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This study aims at revealing underwater diving tourism on the coasts of the Gulf of Saros in respect of various aspects. Underwater diving tourism on the coasts of the Gulf of Saros has made a parallel progress to the coastal tourism. Underwater diving tourism on the coasts of the Gulf of Saros is the most important tourism variety on which is put emphasis so that tourism season may extend and tourism may acquire an international dimension. In the survey, the geographical factors which affect the underwater diving tourism, the motivations which create and glamorousness, the diving locations and characteristics on the Gulf of Saros have been dealed. On the other hand, in the survey carried out and the problems experienced have been examined extensively so that the development of the underwater diving tourism in the Gulf of Saros may acquire an international dimension. Finally, suggestions and recommendations are made so that the elements that create charm and fascinations may be protected in underwater diving tourism of the coasts of the Gulf of Saros and underwater diving tourism may be developed considerably.

This study deals with the general properties of agriculture in the Ottoman State, particularly at the beginning of the 19th and 20th centuries. Afterwards, the sub-sectors of the agriculture in the Ottoman State have been evaluated according to the agricultural census of the years 1909, 1913 and 1914 prior to the first world war. Thus, the analysis of the development of agriculture in the period of the republic of Turkey has been carried out in more realistic ground by keeping contact with the period of the Ottoman State. Besides, according to the agricultural census mentioned, the evaluation of agriculture of the Ottoman State has been fulfilled in the sample of Kale-i Sultaniye Sanca÷ı by being dealt with the sub-sectors of the agricultural life in Kale-i Sultaniye Sanca÷ı. The agricultural life of Kale-i Sultaniye Sanca÷ı gives an idea in respect of the level that the agriculture has reached in present Marmara and Aegean Regions, where the agriculture has relatively more developed in the period of the Ottoman State.