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Greece–Turkey Border
The Greece–Turkey border ( gr, Σύνορα Ελλάδας–Τουρκίας, translit=Sýnora Elládas–Tourkías, tr, Türkiye–Yunanistan sınırı) is around long, and separates Western Thrace in Greece from East Thrace in Turkey. Course It mostly follows the river Evros. At some places the border does not follow the main course of the river, mainly because the river has been straightened. Barrier It is the external border of the European Union. In 2012, a high border fence was erected along the land border where it is not separated by the river, because of the European migrant crisis. In addition there is a sea border which sometimes goes through straits of a few kilometres width. Aegean dispute Between the two countries, there are political disputes over several aspects of political control over the Aegean space, including the size of territorial waters, air control and the delimitation of economic rights to the continental shelf. These issues are known as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annexation Of Thessaly
Thessaly ( ; el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia (, ), and appears thus in Homer's ''Odyssey''. Thessaly became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of Ottoman rule. Since 1987 it has formed one of the country's 13 regions and is further (since the Kallikratis reform of 2011) sub-divided into five regional units and 25 municipalities. The capital of the region is Larissa. Thessaly lies in northern central Greece and borders the regions of Macedonia to the north, Epirus to the west, Central Greece to the south, and the Aegean Sea to the east. The Thessaly region also includes the Sporades islands. Name and etymology Thessaly is named after the ''Thessaloi'', an ancient Greek tribe. The meaning of the name of this tribe is un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
