#Black Sea
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News Astoria Grande's Visits to Amasra
When Astoria Grande docks, the Çekiciler Bazaar fills with Russian tourists and the town buzzes with life.
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Story Rod Fishing in Amasra and the Flavor Culture from Sea to Table
Rod fishing on Amasra's pier, seasonal Black Sea catches, and how fresh fish travels from the water straight to the table in this cherished coastal town.
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Story A Black Sea Tale in the Shadow of Clouds: Amasra
Sunlight filtering through storm clouds turns the Black Sea into a living painting.
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History Three Thousand Years of Amasra: A Brief History of a Town
From Sesamos to Amasra: how did this peninsula, through which Phoenicians, Byzantines, Genoese and Ottomans passed over three thousand years, come to look as it does today?
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Story Fishermen of Amasra
A 1972 photograph of Amasra's anchovy fishermen aboard Captain Talip's boat at Zonguldak Harbour: their nicknames, their stories, and the hardships of winter fishing.
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Story Fishing in Amasra
Amasra's thousand-year fishing tradition: seasonal calendars, moonless-night bonito chases, and how this harbour city has always lived by the gifts the sea bestows.
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Story Chasing the Water
In pursuit of the waterfalls and springs that feed the River Bartın, we set out from the villages of Amasra towards Şenyurt (Zurnacı) village in Çakraz.
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