Bozcaada

(bōzjä'ä`dä) or

Tenedos

(tĕn`ədŏs), island, 15 sq mi (39 sq km), NW Turkey, in the Aegean Sea. Bozcaada produces wines, figs, and herbs. The strategically located island was a station of the Greek fleet during the Trojan War. Xerxes used it (5th cent. B.C.) as a base for the Persian fleet. The Ottoman Turks captured it in 1657.

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In Section 3, description and representation of data used for this study Eskisehir and Bozcaada region are given.

A New Hybrid Approach for Wind Speed Prediction Using Fast Block Least Mean Square Algorithm and Artificial Neural Network

The epicenter of the quake was 50 kilometers (30 miles) off Bozcaada, said the Istanbul-based Kandilli observatory, quoted by Turkey's Anatolia news agency.

5.7-magnitude earthquake hits Aegean Sea

A fire started at the engine room of the cargo ship named "Maysora", which has been travelling from the Suez Canal to Turkey's northwestern Tekirdag province with 73,500 livestock and 73 personnel on board, while it was passing by Bozcaada island.

TURKEY-MARITIME -Crew manage to extinguish fire on Bahamas-flagged cargo ship off Turkey's northwest coast

Destinations include the island of Bozcaada, an hour's ferry ride off the north Aegean coast, the Mediterranean hideaway of Selimiye, the family resort of Golkoy, near Bodrum, and Dalyan.

Good value for a Turkish delight

Most recently, the company flew its drones over a five-day-long music festival, Mercedes-Benz Go Bozcaada, in late June in Ecanakkale province.

Drones help Turkish marketing companies fly high

Use of plastic bags will be banned in Bozcaada, one of the most popular tourism centers in northwestern Turkey, as of June 5th World Environment Day.

TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (1)

Seabird operated floatplanes from ystanbul to popular seaside vacation destinations such as Alacaty, Bozcaada, Ecanakkale, Gemlik, Ayvalyk as well as flights in between those destinations.

Seabird Airlines sputters to a halt

Storm which has been affecting the Ecanakkale, caused to have some sea voyage cancellations between Bozcaada Island, GE[micro]kceada Islands and Ecanakkale.

Storm wreak havoc, paralyses marine transportation across Ecanakkale

E[currency]irince, Alacaty, Bozcaada, Tarakly -- all had only limited housing stock as well as rigid rules to preserve their appearance.

Housing issues

ySTANBUL (CyHAN)- The Justice and Development Party (AK Party), known for its controversial economic policies that emphasize building developments over preservation of natural spaces, has introduced new hotel and residential development plans for Bozcaada, an island in the Aegean Sea, with experts saying the plans will cause irreversible damage to the island.

New development plans spell end of Bozcaada

Experts suggest that the cannons may have been used against enemy ships coming from the island of Bozcaada (Tenedos) during the Battle of Ecanakkale, fought against Allied forces in World War I.

Cannons from Battle of Ecanakkale discovered

The office argued in its appeal that both GE[micro]kE*eada and another island, Bozcaada, are located in a strategic area in terms of national security.