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Kaş: Diving Turkey’s Turquoise Coast

The Turquoise Coast of Turkey is home to rugged reefs, wrecks and ancient underwater treasures. In his journey along this fabled riviera, Farhat Jah visits the delightful town of KaÅŸ.

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Farhat Jah
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It was blisteringly hot, even for a Turkish summer. I had thought Istanbul was hot, but Dalaman Airport was just blistering when the plane landed. The Turkish Airbus’s captain informed passengers that it was 46°C. The domestic terminal had no aerobridges, so the sun beat down on our heads as we walked across the tarmac. 

Archaeologists Unearth 2,700-Year-Old Roman Port in Parion, Turkey

A significant archaeological discovery sheds light on ancient Roman maritime infrastructure and regional trade networks.

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The underwater studies in Parion, a 2,700-year-old port city from the Roman Empire in the village of Kemer in the Biga District of Çanakkale in northwestern Türkiye, have revealed the presence of the second ancient port of the city. This discovery is the second of its kind in the region and emphasises Parion's historical significance in Roman trade and military operations.

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Diving in Bodrum, Turkey

As the novel coronavirus spread around the world, dive operators in all corners of the globe had to adjust to a new normal. One dive operator, Farfat Jah, made unique changes. Here, he takes an honest look at a destination forced upon him by the global pandemic.

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Farhat Jah
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The global pandemic affected the travel industry like no other. As it spread across the globe, our world started to implode. One by one, every dive destination that we offered closed to our customers: Micronesia, Asia, Melanesia, the Middle East and finally Africa and the Atlantic island of St Helena shut their borders. We got all of our clients home before the airlines ceased to fly, and then the email and phone went quiet.

Survey: Are you addicted to adventure, high-risk or extreme sports?

Özge Yavaș Tez is looking to conduct a doctoral thesis investigating the relationship between behavioral addiction and adventure sports, high-risk sports, and extreme sports.

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Özge YavaÈ™ Tez is based at Manisa Celal Bayar University (MCBU) in Manisa, Turkey. On 20 December 2021, the MCBU Social Sciences Institute Recreation Department agreed that his thesis work is ethically appropriate, and signed it off.

Did Stone Age people swim and dive just for the fun of it?

One-third of the people living in an ancient village far from the sea developed a condition typically seen today in avid surfers and divers.

Diving is a kind of leisure activity we never really associate with Stone Age people
Dive Industry News and Matters

Surfer's ear is the common name for an exostosis or abnormal bone growth within the ear canal. Irritation from cold wind and water exposure causes the bone surrounding the ear canal to develop lumps of new bony growth which constrict the ear canal. The condition is not limited to surfing and can occur in any activity with cold, wet, windy conditions such as windsurfing, kayaking, sailing, jet skiing, kitesurfing and diving.

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Turkey — Mediterranean & Aegean Hotspots

A journey through Turkey’s Mediterranean and Aegean coasts, where clear waters, ancient wrecks, vibrant culture and world-class cuisine combine with some of the country’s best diving destinations.

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Rico Besserdich
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Like diving in warm, turquoise waters with great visibility? Enjoy a laid-back atmosphere without the stress of mass tourism, yet with proper structures and professional services for scuba diving on-site? Want guaranteed sunshine and excellent food from one of the world’s greatest cuisines? Or perhaps you have a passion for history and culture as well, but not if it requires endless flights and travel? Then, Turkey is for you. 

ErtuÄŸrul exhibition now open in Istanbul

The exhibition, displays pieces of the ErtuÄŸrul frigate, ship components, pieces of dinner sets and belongings of officers.

ErtuÄŸrul was a sailing frigate of the Ottoman Navy. While returning from a goodwill voyage from Japan in 1890, she foundered off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture

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The ship experienced some problems during her long journey. On 26 July 1889, she entered the Suez Canal and ran ashore in Great Bitter Lake, destroyed the stern post and lost the rudder. After repairs, ErtuÄŸrul set sail again on 23 September.

While sailing in western Indian Ocean, the ship took on water from the bow. The crew was unable to conduct the necessary repairs until they reached Singapore.

ErtuÄŸrul was repaired in Singapore and departed on 22 March 1890. After a ten-day stop in Saigon, she arrived in Yokohoma on 7 June 1890.

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Turkey: Mediterranean and Aegean Hotspots

Like diving in warm, turquoise waters with great visibility? Enjoy a laid-back atmosphere, without the stress of mass tourism, but still proper structures and professional services for scuba diving on site? Want guarantied sunshine and excellent food from one of the world's greatest cuisines? Or perhaps you have a passion for history and culture as well, but not if it requires endless flights and travel? Then, Turkey is for you.

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The most outstanding feature of the seas around Turkey is the remains of past civilizations. Turkey is where the East meets the West. The ancient Romans named this region "Asia Minor". But long before they came, the country saw the influx of the Hittities, the Assyrians, the Phrygians, the Byzanthine Empire, Alexander the Great, the Persian Empire and the Ottoman Empire.

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Diving Istanbul: Life beneath the Bosphorus

Istanbul—a metropolis of over 15 million inhabitants—is one of the world's most populous cities, and thus, naturally, Turkey's largest and most important city, both economically and culturally. Indeed, Istanbul remains one of the oldest cities in the world. It was the capital of the Roman Empire between 330–395 AD, the Eastern Roman Empire between 395–1204 AD and between 1261–1453 AD, the Latin Empire between 1204–1261 AD, and finally the Ottoman Empire between 1453–1922 AD.

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AteÅŸ Evirgen
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The city ceased to be the Turk’s ‘capital’ with the foundation of the Republic of Turkey in 1923 by Kemal Ataturk. Yet, thanks to its rich heritage and ever-expanding population, it maintains and increases its importance with each passing day.

Istanbul has been given various names throughout the ages—names associated with different stages of the city’s history. In historical order, these are: Byzantion, Augusta Antonina, Nova Roma, Constantinople, Konstantiniyye, Islambol and Istanbul. Intriguingly, this giant metropolis is also home to a significant natural habitat.

A new species of trout discovered in Turkey

The new species is distinguished from the other members of genera by having fewer parr marks along lateral line, and a larger mouth gape and maxilla, which is a part of the fish jaw.

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In order to understand the rich genus diversity in Turkey, a group of researchers from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Faculty of Fisheries collected samples from more than 200 localities throughout the country between 2004 and 2014. The resulting paper, published in the open access journal ZooKeys, focuses only on the Salmo species distributed in the Alakır Stream drainage, from where the new species was described. It as named Salmo kottelati after Maurice Kottelat, who contributed to the knowledge of the fish fauna of Europe and Asia.

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