TURKEY

TURKEY / TÜRKİYE.

Eastern Mediterranean Optical System, EMOS-1.
Simplified map of Eastern Mediterranean.
Stamp issued on 13.05.1991.
Face value: 500 Turkish lira.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Printed by Ajans-Türk A. Ş., Ankara.
Size: 26 x 36 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 2924.
- Scott No. 2505.
- StampWorld No. 2958.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3116.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2672.

The Eastern Mediterranean Optical System (EMOS-1) is a fiber optic cable linking Palermo (Italy) with Lechaina (Greece), Marmaris (Turkey) and Tel Aviv (Israel), which was created in Turkey in 1991. The ship CS Vercors laid the cable. Each pair of fibers are capable of transmitting 1920 telephone calls in each direction. The connection was expanded by CIOS (Cyprus-Israel Optical System) in April 1994. Since then, other cables have been laid, providing high-capacity links between Israel and abroad.