Marmara

A decade after the Mavi Marmara incident Talib & the Melbourne-based company he owns were designated by the US Treasury for providing assistance to al-Qaeda

Some five whistling buoys placed in the Marmara Sea that guide equipment used by experts to observe seismic activities have been stolen, officials from Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Center said on Feb. 3.

"Who stole them and for what? We really do not understand," said Doğan Kalafat, the head of the Tsunami Research Department in Kandilli Observatory.

With the weather turning windy on the morning of Feb. 2, some surfers flocked to the public beach in Turkey's southwestern province of Muğla's Marmaris to indulge in watersports such as kiteboarding.

With the sun rising over the sky, casting a reddish hue over the Marmara Sea, Istanbul is one of the best destinations in Turkey to catch the sunrise. (AA Photo)

Lake Marmara, a major bird sanctuary in the western province of Manisa, has dried up due to drought.

The lake offers shelter to some 20,000 waterfowls, including endangered bird species, such as cormorants and pelicans.

Turkey added 687 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity to reach 8,056 MW in total wind capacity in 2019, according to the Turkish Wind Energy Association's (TUREB) report released on March 25.

According to the data, wind energy provided about 8 million Turkish homes with electricity last year.

Lake Sapanca, located in the Marmara province of Sakarya, is one of the most important sanctuaries for endangered bird species in Turkey. (AA Photo)

A 4.4-magnitude earthquake which struck southwest of Istanbul in the Marmara Sea on Jan. 11 caused panic among the residents of Istanbul. 

Some 56 new aquatic species have been discovered in Turkey's Mediterranean, Aegean and Marmara seas, scientific works at Ege University Faculty of Aquaculture have shown.

An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale jolted the Marmara region in the morning of Sept. 24, causing fear and panic in the region and the Istanbul province.