#Hüseyin Çoban

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A Conversation with Necdet Sakaoğlu on the First World War in Amasra Story
July 7, 2019

A Conversation with Necdet Sakaoğlu on the First World War in Amasra

In our recent history, within the last 150 years, there have been three great mobilizations.

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Five Roads to Amasra Story
July 2, 2019

Five Roads to Amasra

Lakes Route, Saffron Route, eastern coast, western coast and by sea: five different routes to Amasra and the scenery each one offers along the way.

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In Memory of Prof. Dr. SEMAVİ EYİCE… Story
May 30, 2018

In Memory of Prof. Dr. SEMAVİ EYİCE…

One of the foremost authorities in Turkey and the world in his field, author of nearly 400 works, art historian and Byzantologist Prof.

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Diving in Amasra Story
December 29, 2016

Diving in Amasra

In 1939, Amasra's only diver Muhtar Hasan salvaged an 800-tonne sunken ship — a story recovered by the Amasra Sailing Club to honour the town's legendary mariners.

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The Naval Seaplane Station in Amasra Story
December 29, 2016

The Naval Seaplane Station in Amasra

In 1922 a secret seaplane station was established in Amasra's small harbour: smuggled Gotha flying boats attacked Greek warships from the Black Sea during the War of Independence.

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Fishermen of Amasra Story
December 29, 2016

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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What a Shipwreck Could Do Story
December 29, 2016

What a Shipwreck Could Do

The ship 'Rize' sank in Amasra harbour during the 1931 storm and spent twenty years as the town's favourite diving spot — and the ŞAHİN wreck's story from the Sakaoğlu archive.

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The Suyun Peşinde Group Above the Skies of Amasra Story
June 7, 2016

The Suyun Peşinde Group Above the Skies of Amasra

Through the lenses of Ferhat Güngör and Hüseyin Çoban, this time the Suyun Peşinde Group takes to the skies above Amasra.

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A New Three-Blazon Genoese Coat of Arms Discovered Story
November 17, 2015

A New Three-Blazon Genoese Coat of Arms Discovered

A newly discovered three-blazon Genoese coat of arms from Amasra's inner castle features the Crusader Republic, Doria family, and Podestà emblems, now held at Amasra Museum.

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Fishing in Amasra Story
November 17, 2015

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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Looking at Amasra from a Helicopter Story
November 17, 2015

Looking at Amasra from a Helicopter

ÇEKÜL representative Hüseyin Çoban captured stunning aerial photographs of Amasra while ferrying a yacht client to the Çoban Maritime shipyard by helicopter.

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Treasure Hunters Story
November 17, 2015

Treasure Hunters

A search for ancient rock tombs in the Kocareis and Durnuk area of Bartın: the group gets lost, finds a standing stone, discovers the hidden tomb, and essays on Lycian tombs.

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Those Who Earn Their Bread from Stone Story
November 17, 2015

Those Who Earn Their Bread from Stone

Amasra.net guided the İZ TV documentary crew of Wilko's Caravan to Çambu village to discover the traditional stone-slate (taş saç) quarrying tradition still alive near Amasra.

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Kostas Read It, We Understood! Story
November 17, 2015

Kostas Read It, We Understood!

A gravestone in Amasra Museum's garden is written in Greek letters but Turkish words.

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Cove by Cove Along the Black Sea Story
November 17, 2015

Cove by Cove Along the Black Sea

The Black Sea is a hard sea.

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Chasing the Water Story
November 17, 2015

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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