East Thrace

Coordinates: 41°9′13″N 27°22′0″E / 41.15361°N 27.36667°E / 41.15361; 27.36667

East Thrace or Eastern Thrace (Turkish: Doğu Trakya or simply Trakya; Greek: Ανατολική Θράκη, Anatoliki Thraki; Bulgarian: Източна Тракия, Iztochna Trakiya), also known as Turkish Thrace or European Turkey, is the part of the modern Republic of Turkey that is geographically part of Southeast Europe, all in the eastern part of the historical region of Thrace. The area includes all the territories of the Turkish provinces of Edirne, Tekirdağ and Kırklareli, as well as those territories on the European Continent of the provinces of Çanakkale and Istanbul.

Geography

East Thrace has an area of 23,764 km² (3 percent of the country) and a population of about 10 million people (about 12 percent of the total); the population density is around 430 people/km², compared to about 80 people/km² for Asiatic Turkey, which is also called Anatolia or Asia Minor. The two are separated by the Dardanelles, the Bosphorus (collectively known as the Turkish Straits) and the Sea of Marmara, a route of about 361 km. The southernmost part of Eastern Thrace is called the Gallipoli peninsula. European Turkey is bordered on the west by Greece for 212 km and on the north by Bulgaria for 269 km, with the Aegean Sea to the south-west and the Black Sea to the north-east.

Arctic Moon

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Thomas Popielarski, better known as his stage name, Arctic Moon (born c. 1988) is a Polish DJ and Music Producer who hails from Szczecin, Poland. In 2012 and in 2013, he ranked in the DJ Mag top 200 DJ's in the world. As such, Armin Van Buuren whom is ranked #2 as of 2013, used Arctic Moon's remixed track "Coming Home" for the remix version of the album titled "Intense - The More Intense Edition."

Biography

Thomas Popielarski, started producing music in late 2003 and in 2004 he began to produce dance/hard dance music under the alias of 'East-NRG System'.

In 2007 he focused on creating uplifting and euphoric trance music encompassing elements of classical, new age, chill out and even rock music.

As the years progressed both quality of his music and his international reputation progressed as well. Arctic Moon became synonymous with labels such as Armada Music and Aly & Fila’s world famous "Future Sound of Egypt Recordings" internet radio show. It was on "Future Sound of Egypt Recordings" that the singles "True Romance" and "Adelaide" were released. The tracks topped the download charts, and gained a massive amount of radio plays and huge gig support from a high number of top DJs.

Thrace

Thrace /ˈθreɪs/ (demonym Thracian /ˈθreɪʃⁱən/; Ancient Greek: Θρᾴκη, Thrāikē;modern Greek: Θράκη, Thráki; Bulgarian: Тракия, Trakija Turkish: Trakya) is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe, centered on the modern borders of Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey. In antiquity, it was also referred to as Europe, prior to the extension of the term to describe the whole continent. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east. The areas it comprises are southeastern Bulgaria (Northern Thrace), northeastern Greece (Western Thrace), and the European part of Turkey (Eastern Thrace). The biggest part of Thrace is part of present-day Bulgaria. In Turkey, it is also called Rumeli. The name comes from the Thracians, an ancient Indo-European people inhabiting Southeastern Europe.

Etymology

The word itself was established by the Greeks for referring to the Thracian tribes, from Ancient Greek Thrāikē (Θρᾴκη), descending from Thrāix (Θρᾷξ). The name of the continent Europe first referred to Thrace proper, prior to extending its meaning to the whole continent. The region obviously took the name of the principal river there, Hebros, probably from the Indo-European arg "white river" (the opposite of Vardar, meaning "black river"), according to an alternative theory, Hebros means "goat" in Thracian.