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[Oracle]

Here is a good reason why Turkey should be split up ..... It was originally, geologically, fragments which came together ....

Present-day Turkey is sited on the Alpine–Himalayan collisional
belt and occupies a zone of convergence between two
major plates, Eurasia and Afro-Arabia. The Anatolian region
has been formed by the amalgamation of smaller continental
fragments that were formerly sited at the northern margin of
Gondwana during late Palaeozoic and early Mesozoic times.
These blocks are generally considered to have moved across a
Palaeotethys Ocean with a new ocean (Neotethys) opening in
their wake (Sqengor & Yýlmaz 1981; Robertson et al. 1996).
Neotethys began to close during Late Cretaceous times with
subduction leading to the accretion of continental fragments
along the Eurasian margin by Eocene time. The present
framework of Anatolia was largely attained by Mid-Miocene
time following collision of Arabia with this terrane collage
along the Bitlis Suture Zone.

Journal of the Geological Society Vol. 159, 2002,
O. TATAR et al.

[Simon]

What are you talking about, ancient Turkey? There is no such thing! Cyprus may or may not be an extension of the landmass that now forms Turkey, but Greeks inhabited Cyprus and Asia Minor before the Turks were even out of Mongolia!

The vast majority of Falkland Islanders and South Georgia residents regard themselves as British. How many Cypriots regard themselves as Turkish? Less than 18%!

[zan]

:lol:

Here is a good reason why Turkey should be split up ..... It was originally, geologically, fragments which came together ....

Present-day Turkey is sited on the Alpine–Himalayan collisional
belt and occupies a zone of convergence between two
major plates, Eurasia and Afro-Arabia. The Anatolian region
has been formed by the amalgamation of smaller continental
fragments that were formerly sited at the northern margin of
Gondwana during late Palaeozoic and early Mesozoic times.
These blocks are generally considered to have moved across a
Palaeotethys Ocean with a new ocean (Neotethys) opening in
their wake (Sqengor & Yýlmaz 1981; Robertson et al. 1996).
Neotethys began to close during Late Cretaceous times with
subduction leading to the accretion of continental fragments
along the Eurasian margin by Eocene time. The present
framework of Anatolia was largely attained by Mid-Miocene
time following collision of Arabia with this terrane collage
along the Bitlis Suture Zone.

Journal of the Geological Society Vol. 159, 2002,
O. TATAR et al.

Yes, and in time it will disappear under the shelf and became part of the volcanic rock. We can only hope that it will emerge somewhere in the heart of Athens as one almighty Volcano...

[Get Real!]

Yes, and in time it will disappear under the shelf and became part of the volcanic rock. We can only hope that it will emerge somewhere in the heart of Athens as one almighty Volcano...

Preferably live and spewing! And don't forget the "daughter of krakatoa" popping up right in the middle of Ankara...

[utu]

Yes, and in time it will disappear under the shelf and became part of the volcanic rock. We can only hope that it will emerge somewhere in the heart of Athens as one almighty Volcano...

Preferably live and spewing! And don't forget the "daughter of krakatoa" popping up right in the middle of Ankara...

I guess that would make Turkish baths rather hotter...

[doesntmatter]

Yes, and in time it will disappear under the shelf and became part of the volcanic rock. We can only hope that it will emerge somewhere in the heart of Athens as one almighty Volcano...

Preferably live and spewing! And don't forget the "daughter of krakatoa" popping up right in the middle of Ankara...

A volcano within a volcano?

Has that ever happend?

If Turkey becomes a volcano then there will be no Ankara any longer GR.

[Get Real!]

Yes, and in time it will disappear under the shelf and became part of the volcanic rock. We can only hope that it will emerge somewhere in the heart of Athens as one almighty Volcano...

Preferably live and spewing! And don't forget the "daughter of krakatoa" popping up right in the middle of Ankara...

A volcano within a volcano?

Has that ever happend?

If Turkey becomes a volcano then there will be no Ankara any longer GR.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... Id=4074651

[bill cobbett]

Sorry to lower the tone of the conversation to matters of science.

Cy has never been a part of Turkey, never broken away from it etc, etc.

Almost all of Cy has literally risen from the ocean (almost like the Aphrodite myth I suppose) as the African Plate has moved north towards the Eurasian Plate. Interestingly Cy is one of the few places in the world where oceanic crust (ocean floor if you like) is found on the surface.

[utu]

Sorry to lower the tone of the conversation to matters of science.

Cy has never been a part of Turkey, never broken away from it etc, etc.

Almost all of Cy has literally risen from the ocean (almost like the Aphrodite myth I suppose) as the African Plate has moved north towards the Eurasian Plate. Interestingly Cy is one of the few places in the world where oceanic crust (ocean floor if you like) is found on the surface.

Bill, you sure about that? Remember that the continental drift can be evidenced by joining the continents together like a jig-saw puzzle. The north coast of Cyprus seems to fit with the south coast of Anatolia, and there is the eastern mediterranian continental shelf to be considered as well...

[doesntmatter]

Yes, and in time it will disappear under the shelf and became part of the volcanic rock. We can only hope that it will emerge somewhere in the heart of Athens as one almighty Volcano...

Preferably live and spewing! And don't forget the "daughter of krakatoa" popping up right in the middle of Ankara...

A volcano within a volcano?

Has that ever happend?

If Turkey becomes a volcano then there will be no Ankara any longer GR.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... Id=4074651

That is not a volcano within a volcano though, it's a kind of "rebirth" at almost the same place as the first one that erupted in 1883.

BTW, it's called "Anak Krakatau (the "son of Krakatoa") ". You got the sex of the child wrong.