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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern Turkey on an inlet of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Founded by Alexander the Great to celebrate his victory over the Persians in 333 BC, it is one of Turkey's chief ports.
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These included an unprecedented operation against off-duty navy personnel in the non-Kurdish port town of Iskenderun, which left six dead and seven wounded.
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The rebels fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the vehicle carrying soldiers to a naval logistics base in the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun, officials said.
WORLD WATCH no hedline 2010
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Just prior to the Pope's visit a Christian bishop had been stabbed to death outside his home in the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Helen Thomas and Open Season on Jews 2010
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Just prior to the Pope's visit a Christian bishop had been stabbed to death outside his home in the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Helen Thomas and Open Season on Jews 2010
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Luigi Padovese, 63, the apostolic vicar in Anatolia, was attacked outside his home in the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun.
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Oyak's diverse domestic equity holdings include subsidiaries in the cement-and-concrete sector, an automotive-manufacturing and distribution joint venture with French car maker Renault SA, and a 49% stakeholding in the Iskenderun Enerji power plant, located on the west side of Iskenderun Bay in Turkey.
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The vast majority live in Istanbul, with a community of about 2.500 in Izmir and other smaller groups located in Adana, Ankara, Bursa, Canakkale, Iskenderun, Kirklareli etc.
The Jewish community in Turkey Thatsnews 2006
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The vast majority live in Istanbul, with a community of about 2.500 in Izmir and other smaller groups located in Adana, Ankara, Bursa, Canakkale, Iskenderun, Kirklareli etc.
Archive 2006-08-01 Thatsnews 2006
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COOPER: All right, Jane Arraf, live, in Iskenderun port in Turkey, thanks very much.
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Our Jane Arraf joins us from Iskenderun, Turkey with the latest -- Jane.
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