ofNorth Africaand southwestern Asia also exhibit some European physical and culturalaffinities.TurkeyandCyprusin particular, while geologically Asian, possess elements of European culture and may be regarded as parts of Europe. Indeed, Turkey has sought membership in theEuropean Union(EU), and the ...
HadrianWhite marble statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian, from an excavation at Sagalassos in southwest Turkey.(more) 2 of 2 Hadrian's Wall(more) Before 90 ce the Roman garrison in Britain was reduced by the transfer of the 2nd Legion to Pannonia, a country south and west of the Danube....
Turkeytransferred controlof a military barracks in Mogadishu – part of its training academy for Somali soldiers – to Somalia’s federal government. The same day, a new unit of the Somali federal army’s Gorgor Commando Brigadearrived homeafter training in Turkey. March 12, 2021 The United Nat...
Turkey is not just Istanbul; the fascinating country Türkiye has many cities worth your vacation time. I have been traveling to Turkey for 15 years and still have not seen them all. That said, here is a list of the best cities in Turkey I loved, from the Aegean Coast to the Black Se...
Conference of the International Bar Association (IBA), held that year in Mexico City. Coming some 20 years after the cartographer’s death, it seems an unlikely choice. So far, all my efforts to find a link between Cahill, the IBA and Mexico have drawn a blank. (Note to readers: Help...
Georgia has a unique alphabet, unrelated to its neighbours. Their influence onregional cuisinemakes them stand out as a food destination in their own right that has not been subdued by strong influences from Turkey, Iran and Russia. Just south of Tbilisi, the oldest archaeological evidence of wi...
While Turkey is on the border of Asia and Europe. It has been trying to join the European Union, however recent changes to the political climate are making it’s inclusion look a bit shaky. All in all we are in for an exciting although troubling time. We have added an interactive map ...
This last theme became particularly relevant as we traveled to Turkey for a week. I’ll admit to having some trepidation prior to visiting. First, Turkey shares a southern border with Syria and the complexity of the crisis surrounding their civil war and other factors has made for a heated ...
(Suppl. Material1n). General information on the computational concept can be found in122. The discrepancy between the value of one cell and the average value of the 8 surrounding cells defines the TRI (Terrain Ruggedness Index)51. In the first place, the two input neighborhood raster (using...
Within the region where CER is located, urban development has absorbed the population of the surrounding towns and countries; at the same time, in terms of population movement throughout the whole country, a large number of people from the Northeast are migrating to other regions in recent ...