Learn all about Cabotage
Now Playing: Lesson Audio
Get this lesson’s key vocab, their translations and pronunciations. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
| Hello, and welcome to the Culture Class- Holidays in Turkey Series at TurkishClass101.com. In this series, we’re exploring the traditions behind Turkish holidays and observances. I’m Michael, and you're listening to Season 1, Lesson 23 - Cabotage. In Turkish, it’s called Kabotaj. |
| Cabotage Law became effective and came into force on July 1, 1926. For that reason, every year on July 1, people celebrate Maritime and Cabotage Day or Denizcilik ve Kabotaj Bayramı. |
| In this lesson you will learn about the economic and geopolitical importance of Cabotage Day and how it is celebrated in Turkey. |
| Now, before we get into more detail, do you know the answer to this question- |
| Do you know why there are no living creatures 150-200 meters below the surface of the Black Sea? |
| If you don't already know, you’ll find out a bit later. Keep listening. |
| After adopting Cabotage Law, or Kabotaj Kanunu, citizens of the Republic of Turkey gained their seafaring rights and abolished capitulations that crippled mobility during the Ottoman era. According to this law, only Turkish citizens and ships that bear the Turkish flag are eligible to provide passenger and freight transport as well as piloting and towing services among ports and harbors along the coastline of Turkey. |
| Turkey is surrounded by water on four sides. The Black Sea in the North, the Aegean Sea in the West, the inner Marmara Sea which connects the Mediterranean Sea and Çanakkale Strait in the South, and the Bosporus in Istanbul, which connects the Marmara to the Black Sea, and divides the city of Istanbul into Europe and Asia. The Istanbul and Dardanelles Straits are known as the Turkish Straits or Türk boğazları and due to their location that encloses both Europe and Asia, they are of great strategic importance. |
| The celebration of Cabotage Day begins with placing a wreath on Atatürk’s Monument. People then stand in silence as a gesture of respect, and this is followed by a singing of the National Anthem, speeches about the importance of the day, and other entertaining activities. Water sports clubs tend to organize various activities to contribute to the celebrations, due to the day’s deep relation with the sea. |
| Now it's time to answer our quiz question- |
| Do you know why there are no living creatures 150-200 meters below the surface of the Black Sea? |
| Before the Common Era, the Egeid peninsula collapsed and because of this natural disaster, the Black Sea, or Karadeniz, which used to be a freshwater sea, was filled with water from the Mediterranean Sea. The animals that died all at once sank to the bottom of the sea and created a massive amount of hydrogen sulphide. |
| So listeners, how was this lesson? Did you learn anything interesting? |
| Does your country border the sea? |
| Leave us a comment letting us know at TurkishClass101.com. And we'll see you in the next lesson! |
Comments
Hide