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Dardanelles
May 14th, 2015
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Did you hear? There is a semen market in Istanbul. At last, here is a city where you can buy anything! The government hasn’t banned it. Men be happy, but not too happy. The women will want to see your mugshot before they buy your sperm. You see, all women want their kids to look like Brad Pitt, and not like bull terrier and Bull Dog crossbreed. I digress, we are not talking about Istanbul, but about The Dardanelles. This is one of the narrow Turkish straits in Northwestern Turkey. It connects the Aegean Sea to the Marmara Sea. This strait is an international waterway that joins with Bosphorus in connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Formerly, it was called the Hellespont, a Greek name that loosely means the ‘Sea of Helle’. A mythology of the Golden Fleece stated that the Athamas’ daughter Helle was drowned in the Dardanelles, hence the name. The size of this narrow strait is 61 kilometers long and its width lies between 1.2 to 6 kilometers. Its maximum depth is 338ft while the average is 180 ft. There is water flowing in both directions along the strait. In the opposite direction, the water flows through an undercurrent. And from the Marmara Sea to the Aegean Sea the water flows through a surface current. The Dardanelles separates Europe from Asia’s mainland. This name is deprived from ancient land found on the Asian shore called Dardania. The Dardanelles played a vital and strategic role in history. It is considered as unique and commands lots of respect. Its shape looks more of a kin to that of a river. In the whole world, it is one of the most dangerous, crowded, hazardous and difficult waterways. Because of all the currents produced by the black sea and Mediterranean Sea tidal action, it requires first to anchor the ships on sail to the appropriate conditions before entering this strait. In modern history, the Roman Empire has done everything within their power to gain control and provide special access to the Dardanelles. It played significant roles by making it possible for the Turks to guard and prevent the Allied ships from entering the minefields. Can you Identify the spot on the map? Image courtesy of: http://blogs.jcvi.org/2010/10/turkish-transect/ |
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