In comparison to the stateâs better-known triad of RaleighâDurhamâChapel Hill, the economy and lifestyle is more industrial and working-class, although there is a strong university presence and a high level of educational attainment.
Turkey is split in two by three bodies of water. These bodies of  water are Bosporus, the sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles.
MORE... Migrants escaping Syria, Afghanistan, Africa and elsewhere are taking advantage of the calm summer conditions to make daily attempts to cross the Aegean between the Bodrum peninsula and Kos, a distance of only four kilometers (2.5 miles), one of the narrowest waterways between Turkey and the European Union. Picture: AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis.