The central tenet in the Black Sea deluge speculation is that because the ocean rose seventy two.5 metres (238 ft) at the end of the last Ice Age when The large ice sheets melted, the sealed Bosporus was overwhelmed by a amazing flood that enhanced the then refreshing water Black Sea Lake by fifty%, and drove people back again from the shores for

The contest in Istanbul carried deep political, economic and symbolic significance for ErdoÄŸan, whose election of mayor of Istanbul in 1994 had served as his launchpad.[216] For Ekrem Ä°mamoÄŸlu, winning the mayorship of Istanbul was a huge moral victory, but for ErdoÄŸan it had practical ramifications: His party, AKP, lost control of the