Word: iskenderun
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...which is becoming a genocide, has forced Turkey to review its peace-loving and patient attitude," declared the note, adding that if the cease-fire on Cyprus was not immediately restored, Turkey would undertake "unilateral intervention." Word spread that Turkey's expeditionary force massed at the seaport of Iskenderun was ready to invade Cyprus in 48 hours...
...darkening outside Cyprus as well. Turkey, furious at the slaughter of its outnumbered (4 to 1) compatriots, rushed an army division to the seaport of Iskenderun, only 125 miles from Cyprus, assembled naval units for what was described as "maneuvers." Greece, which could ordinarily be expected to counter any Turkish move, was preoccupied with a national election...
...PIPELINE DEAL is ready for signing by U.S. allies in Middle East. Agreement has been drafted to lay $500 million 1,100-mile line from Iran's Qum field (TIME, May 6) to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Iskenderun, and the two nations have offer of financial help from U.S. investors headed by Wall Street's Allen & Co. Prospect is that Iraq will hook into line via short feeder pipe, thus bypassing Syria...
...RICH IRAN plans to build a 620-mile pipeline to carry between 140,000 and 190,000 bbl. a day from its rich Qum field (TIME, May 6) to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Iskenderun. Idea appeals to Western oilmen because new line would avoid Redlining Syria. But Iran must raise $500 million for the job, and may hold back if Western nations work out plan to build their own line around Syria...
...vast areas of distant plateau. Counting everything which wasn't simply a wagon track, ECA found barely 13,000 miles of roads, only 5,000 miles of them good enough for a truck. In the event of a Soviet attack on Turkey, the eastern Mediterranean port of Iskenderun (Alexandretta) would be vital; 360 miles northeast of it is Erzurum, headquarters of the Third Army which controls the Soviet-Turkish frontier. Yet there was no direct road between the two places...