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  Gokceada Chat at Matchmaker.com
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  Gökçeada..kesfetmenin mutluluğu...Gökçeada ..happiness of discover   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
From a geological point of view Gokceada is a continuation of the southern shores of Thrace.
German archeologist A. Cauzo, in his research Voyage to the Islands of the sea of Thrace' (Hannover 1860) asserts that the RU hill in the south and Aydincik were distant in the past, but later on, they came together due to the accumulation of sand and the salt lake is formed.
Gokceada is 285.5 km2 and its circumference is 46 sea miles and its length and width is 16x5 sea miles.
www.gokceada.com /english/geology.html   (308 words)

  
 The Beaches of Islands
In 1455 Gokceada was included to the Ottoman Empire and later it was occupied by the Greek and stayed under their rule during the years of 1922-1923.
Gokceada's surface area is 289.5 sg.km and the coastal length is 95 km.
Gokceada with its very rough surface is made up from volcanic masses.The 77% of the island consist of mountains, the 12% rough surfaces and 10% of flat lands.
www.onderer.com /beach/beaches_of_islands.html   (605 words)

  
 Gokceada, Gokceada Hotels, Hotels in Gokceada, Gokceada Hotel, Gokceada Accommodation, Gokceada Lodging
Gokceada is located 33 miles away from Canakkale and 14 miles from Gabatepe sea port of the gallipoli peninsula.
Gokceada is also 16 miles away from the Greek island Limni and 14 miles away from the island Samothrace.
Gokceada has also rich water resources and ranked 4th island of the world from the point of plenty of fresh water sources in the world.
www.canakkalehotel.com /canakkale_hotel_gokceada.htm   (363 words)

  
 Gokceada and Imbros: two cultures on the island of the winds - Turkish Daily News Sep 15, 1997
Gokceada, or Imbros in Greek, is known as the land of Imbrasos, the god of abundance on the barren soil.
It is a calm, quiet settlement with a population of 8,000.
Gokceada, which has been the home of different cultures from the Achaeans, the Athenians, the Venetians and the Genoans to the Ottomans, has nourished civilisations within its bosom and has witnessed thousands of years of history as an important island.
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=4235   (2481 words)

  
  Islam in Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Under the terms of the treaty the Muslims living in Greece, as well as the Christians living in Turkey were required to immigrate to Turkey and Greece respectively, in what was called an "Exchange of Populations".
The Muslims of Thrace and the Christians of Istanbul, and of the islands Gokceada and Bozcaada (Imvros and Tenedos) were the only populations not to be exchanged between Greece and Turkey.
The fact that the Muslim minority in Greece remains while the Greeks from Istanbul and Gokceada and Bozcaada (Imvros and Tenedos) have over the years been forced by the Turkish government to move to Greece has been noted by human rights groups and also riled nationalistic sentiment in some corners of Greek society.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Muslim_minority_(Greece)   (1009 words)

  
 EurasiaNet Civil Society - An Outpost of Greek Culture in Turkey
The mountainous island, located in the Aegean Sea near the entrance to the strategic Dardanelles straits, was given to Turkey as part of the 1923 Lausanne Treaty, which determined the country’s modern day borders.
Gokceada was not included in the population exchange.
Even on Gokceada, most of the island’s 10,000 residents today are Muslim Turks -- many of whom moved under government resettlement policies.
www.eurasianet.org /departments/civilsociety/articles/eav111204.shtml   (746 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
There are pure sand beaches, each one more beautiful than the last, on Gokceada, which is a haven for city dwellers seeking refuge from the urban rat race.
On the south side of the island is the Aydincik coast, known as the Patara of the northern Aegean.
Gokceada is frequently mentioned in myths and legends.
www.turkradio.us /1/s2004_04_06.txt   (1100 words)

  
 ÇANAKKALE
Gokceada with its boundless, sandy beaches, clean sea is a wonderful beauty in which the past and present live together.
The visitors might have nice time having the facilities such as "Gokceada Film Festival" celebrated in open-air in August.
Gokceada Tourism Information Office will help for those who visit the island about every thing.
www.canakkaletravel.com /canakkale/gokceada/indexgada.htm   (359 words)

  
 ANZAC Day Events Calendar - INDEPENDENT ANZAC NETWORK DATABASE - ANZAC Day Events
Gokceada, Turkey’s largest island and lying off the coast off the Gallipoli Peninsula, is staging its annual summer festival between August 10 and 13.
Gokceada has a long history of multiculturalism, with the island changing hands between Turkish and Greek control many times over the centuries.
Though now part of modern Turkey, Gokceada still has a small population of Greek residents of Turkish nationality and the Greek Orthodox patriarch Bartholomew was born on the island.
www.anzacday.biz /anzac_day/events/news.asp?index=426   (273 words)

  
 Kalimerhaba in Gokceada Esmeralda's last stop -- the Bosporus Consumer Club Rewards Members Lions Award Successful ...
All Gokceada inhabitants participate, whether they believe in commemorating the Virgin Mary or Imroz, by growing flowers, cleaning their gardens and clearing the overgrowth from the graves of their loved ones.
Gokceada is a geological continuation of the southern coastlines of Thrace.
Gokceada contains the villages of Kalekoy (Kastro), Tepekoy (Agridia), Pinarbasi (Ispilya), Derekoy (Shinudy), Aydincik (Kefalos), Bademli (Fliky) and Zeytinli (Alathodory) and the administrative center of Gokceada (Panayia), which gives its name to the island.
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=13878   (3130 words)

  
 JFCN Images
Crewmembers of the Turkish Standing NRF Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) frigate TCG Gokceada renders first aid to an Simulated exercise victim before transporting him out of the exercise’s catastrophe area on 20th September 2005 during the Disaster Exercise at the Albanian Naval Forces Troop School.
A member of the Turkish frigate TCG Gokceada treats an Simulated exercise victim after having relieved him from the catastrophe area of the Disaster Exercise on 20th September 2005 at the Albanian Naval Forces Troop School.
TCG Gokceada is the current Turkish contribution to NATO’s Standing NRF Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2).
www.afsouth.nato.int /JFCN_Exercises/2005/CooperativeEngagement/CE05_IMAGES_p3.htm   (543 words)

  
 FURTHER NEWS
The authorities of the Canakkale Museums Directorate told that the first excavation progress in 2005 would be started at the end of June in the ancient city Troia.
The stolen inscription of the historical laundry in the Gokceada Cinarli Street was recently found.
The Chief of Gokceada Muniplicity, Halili Rustu AKGUN, told that 'the historical and ancient values of the island are exteremely important and we will do anything to protect them'.
www.canakkaletravel.com /digerhaberleringilizce.htm   (2097 words)

  
 Gokceada and Bozcaada- two turkish islands in the Aegean Sea worth visit
International: Gokceada and Bozcaada- two turkish islands in the Aegean Sea worth visit
It is suggested that the two turkish islands in the Aegean Sea-Gokceada and Bozcaada- shall be two new destinations in the turkish tourism.
Gokceada is the most western part of Turkey.
www.pressbox.co.uk /detailed/International/Gokceada_and_Bozcaada-_two_turkish_islands_in_the_Aegean_Sea_worth_visit_92938.html   (212 words)

  
 Canakkale Hotels -> Anzac hotel CANAKKALE - TURKEY
The he attennded a meeting with the AK Party responsibles of Gokceada.
In his speech to the press, Minister YILDIRIM claimed the biggest problem of the islad as the transportation.
Minister YILDIRIM told that their main goal in Gokceada would be to perform and encourage huge investments in order to improve the immense tourism potential of the island.
www.anzachotel.com /news.php?number=60   (1084 words)

  
 Thousands of years in a mere few metres
The humble stone walls that have been found should not be compared to the magnificent Greco-Roman archaeological findings in the Aegean and Mediterranean.
Event though the ground level beneath the tumulus has yet to be reached, the works that have been revealed prove that this settlement is even older than the city of Troy.
There are daily ferries from Gokceada at 08.00 and from Canakkale at 16.00.
www.gatetoturkey.com /turkey_a_z_arkeology/00972   (569 words)

  
 NATO Media Library: Exercise Co-operative Partner 2003 - 20 June 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Turkish frigate TCG GOKCEADA takes part on 22 June 2003 in NATO Exercise Cooperative Partner 2003, which occurs in Ukraine this year.
From left, national flags fly on the Italian frigate ITS MAESTRALE and the Turkish frigate TCG GEMLIK on 22 June 2003.
The Italian frigate ITS MAESTRALE berths alongside the Turkish frigate TCG GOKCEADA on 22 June 2003 in Odessa harbour.
www.nato.int /multi/photos/2003/m030620a.htm   (332 words)

  
 AFSOUTH Images
Russian Sailors help with the berth of the Turkish frigate TCG Gokceada on 7th July 2004 in Novorossijsk harbor, Russia.
The Turkish frigate TCG Gokceada, the Greek frigate HS Elli and the British frigate HMS Newcastle visit Novorossijsk from 7th to 12 July 2004 in the framework of the NATO - Russia work program.
HMS Newcastle, the Turkish frigate TCG Gokceada and the temporary STANAVFORMED flagship HS Elli visit Novorossijsk from 7th to 12 July 2004 in the framework of the NATO - Russia work program.
www.afsouth.nato.int /images/STANAVFORMED/RussiaPhotos2004.htm   (344 words)

  
 Zeus Bungalow Hotel
Swimming pool in the middle of bungalow complex, restaurant and bar, with private secure parking.
You are in the bungalows middle of olive trees with thyme smell in the geography of the rocky island.
In our opinion living in a island or staying in a island is synonymous with stopping the current time.
www.zeusotel.com /?Lng=en   (265 words)

  
 JTW News - Athens satisfied with state of Greeks on Bozcaada, Gokceada
Greek parliamentarians in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) are expected to abandon presenting a motion to the assembly concerning the perceived problems of minority Greeks living in Gokceada (Imbros) and Bozcaada (Tenedos) in the Aegean Sea.
It is reported that a dialogue established between the Turkish and Greek parliamentarians during recent meetings played an important role in Greece's abandonment of the motion.
Greece prepared the motion on the grounds that the minority Greeks living in Bozcaada and Gokceada have problems concerning the status of their inheritance, property expropriation and ownership rights.
www.turkishweekly.net /news.php?id=13372   (1226 words)

  
 Gokceada- The unknown island of Turkey, Gokceada-Imbros Overview - IgoUgo
Gokceada- The unknown island of Turkey, Gokceada-Imbros Overview - IgoUgo
In short, it is now time to visit Gokceada.
You can have a real affordable vacation on this island by staying in one of the home pensions, minimize transportation costs by getting free rides from the locals because they are simply insist on doing this when they see someone hiking.
www.igougo.com /travelcontent/journalEntryOverview.aspx?ReviewID=1246461   (421 words)

  
 Canakkale Hotels Tours Hotels in Canakkale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A Master plan is in progress in largest island of Canakkale for eco-tourism.
The chief of Gokceada Municipality, Halil Rüştü AKGÜN, told that in the proposed master plan it is expected to leverage the natural envoirement of the salt lake in the island.
Apart from this, there are projects of building a windsurf center in the island.
www.anzachotel.com /canakkalenews2.htm   (6160 words)

  
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After lunch, drive towards Gallipoli and crossing by ferry to Gokceada Turkish Island.Dinner and overnight in Gokceada.
Day 5- Gokceada is the one of the two main islands controled by Turkey.
Island has very nice old houses and walking will be between 2 villages overnight in Gokceada.
cascoly.com /trav/tours/2003turkey1.asp   (776 words)

  
 Gokceada real estate agents in gokceada canakkale turkey
Gokceada real estate agents in gokceada canakkale turkey
Turkish estate agents in gokceada turkey companies listed for contact information.
These agents can help you about gokceada apartments, houses, villas, residental for turkish property in gokceada canakkale turkey.
www.emlaksite.com /real-estate-turkey/companies/canakkale/gokceada.html   (88 words)

  
 Gokceada Things to Do Tips by basarir - VirtualTourist.com
It was the largest village of Turkey with its 1950 houses.There are 50 houses in alive now.its church also worth seeing.you should have a break and try Barba's turkish caffe.
Gokceada Island to the main village by taxi??
Was hunting for information on paris - --- travelling 2nd week of April --- and reached your Turkey page.
members.virtualtourist.com /m/4aba0/1c1b1c/4/?o=2   (438 words)

  
 Gokceada Personals at Matchmaker.com
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 Turks.US Daily News: Turkish - Greek Friendship In Gokceada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
CANAKKALE - Halil Rustu Akgun, the mayor of Gokceada island of northwestern Canakkale province said on Thursday that Turkish and Greek singers would take stage together during the summer festival they would organize on the island between 10-13 August.
Issuing a written statement, Akgun said that a folk dance group from Thessaloniki and Glikeria Fotiadu, a Greek singer would take part in the festival.
We believe that this friendship will further strengthen by such kind of activities,'' he added.
www.turks.us /article~story~20030807142949589~mode~print.htm   (114 words)

  
 The Flagship
Gokova is the seventh Perry-class frigate to be turned over to the Turkish navy; the ship’s new commanding officer, Turkisk Navy Cmdr. Armagan Kurgan, has served aboard three others.
He served as executive officer aboard TCG Gemlik (ex-guided-missile frigate Flatley) and TCG Gokceada (ex- Guided-missile frigate Mahlon S. Tisdale).
He served as commanding officer of TCG Gaziantep (ex-guided-missile frigate Clifton F. Sprague).
www.flagshipnews.com /archives_2002/apr252002_8.shtml   (454 words)

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