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In the News (Thu 3 Dec 09)

  
  [ATSO - Adapazari Chamber Of Trade And Commerce]
The province land is surrounded by Duzce and mountain of Bolu from the East; by Golpazari and Osmaneli districts of Bilecik from the South; by Kandira, Izmit, and Golcuk districts of Kocaeli from the West, and by the Black Sea from the North in the term of administratition.
It is poured to the river of Sakarya from the village of Seyfiler in the north-east of the district.
The weather in the province is rainy and humid, and the climate is mild.
www.adptso.org.tr /atsoen/sakarya.asp?Icerik=Genel   (2516 words)

  
 Marmara region, Turkey
Erdek to the northwest of Bandirma is known for its beaches and the historical structures at Kyzikos.
The Aegean shores of Balikesir Province borders the Edremit Bay.
The Sakarya River flows through the center of the lands of Bilecik Province, which is a rather important province from the point of view of Ottoman history.
www.enjoyturkey.com /info/sights/marmara.htm   (1335 words)

  
 Sakarya / Adapazari, Turkey - Mersina: Information about Turkey
The land extending towards the Black Sea coast, on the two sides of the same named river which flows into this sea, is Sakarya, in the center of which lies the fertile plain of Adapazari.
In this province filled with natural beauty is the charming site Lake Sapanca, 5 kms south of Adapazari.
If you stop by the Arifiye Forest, in the province, which is a lovely resting spot, it is possible to see the really beautiful scenery of Lake Sapanca.
www.mersina.com /Turkey/Marmara/Sakarya/index.html   (239 words)

  
 New Page 1
The borders of Eskişehir province are within the river basins of Sakarya River with Porsuk Creek and Sarısu Creek.
General geographical structure of Eskişehir province is formed of Sakarya and Porsuk river basins and mountains surrounding those basins.
As a result, province land is divided into parts by main valleys and numerous smaller valleys connected to those main valleys.
www.eskisehir-bld.gov.tr /esk_taniyin/7_eng.htm   (788 words)

  
 UNICEF Recovery Plan for Turkish Children
With the exception of Sakarya province (Adapazari City), the population sheltered in tented camps in Kocaeli, Yalova, and Bolu provinces is higher than the population sheltered in prefabricated houses.
In Yalova province, 42 of the 53 schools that existed before the earthquake are currently operating, indicating an increase of 3 schools in the province during the last two weeks.
Schools in Sakarya re-opened on 23 December, however, due to the relocation of families after the earthquake, less than 50% of the primary school population in the central area of Sakarya was in attendance.
www.die.gov.tr /CIN/emergency/recovery-dec30/recovery-dec30.htm   (3427 words)

  
 Sakarya: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
Two major Anatolian rivers, the Sakarya and the Kizilirmak, and several minor rivers break the long mountain chains to empty into the Black Sea.
At Sakarya in the centre of the worst affected area they rescued alive a man in his 20s who had been trapped for 80 hours with little...
The Sakarya, Kizil Irmak, and the Yesil Irmak are the largest rivers flowing through the Pontics.
www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/sakarya.jsp?l=S&p=1   (1047 words)

  
 Sakarya Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sakarya is a province of Turkey and is located in the Marmara region.
Its adjacent provinces are Kocaeli to the west, Bilecik to the south, Bolu to the southeast, and Duzce to the east.
Sakarya province is divided into 13 districts (capital district in bold):
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sakarya_Province   (104 words)

  
 Sakarya - All About Turkey
On 17th August 1999, at 03:02am, a devastating earthquake (7.4 Richter scale) struck the city when people were asleep and killed thousands of citizens leaving more than 50.000 homeless.
Izmit, Yalova, Bursa, Bolu and Istanbul are amongst other provinces damaged by this quake.
Contact Burak at buraksan@superonline.com for all kinds of regular and/or private travel services throughout the country.
www.allaboutturkey.com /sakarya.htm   (313 words)

  
 Hazard Slides
The earthquake damaged buildings across seven provinces for a distance of 250 km from Istanbul to Bolu.
Sakarya is to the east of Izmit, north of Arifiye, and west of Duzce.
The structure in the center was heavily damaged, losing most of the brick infill.
www.ngdc.noaa.gov /seg/hazard/slideset/46/46_slides.shtml   (1138 words)

  
 CDC - Prevalence, Distribution, and Host Range of Peste des petits ruminants virus, Turkey
In general, the level of PPRV infection was higher in sheep; however, the highest seroprevalence (82.6%) was found in goats in Sakarya Province, where two PPRV isolates were identified from sheep during this project.
The overall occurrence of PPRV infection in cattle was 15.57% (a total of 50 animals), and approximately 27% of cattle were antibody positive for RPV, indicating previous exposure to the virus either by natural infection or, most probably, by vaccination, since all cattle in the study were >6 months of age.
Van and Malatya Provinces are in southeastern Turkey near the Iranian border; the remaining provinces are mainly in central Anatolia (Figure 1).
www.cdc.gov /ncidod/eid/vol8no7/01-0471.htm   (2973 words)

  
 Kocaeli - All About Turkey
The city of Izmit is mainly an industrial center in Marmara region of Turkey with numerous industrial establishments surrounding the Gulf of Izmit.
Kartepe is a winter sports resort that reaches a height of 1600 m, Kerpe and Kefken on the Black Sea coast have fine beaches, while Golcuk and Karamursel in the Gulf of Izmit are other beautiful sea resorts.
Lake Sapanca in nearby Sakarya province is another natural beauty and a scenic place ideal for picnics.
www.allaboutturkey.com /kocaeli.htm   (297 words)

  
 MARMARA REGION, Discover Izmit, Sakarya, Yalova, Iznik, Nicea, Ecumenical Council by Turkish Travel
East of lzmit, Sakarya (Adapazari) is the provincial capital of an important agricultural and industrial region.
The Sakarya (Sangarius) River irrigates this fertile land which abounds with fruit trees and fields of vegetables.
The province of Bilecik lies southeast of Iznik in the verdant and fertile Sakarya River Valley, in the old quarter of the city stands the mausoleum of Seyh Edebi, who was an important influence in the founding of the Ottoman Empire.
www.turkishtravel.com /marmara.htm   (743 words)

  
 UNICEF Recovery Plan for Turkish Children
On average, almost 6% of the total population in the 4 affected provinces are sheltered in tented camps.
In Bolu province, up to 16.6% of the total population is living in tented camps, in comparison to only 1.8% in Sakaraya province.
The huge discrepancy noticed in Bolu province is related to the fact that Bolu was the epicentre of the latest earthquake dated 12 November 1999.
www.die.gov.tr /CIN/emergency/recovery-dec15/recovery-dec15.htm   (4390 words)

  
 Turkey Provinces
These, therefore, are the province populations used by the State Institute of Statistics to compute per capita GDP for 2001.
It leaves the FIPS code for Bolu province unchanged, although Düzce was split from Bolu, and usually when a province loses territory its FIPS code will change.
province, except for a few provinces created after this system was instituted (numbers greater than 74).
www.statoids.com /utr.html   (1398 words)

  
 EU donates three million euros to Sakarya Provicial Education Directorate Police officer commits suicide after lengthy ...
The European Union, which confirmed that it is providing assistance to the Sakarya Provincial Education Directorate for 19 projects, donated three million euros as part of the EU Basic Education Assistance Project.
The EU, in line with these projects, will initiate five new projects in the province of Sakarya, which ranks first as the Turkish province with the greatest number of EU projects in existence currently.
After the meeting, the governor of Sakarya told reporters that the project was motivated by a desire for social impovement.
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=34605   (1658 words)

  
 Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Sakarya Province, with a population of 731,800, and its capital, Adapazari, with a population of 183,000 were sites of severe liquefaction and amplification of ground shaking due to soil conditions.
Since future modeling and planning efforts would require the use of base (pre-earthquake) statistics regarding the settlement that are susceptible to earthquake damage, an effort was made to identify the sources of these types of data.
Detailed historical population counts of the settlements affected by the 1999 earthquakes in the province, district, and sub-district (including municipalities and smaller settlements other than villages) level were obtained from the State Institute for Statistics (SIS, 1945-1997).
www.seas.gwu.edu /~icdm/Turkey_Report.htm   (7717 words)

  
 Sakarya, Turkey Web Hosting - Web Host
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 Adapazari
City in northwestern Turkey with 280,000 inhabitants (2003 estimate), situated on a fertile plain west of the Sakarya river.
It is the capital of Sakarya province with 760,000 inhabitants (2004 estimate).
The economy is based upon both local agriculture and industry.
lexicorient.com /e.o/adapazari.htm   (136 words)

  
 2005 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Turkey
In June the High Court of Appeals overturned a murder conviction reached by a court in Sinop Province on the grounds that police interrogated the defendant without granting him access to an attorney and there was evidence that the suspect had been tortured.
In September police in Siirt Province allegedly detained and beat 20 demonstrators who had participated in a rally to protest the prison conditions of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.
In March authorities in Nusaybin, Mardin Province, reportedly prevented a delegation from the German Democratic Socialist Party from visiting the relatives of a shepherd allegedly killed by village guards.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61680.htm   (16490 words)

  
 Turkey
According to Mazlum-Der, in 2 separate incidents in March, law enforcement authorities raided a Qur'an course in Kabala, Mardin Province, detaining 30 persons, and a course in Tarakli, Sakarya Province, detaining 3 persons.
Restoration or construction may be carried out in buildings and monuments considered "ancient" only with authorization of the regional board on the protection of cultural and national wealth.
In September 2004, the Governor and Jandarma officials in Sirnak Province evicted members of a civil defense force known as the village guards who were preventing a group of Syriac Christians from returning to their homes.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51586.htm   (5762 words)

  
 Journal of Educational Sciences & Practice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The aim of this research is to define that encouragement of teachers by administrators for using computer and internet.
To develop the scale of “the encouragement of teachers by administrators for using computer and internet”, 199 teachers who worked in Sakarya, Turkiye have been added.
Scale consisted of three factors, namely the encouragement of the knowledge transition by internet, the encouragement of using information technology, and the encouragement of using computers for writing and personal development.
www.ebuline.com /eng/sayfa/arsiv/3_6/arsiv_3_6_6.htm   (227 words)

  
 Turkey, Landmine Monitor Report 2006
On 15 February 2006, the Initiative for a Mine-Free Turkey held a press conference in Mardin province regarding a tender for a mine clearance project in the province.
For example, in Hakkari province and its surroundings, which are believed to have experienced some of the most intense fighting, the government evacuated population centers and relocated people to more central villages or to camps.
In February 2006, the mayor of Nusaybin district in Mardin province also stated that a number of suspected mined areas near populated places were unmarked and unfenced.
www.icbl.org /lm/country/turkey   (8049 words)

  
 Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine | Full text | Focusing on the ethnobotanical uses of plants in Mersin and ...
The aim of this, research is to focus on the kinds of medical diversity found in the herbal markets, on the frequency of usage of the plants, and thus, to show the different treatment types that are applied in the region.
A range from 7–33 species were from our list, have also been documented by several other researchers in a number of other countries [29-34].
In conclusion, the comparison of the treatments between provinces and villages, shows us a decreased incidence of heart-blood, liver-spleen and gynecological disorders in the villages and increased incidence of the arthritis in the villages (Table 2) [9,36,37].
www.ethnobiomed.com /content/1/1/6   (2966 words)

  
 WUSA - Print Story
Thursday in northwestern Turkey, and rescue officials said 39 people were killed and 57 injured.
At least four cars overturned near Pamukova in Sakarya province, with most of the damage in two cars that crashed into each other.
He said the train was carrying 234 passengers and 9 personnel.
www.wusa9.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=31571   (349 words)

  
 Anadolu Agency: News in English, 98-08-10
Ferrizio Telfa, 36, who was travelling by motorcycle together with his girlfriend Roberta Pallodini, 29, to eastern Bitlis Province from southeastern Diyarbakir Province, lost control of his motorcycle and hit the shoulder of the road due to high speed and gravel on the road.
SAKARYA, Aug 10 (A.A) - Croatia beat Turkey 72-56 in the 13th European Star Ladies Basketball Championship elimination group match on Sunday at the Ataturk Indoor Sports Hall in Sakarya province.
Engin Ozgen, the head of the excavation team composed of Turkish and foreign scientists, told A.A correspondent that there is a garrison belonging to the end of Hellenistic Period and the start of Roman period in the tumulus near military buildings.
www.hri.org /news/turkey/anadolu/1998/98-08-10.anadolu.html   (5075 words)

  
 Turkish rail disaster claims 36, says ministry - World - www.smh.com.au
The crisis centre had earlier said 139 people were killed when the packed train derailed near Pamukova town in Sakarya province while on its way from Istanbul to the capital, Ankara.
There were conflicting reports on the number of those injured which was earlier put at 57.
The transport ministry put their number at 43, while the governor of the nearby province of Bilecik, Ayhan Cevik, was quoted by the Anatolia news agency as saying that 60 people were injured.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/07/23/1090464828484.html?from=moreStories   (264 words)

  
 Unforgettable President of Besiktas - Suleyman Seba
Süleyman Seba was born on April 5, 1926 in Soguksulu Village of Sakarya Province, Turkey.
He started to play in Besiktas Juniors' Team when he was in Kabatas High School.
As a result of his success, he has won all the elections and served as President until he retires from Presidency in 2000.
www.bjk1903.com /seba.html   (178 words)

  
 BuzzFlash World Media Watch, February 7, 2003
While military build-up on the border continues ahead of any possible United States-Iraq war, a train carrying troops to the border departed from the Arifiye station in Sakarya province in Marmara region.
Meanwhile, dispatch of tanks from the Tank Factory in Arifiye region in Sakarya continues.
Meanwhile, another train which departed from northwestern province of Tekirdag carried military equipment to southeastern province of Gaziantep yesterday.
www.buzzflash.com /mediawatch/03/02/07.html   (1529 words)

  
 Dozens dead and toll rising in Turkish train disaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The train derailed near Pamukova, a small town in the northwestern province of Sakarya.
There was confusion over the exact scale of the disaster, after earlier reports spoke of a death toll that had rapidly risen to 139 dead.
Health ministry undersecretary Nejdet Unuvar said 57 people were injured in the derailment of the train, which was believed to be carrying 213 passengers and 9 crew.
www.cbc.ca /world/story/2004/07/22/turkeytrain040722.html   (1292 words)

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