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Turku

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Tur·ku  (trk)
A city of southwest Finland on the Baltic Sea west of Helsinki. Settled in the early 13th century, it was the capital of Finland until 1812. Population: 175,000.
Turku (Finnish) [ˈturku]
n
(Placename) a city and port in SW Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia: capital of Finland until 1812. Pop.: 166 929 (1997 est.) Swedish name Åbo
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Lead author Jussi Vahtera, professor in the department of public health at the University of Turku in Finland, noted that the participants enjoyed employment benefits rarely seen today, including guaranteed job stability, a statutory retirement age between 55 and 60 years, and a company-paid pension that was 80 percent of their salary.
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Many of the 5,000 employees and subcontractors at the STX shipyard in the southwestern city of Turku are worried about what will happen to their jobs after the Oasis and her sister ship are delivered amidst a sharp downturn in the industry.
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