THE İSTANBUL STRAIT / GEOLOGY AND MYTHOLOGY BY PROF. YÜCEL YILMAZ

21/12/2016 15:00
Turkey
Bogazici University Physics Colloquium

Room: Feza Gürsey Seminar Room (KB 309)

The Istanbul Strait or the Bosporus, the name as the rest of the worldknow, is one of the beautiful places of the world, and unique in thesense that it is the only sea gate for the Black sea, which wouldotherwise turn out to be an isolated sea. The water connection alongand across the Bosporus and its morphology (the land forms) have beensources and inspirations for many mythologies and historical events.In this talk possible connections between the mythologies and thegeology will be briefly outlined.

Prof. Dr. Yücel Yılmaz: http://www.khas.edu.tr/en/451/prof-dryucel-yilmaz-member