Lake Bolluk Lake Bolluk Lake Bolluk is a lake in Turkey. The lake is in Cihanbeyli ilçe (district) of Konya Province at . It is situated to the east of the highway , which connects Ankara to Silifke and to the west of Lake Tuz. The area of the lake is . Its elevation with respect to sea level is . The hard water of the lake contains sodium. Rrecently, there are two threats to lake; the underground water level falls as a result of excessive irrigation and the creeks, which feed the lake, are polluted. World Water Forum Turkey conducts a
Tuz resmi Tuz resmi The tuz resmi was a tax on salt in the Ottoman Empire. During the 15th century, households working in the salt industry were exempted from taxes such as avariz, in return for their contributions to tuz resmi. In one case, an entire village involved in salt-production was exempted from the cizye, avariz-i divaniyye "and" tekalif-i örfiye taxes. An emin could play a key role in salt taxation; most of the surviving records of the emin stationed in Ragusa (who handled customs and tariffs on foreign trade) are receipts for salt duty. There were even dedicated salt-duty officers, who