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The Bosphorus Bridge (Turkish: Boğaziçi Köprüsü), known officially as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge (Turkish: 15 Temmuz Şehitler Köprüsü) and colloquially as the First Bridge (Turkish: Birinci Köprü), is the oldest and southernmost of the three suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait (Turkish: Boğaziçi) in Istanbul, Turkey, thus connecting Europe and Asia (alongside the ...
The Bosporus or Bosphorus Strait (/ ˈ b ɒ s p ər ə s, ˈ b ɒ s f ər ə s / BOSS-pər-əs, BOSS-fər-əs; [a] Turkish: İstanbul Boğazı, lit. 'Istanbul strait', colloquially Boğaz ) is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul , Turkey .
The Bosphorus Bridge (also known as The First Bridge), is one of two suspension bridges that cross the Bosphorus. By the 1950s, İstanbul’s rapidly growing population and heightened traffic between the Asian and European sides made this bridge a necessity. Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes initiated the bridge’s realization in 1960 but ...
The bridges spanning the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey are: Bosphorus Bridge, also called the First Bosphorus Bridge, a suspension bridge; Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, also known as the Second Bosphorus Bridge, a suspension bridge; Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, also known as the Third Bosphorus Bridge, a suspension bridge
The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge on the Dardanelles strait, connecting Europe and Asia, is the longest suspension bridge in the world. [3]The Straits have had major maritime strategic importance since at least the Mycenaean period, and the narrow crossings between Asia and Europe have provided migration and invasion routes (for Persians, Galatians, and Turks, for example) for even longer.
The Yavuz Sultan Selim, which runs from the Garipce area on Istanbul's European side to the region of Poyrazkoy on the Asian side, is the third bridge to span the Bosphorus Strait and can ...
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