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As of September 2014, eBay has acquired over 40 companies, the most expensive of which was the purchase of Skype, a Voice over Internet Protocol company, for US$2.6 billion in cash plus up to an additional US$1.5 billion if certain performance goals were met. [2] The majority of companies acquired by eBay are based in the United States.
Zonguldak Province (Turkish: Zonguldak ili) is a province along the western Black Sea coast region of Turkey. Its area is 3,342 km 2 , [ 2 ] and its population is 588,510 (2022). [ 1 ] Its adjacent provinces are Düzce to the southwest, Bolu to the south, Karabük to the southeast, and Bartın to the east.
Zonguldak (Turkish pronunciation: [zoŋˈguɫdak]) is a city of about 100 thousand people in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Zonguldak Province and Zonguldak District. [2] It was established in 1849 as a port town for the nearby coal mines in Ereğli. The current mayor is Tahsin Erdem, representing the CHP.
Zonguldak District (also: Merkez, meaning "central" in Turkish) is a district of the Zonguldak Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city of Zonguldak . [ 1 ] Its area is 272 km 2 , [ 2 ] and its population is 118,776 (2022).
The governor of Zonguldak (Turkish: Zonguldak Valiliği) is the bureaucratic state official responsible for both national government and state affairs in the Province of Zonguldak. Similar to the Governors of the 80 other Provinces of Turkey , the Governor of Zonguldak is appointed by the Government of Turkey and is responsible for the ...
There are coalfields around the town and like most other settlements around, Çatalağzı is a typical mining town. In 1948, the most powerful thermal power plant of Turkey in 1940s was put into use in Çatalağzı. [3]
The Filyos Valley Project (Turkish: Filyos Vadisi Projesi) is a project started in 2014 with the aim of creating a mega-industrial area in the Turkish Zonguldak district on the western Black Sea coast of the country. Filyos is located on the Black Sea coast in town of Çaycuma district in Zonguldak Province, northwestern Turkey.
Zonguldak is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects 5 members of parliament (deputies) to represent the province of the same name for a four-year term by the D'Hondt method , a party-list proportional representation system.