"Split & Release": Turks and Arabs Being Split Apart by Nature

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 13 February 2025)

                       Parting is such sweet sorrow...

An international team of researchers from Göttingen University

in Germany has announced that  they have determined that  

there is a 1,500-kilometer split in the Earth stretching from 

Turkey's southeast to northwestern Iran.  The split is under the 

Zagros Mountains on the ancient sea floor of the Tethys Ocean

that once separated the Arab and Eurasian continents. 

The team's article was published in the academic journal 

"Solid Earth" and carried the warning that this geologic split

could have serious consequences for the region.  

Dr. Renas Koshnaw of Göttingen's Geology and Geometeric

Department stated that "This split is pulling the region to the

south."  Today's remaining parts of the Tethys Ocean are the

Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas.  The Zagros Mountain

chain, which is thought to have been created by the crash of

the Africa, Arab and Indian plates into the Eurasian plate, is

being pulled south and this may expose new mining sites

among other significant geologic events.  

Dr. Koshnaw added that "This research adds to our knowledge

about the movements of the Earth's crust and may lead to the

discovery of new precious metals beds, along with geothermal

energy possibilities.  Also, we are learning more about 

earthquake risks, too."

"Gulf of Mexico" on the left should, of course, henceforth

be referred to as "Gulf of America" (!).