol
Along a remote mountain road punctuated by frequent military check-points lies the provincial town of Bingol, deep in the predominantly Kurdish area of eastern Turkey.
The four suicide bombings this month which targeted synagogues and British interests in Istanbul appear to have been the work of a group of men, most of whom originally came from this remote, impoverished town.
A senior government official in Bingol said he believed some if not all the suspected suicide bombers from the town had been arrested and interrogated in the past on suspicion of having links with Hezbollah.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3241870.stm   (759 words)

  
 SARTRE . ORG : Suicide bombers are buried in Turkey's breeding ground of extremism
Of all the graves dug into the windswept bluff overlooking Bingol, that of Gokhan Elaltuntas is by far the smallest.
In Bingol, with its population of 60,000, many believe it was the sheikhs who first schooled the suicide bombers in the fundamentals of hate.
But as Ankara turns its considerable military might to destroying the menace of terrorism, the residents of Bingol will have to live with the fear that the security forces who have now moved into the town big time will make their lives even harder.
www.sartre.org /Articles/SuicidebombersareburiedinTurkeybreedinggroundofextremism.htm   (1308 words)

  
 Restaurant Spy - Bingol Green Lanes London
A newish trend has been towards more fish - several now specialise in fish, and one we tried a few months ago displays the raw fish in the window, invites you to select one and then barbeques it for you.
Bingol was the most disgusting, filthy, expensive - oh, look I can't keep this up.
What makes Bingol stand out is probably the menu, which describes the dishes in a really helpful way, with none of that morning gathered menuspeak.
www.restaurantspy.com /uk/london/bingol.htm   (361 words)

  
 CNN.com - Turkey quake traps children - May. 1, 2003
A child is rescues from the debris of a damaged building in Bingol, Turkey.
At least 85 people in the city of Bingol were killed and at least 430 others injured in the quake, Turkish officials said.
According to Bingol Mayor Feyzullah Karaaslan, 25 buildings collapsed in the city when the quake hit, including a dormitory at the Celtiksuyu boarding school, housing more than 190 students at the time of the quake.
www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/05/01/turkey.quake1630   (436 words)

  
 Independent, The (London): Istanbul bombing suspects handed over to terror court   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The men, some from a town called Bingol in a mountainous area 1,000kms east of Istanbul, include relatives of four men police claim to have positively identified as the suicide bombers through DNA tests on remains from the suicide vehicles.
The pious young men from Bingol returned from Pakistan transformed in the baggy Pakistan-style kurta pajama, instead of the western-style shirts and jeans preferred by Turkish youth.
A Turkish newspaper reported that Ugurlu, who is also said to have fought alongside fundamentalists in Afghanistan and Chechnya, bought the two pickups used in the bombings last Thursday at the HSBC headquarters and the British consulate from the same dealer.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20031125/ai_n12722846   (657 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Turkey: Earthquake in Bingol Province Appeal No. 09/2003 Operations Update ...
The earthquake affected the City of Bingol and the surrounding villages, causing significant loss of life and property damage.
According to the preliminary damage assessment in the housing sector, of 15,000 dwelling units in Bingol town, 305 houses collapsed completely, about 2,566 are classified as moderately damaged and inhabitable, while another 2,546 as slightly damaged but habitable.
The Federation appeal in response to the earthquake in Bingol was presented to the UN agencies working in Turkey.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/c9a258f6dfe5421e49256d20002518a9   (1189 words)

  
 Bomb attacks were planned in internet café   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The four bombers - natives of a town that is connected to the rest of Turkey by one treacherous road - had travelled across the Middle East and South Asia before returning home to form a terrorist cell which was activated this month.
Bingol's proximity to Iran and Syria, which have become havens for al-Qa'eda since the Taliban regime was overthrown in Afghanistan, made it attractive as a base for plotting the terror attacks.
Bingol is a place where PKK have been active over the years.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1027297/posts   (1436 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bingol, Turkey, May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Police fired shots in the air to disperse hundreds of people protesting the government's slow response to an earthquake in eastern Turkey that killed at least 104 people and left many homeless.
The quake of 6.4 magnitude struck Bingol province early yesterday as people were sleeping.
Bingol is a pre-dominantly Kurdish city and was part of a rebellion by Kurdish rebels last decade.
quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aFP1faDjCJS4&refer=europe   (409 words)

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