Wild Turkey

Thera, or the modern day island, Santorini is located in the Aegean Sea, about 200km south east from the mainland of Greece and 70km south of Crete. It is the southern most member of the Cyclades group of islands, with an area of approximately 73km squared. Thera was devastated by one of the largest volcanic eruptions of the last seven thousand years around 3,500 years ago. The volcanic eruption left a large caldera surrounded by ash deposits hundreds of feet deep, and its effects may have…

The beautiful weather, the lively people and the delicious delicacies, is what makes Greece the perfect tourist destination. While Greece is filled with many appreciated islands, as well as an impressive lifestyle and culture, it is infused with stunning architecture that creates emotional memories. The population of Greece is more than 10 million people, that has an area of 59, 949 square miles (131, 958 kilometers), Greece gets approximately 16.5 million tourists to visit. This constitutes…

Populations of cities plummeted. With no strict ruler, a new political system emerged out of the discord, feudalism. Feudalism is a political system where outlying peasants will work for a central lord in return for their safety and for land. Manorialism was a part of feudalism where there would be one central ‘manor’ where the lord would reside and the outlying lands, his fiefs, would be held by his people. With this political change, many new cultural changes occurred as a result. The…

The PSI being inspired by Bolshevik party’s seizure of power in Russia adopted this policy of revolution and made the decision to join the Comintern (the communist international, a Moscow-based organisation, its aims were to co-ordinate and control the activities of national communist parties). Now not committed to a socialist republic and the dictatorship of the proletariat, the socialist party organised numerous strikes, protests and demonstrations in Italy. It attracted massive publicity too,…

restriction and strong bounder in a country limits the understanding of cultural, political and social aspects of life outside our surrounding. People who live in Iran are limited to have contact to the western world, like importing and exporting items or traveling to this countries is highly prohibited because of word war 2. This affects the people who live in Iran,by limiting their understanding and knowledge about the western . In the story ¨ kim Wilde¨ by Manjana Satrapi, she narrates her…

Greece, amidst a financial emergency on the scale of the Great Depression, was not ready to deal with such a variety of individuals without a moment 's delay, prompting repulsive scenes of frantic, hungry individuals on islands generally saved for vacationers. The world expected to meet up and go about as a united front, yet, rather, it has turned out to be more separated. Numerous states utterly declined to take in any refugees, allowing the Border States to sit alone in their battle. In 2014,…

answer what transpired? Regardless of the label used, the result was destruction of virtually every Armenian community in the Ottoman Empire, which collapsed after the war. What was left of the country transitioned into the modern-day Republic of Turkey, while a community left devastated, that before was not a target. This sudden shift from fellow brethren to enemy status, is perplexing,…

soldiers for insurgents, but Turkey nonetheless experienced national shame. American soldiers are then depicted raiding a wedding, massacring and arresting dozens of people, torturing innocent citizens in the Abu Ghraib prison, and selling their organs on the black market-- among other atrocities. The film casts a light on the injustices faced by the Turkish and American peoples, as well as the disconnect between government and the general population. While America and Turkey are allies in the…

debate about the EU’s relationship with Turkey. There are various reasons as to why the relationship between turkey and European Union is regarded to be problematic . These problems are related to turkey’s geographic location, democratic nature, economic stability, as well as the cultural and historical background of the country. Basically, as far as geography is concerned, Turkey is considered to be in Asia, hence cannot be a European Union member. Turkey is also underdeveloped, hence being a…

Rosslare Harbour is situated near the south-eastern-most tip of Ireland. Since the early 20th century, Rosslare Harbour has served as a hub of transport activity between Ireland and Wales, largely due to its shipping and railway links. Now known as Rosslare Europort, the harbour has regular links to and from Fishguard and Pembroke in Wales while French links include Roscoff and Cherbourg. Rosslare Europort is the country’s second busiest port for passenger traffic while its freight traffic is…