Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

Turkey has been reelected as a member of the Executive Council (EC) of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) for two years, the Foreign Ministry said on July 4.           

The Corinthian Gulf is to receive an early warning device system for tsunamis that has been developed by scientists of the European Commission’s Joint Research Center. The project is a collaboration between teh European Commission’s Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection and the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).