TURKU

toorˈkoo, Swed. Åbo, city (1998 pop. 170,931), capital of Western Finland prov., SW Finland, at the mouth of the Aurajoki River on the Baltic Sea. The center of the fertile agricultural region of SW Finland, it is also the country's largest winter port and an important industrial city. Its manufactures include shipbuilding, machinery, food, and textiles; tourism is also important. Known as the "cradle of Finnish culture," Turku is among Finland's oldest cities. Swedish Crusaders landed on the site in 1157. It was the seat (1220) of the first bishop of Finland, and the capital of Finland until 1812. The national university was in Turku from 1640 to 1827, when a fire destroyed almost the entire city and the university was moved (1828) to Helsinki. The Treaty of Åbo, by which Sweden ceded part of SE Finland to Russia, was signed in the city in 1743. The great cathedral was begun in the early 13th cent. The 13th-century castle, burned in 1614 and restored in 1961, is now a historic museum. Turku has a Finnish university (founded 1917) and a Swedish university (founded 1918).

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books on: Turku  - 660 results

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Schizophrenia: Its Origins and Need-Adapted Treatment
Book by Yrjö O. Alanen, Sirkka-Liisa Leinonen; Karnac Books, 1997
Subjects: Schizophrenia
The Turku Schizophrenia Project "Turku Schizophrenia Project" denotes the research and therapeutic activities undertaken in the Turku Clinic of Psychiatry from 1968 onwards to devise optimal treatment...
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Area Handbook for Finland
Book by Theodore L. Stoddard, William K. Carr, Shaheen Dil, John Johnson, Carlo La Porta, Nils Ørvik, Douglas K. Ramsey, Kirk H. Stone, Carla Lofberg Valenta; U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974
Subjects: Finland
...education : 84 , 87 Tukiainen, Aimo: 112 tuohityo : 98 Turku: xiv, 5 , 11, 18 , 19, 40, 44, 50 , 102 , 108...growth, 57; music, 107; painting, 110 ; port, 197 Turku Academy: 102 Turku Cathedral: 114 Turku Diocesan Liturgy: 106 Turku...
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Suomi: Finland
Book by Matti Poutvaara; Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio, 1960
Subjects: Finland--Description And Travel--Views
Varsinais-Suomi TURKU ABO Turku on ollut jo esihistoriallisella ajalla kauppapaikka. Kaupunkioikeudet...1300-luvulla ja oli Suomen paakaupunkina v:een 1819 saakka. Turku oli vuosisatoja maan henkisen elaman kehto ja keskus, kunnes Helsinki...
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Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Bariensis: Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies, Bari, 29 August to 3 September, 1994
Book by J. F. Alcina, John Dillon, Walther Ludwig, Colette Nativel, Mauro De Nichilo, Stephen Ryle; Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1998
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval--Congresses, Classicism--Congresses, Europe--Intellectual Life--Congresses, Humanists--Congresses, Latin Literature, Medieval And Modern--History And Criticism--Congresses, Latin Philology, Medieval And Modern--Congresses, Learning And Scholarship--History--Congresses, Renaissance--Congresses
...dissertations on the Library of the Academy of Turku, the Historia Bibliothecae regiae Aboensis...the library was destroyed in the fire of Turku in 1827, Porthans inventory is of great...jiknist6sti, Turun Historiallinen arkisto 28 (Turku, 1973): 156-166. ? ? On the themes...
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The Immigrant Labor Press in North America, 1840s-1970s: An Annotated Bibliography - Vol. 1
Book by Dirk Hoerder, Christiane Harzig; Greenwood Press, 1987
Subjects: American Newspapers--Foreign Language Press--Bibliography, American Periodicals--Foreign Language Press--Bibliography, Canadian Newspapers--Foreign Language Press--Bibliography, Canadian Periodicals--Foreign Language Press--Bibliography, Press, Labor--Canada--Bibliography, Press, Labor--United States--Bibliography
...Press . Masters thesis, University of Turku, 1970. Karni Michael G.,ed. Finnish...B, Part 130. Vammala: University of Turku, 1974. Koivukangas Olavi Toivonen Simo...Finnish Emigration and Internal Migration. Turku: Institute for Migration, 1978. Kolehmainen...
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John Walker Lindh and Yaser Esam Hamdi: Closing the Loophole in International Humanitarian Law for American Nationals Captured Abroad While Fighting with Enemy Forces.
Journal article by Melysa H. Sperber; American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 40, 2003
Subjects: Foreign enlistment--Laws, regulations, etc., Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, 1949, Hamdi, Yaser Esam--Cases, Lindh, John Walker--Cases, Prisoners of war--Laws, regulations, etc., Treason--Laws, regulations, etc., War (International law)--Laws, regulations, etc.
...conflicts and participants. (223) The Turku Declaration, issued in 1990, represented...circumstances." (224) Notably, the Turku Declaration contains a prohibition on adverse...to nationals of a Detaining Power. The Turku Declaration creates a non-derogable set...
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Innovative Behavior as a Moderator of Growth Intentions
Journal article by Pekka Stenholm; Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 49, 2011
Subjects: Business creativity--Analysis, Business enterprises--Growth, Business enterprises--Management
...Growth--Finnish SMEs in Focus. Ed. J. Heinonen. Turku: Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Small...Growth--Finnish SMEs in Focus. Ed. J. Heinonen. Turku: Turku School of Economics and Business Administration...
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Human Breast Milk Contamination with Phthalates and Alterations of Endogenous Reproductive Hormones in Infants Three Months of Age
Journal article by Katharina M. Main, Gerda K. Mortensen, Marko M. Kaleva, Kirsten A. Boisen, Ida N. Damgaard, Marla Chellakooty, Ida M. Schmidt, Anne-Maarit Suomi, Helena E. Virtanen, Jorgen H. Petersen, Anna-Maria Andersson, Jorma Toppari, Niels E. Skakkebaek; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 114, 2006
...longitudinal cohort study performed 1997-2001 at Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland, and the National University Hospital...both countries (Joint Commission on Ethics of the Turku University and the Turku University Central Hospital...
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Reflective Spelling Strategies for Elementary School Students with Severe Writing Difficulties: A Case Study
Journal article by Hanna S. Maki, Marja M.S. Vauras, Seppo Vainio; Learning Disability Quarterly, Vol. 25, 2002
Subjects: Children--Writing, Learning disabled--Education, Special education--Technique, Spelling--Training
...Learning Research (CLR) at the University of Turku, Finland. The CLR is a research and rehabilitation...Centre for Learning Research, University of Turku, Finland. Karlsson, F. (1983). Suomen...Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Turku, Finland. Lindeman, J. (1998). Ala...
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The Evolution of the Internal Dialogue during the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Process
Journal article by Matti Keinanen; American Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 53, 1999
Subjects: Case studies, Psychology, Therapy
...the Health Care Center for Students in Turku, Finland. Background Maria, a 19-year...It arose as one was coming nearer to Turku. One was during last weekend in the eastern...feeling. It arose as soon as one approached Turku." She does not talk about the feeling...
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Divine Light: This Chapel in Turku Draws on a Long Tradition of Remarkable Finnish Churches in Which Religion, Nature and Light Come Together
Magazine article by Julia Dawson; The Architectural Review, Vol. 218, October 2005
Subjects: Church architecture--Criticism and interpretation, Church buildings--Design and construction, Churches--Design and construction
Divine Light: This Chapel in Turku Draws on a Long Tradition of Remarkable Finnish Churches in Which Religion, Nature and Light Come Together. by Julia Dawson In...
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Journey into Winter: Naantali Spa Hotel
Magazine article by Judith Bell Turner-Yamamoto; World and I, Vol. 22, January 2007
Subjects: Hotels and motels--Hotel reviews, Turku, Finland
...eighteenth century, this small town near Turku, the old Swedish capital of Finland...On the hour and a half train ride to Turku, the city nearby the village of Naantali...Sweden. After a 20-minute taxi from Turku train station, the Naantali Spa Hotel...
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A Nation Born Old : Finland's Long Road to Self-Determination
Magazine article by Stephen J. Osmond; World and I, Vol. 14, July 1999
Subjects: Finland--History, Kalevala (Poem)--Political aspects
...in the dialect of Finlands oldest city, Turku. Although Finnish had been a literary...West and East. The route stretches from Turku in the west to Lappeenranta in the east...and freeways. More than 750 years old, Turku is at the center of Finnish history. The...
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Finland's Police on the Water
Magazine article by Jim Weiss, Mickey Davis; Law & Order, Vol. 54, March 2006
Subjects: Finland, Law enforcement, Ocean traffic, Waterways
...they move from one location to another. Turku, for example, has a Buster aluminum boat...traffic in the sea area belonging to the Turku Archipelago. The boat is equipped with...police boat crew from the larger city of Turku can be called for assistance. Raisios...
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The Sun Sits Low
Magazine article by Matti Äijälä; The Sondheim Review, Vol. 18, Fall 2011
...repertory production before packed houses at Turku City Theatre in the ancient city of Turku, located on Finlands southwest coast - another...the Rain with director Tuomas Parkkinen here in Turku, and we were asked to do another show for the...
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Turku Prove a Real Tasty Proposition for Mixu; FOOTBALL EXTRA
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 24, 2006
Turku Prove a Real Tasty Proposition for Mixu; FOOTBALL EXTRA. MIXU PAATELAINEN...be unveiled as the new manager of ambitious Finnish Premier League side TPS Turku. The former Hibs, Dundee United and Aberdeen striker resigned from his post...
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Cruising through Finland's Aland Isles
Newspaper article by John Mccaslin; The Washington Times, July 14, 1996
Subjects: Finland
...Unfortunately, our ship sails for Turku, Finland, in less than an hour. Visitors can reach Aland by boat from Turku and Naantali, also in Finland, or Stockholm...Sweden. Since we flew to Mariehamn from Turku (a quick and convenient flight aboard...
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Necklace of Marinas Offers Opportunities
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 27, 2006
Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Jewelry
...visiting professor of entrepreneurship at the Turku School of Economics. This years trip is...week. Having been a regular visitor to Turku since 1994, I continue to be impressed...biotechnology and information technology, Turku also has an industrially relevant heritage...
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Just Strolling around This Site Would Make Any Welsh Policymaker Weep
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), September 21, 2005
...working with colleagues in the city of Turku on a project to compare entrepreneurial...shipbuilding area (despite cutbacks, the Turku Shipyard has recently built the worlds...developing knowledge-based economies is the Turku Science Park, which contains three universities...
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HomotopiahelpsTomtoreturnhome
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), January 10, 2011
...presenting a Tom of Finland Retrospective in Turku, which shares the 2011 Capital of Culture...is a wonderful opportunity to work with Turku 2011 and present an exhibition by one of...really special that this will happen in Turku with it being Toms birthplace. Presenting...
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encyclopedia articles on: Turku  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Turku
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TURKU toor koo, Swed. Abo, city (1998 pop...Known as the "cradle of Finnish culture," Turku is among Finlands oldest cities. Swedish...until 1812. The national university was in Turku from 1640 to 1827, when a fire destroyed...
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Helsinki
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Helsinki grew rapidly after Alexander I of Russia moved (1812) the capital there from Turku. When the Univ. of Helsinki (founded 1640) was moved from Turku in 1828, Helsinki became the center of Finnish nationalism. The construction of the...
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Finland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Kotka , Kuopio , Lahti , Lappeenranta , Oulu , Pori , Tampere , Turku , Vaasa , and Vantaa . Finnish and Swedish are both official...in 1721 and 1743. In 1812, Finlands capital was moved from Turku to Helsinki. Government in the country was headed by a Russian...
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Åbo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABO Finland: see Turku . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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