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Aegean Free Zone Overview36 viewsThe Aegean Free Zone, near Izmir, is one of several free trade zones in Turkey. Free zones are sequestered areas given special regulatory treatment with the aid of promoting exports and attracting foreign investment. The Aegean Free Zone is home to Space Camp Turkey as well as a car museum and a wind turbine blade factory, all of which we visited on this date.
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Checking into Space Camp Turkey4 viewsLocated in the Aegean Free Zone, Space Camp Turkey was the second institution of its kind to be established worldwide, the original being in Huntsville, Alabama. Its primary focus is to promote education in science by inspiring interest in space travel.
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Wind Turbine Blade Storage5 viewsOne of the major enterprises in the Aegean Free Zone is a wind turbine blade factory. Here the completed turbine blades are stacked prior to shipping.
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Getting acquainted7 viewsOur tour group munches on noshes provided by Space Camp while getting acquainted with the staff.
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Out in the Boondocks5 viewsOur route from Denizli to Antalya was dotted with little towns like this one.
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Surveyor Lunar Lander6 viewsA mockup of the first US spacecraft to successfully make a soft landing on the Moon.
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Local Color4 viewsThis brightly painted structure caught my attention - not sure whether it was a residence or a business establishmen under construction, or both. (Taken from the bus.)
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Turbine Blades - end view5 viewsThe end where the blades attach to the rotor shaft.
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Pictures at an Exhibition3 viewsChuck and Sandie check out some of the pictures on the wall near the Surveryor Lunar Lander. Space Camp promotes international amity; even Greek and Turkish kids get along fine here, regardless of their parents' hostilities. (No Armenians though.)
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Silver Mosque4 viewsIn an otherwise unremarkable town on our route from Denizli to Antalya.
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Wind Turbine Blade Factory5 viewsInterior of the factory, showing blades under construction.
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Mars Surface Exhibit4 viewsA simulation of the surface of the planet Mars. No Martians in evidence.
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