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It is a major sea access route for numerous countries, including Russia and Ukraine. Control over it has been an objective of a number of conflicts in modern history, notably the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) , as well as of the attack of the Allied Powers on the Dardanelles during the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli in the course of World War I .
Istanbul's first private university, Koç University, was founded as late as 1992, because private universities were not allowed in Turkey before the 1982 amendment to the constitution. [312] Istanbul is also home to several conservatories and art schools, including Mimar Sinan Academy of Fine Arts, founded in 1882. [317]
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The 2,500-year-old Maiden’s Tower in Istanbul is an icon of the city and has recently reopened after a major two-year restoration. The tiny island that sits between Europe and Asia Skip to main ...
Baklava, probably developed in the imperial kitchens of the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul Republic Day celebrations on the Bosporus in Istanbul Orhan Pamuk, Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. Art in Istanbul Istanbul in art / Paintings of Istanbul; Public art in Istanbul Akdeniz; The Feeler
The Anatolian side of Turkey is the largest portion in the country [1] that bridges southeastern Europe and west Asia. East Thrace, the European portion of Turkey comprises 3% [2] of the landmass but over 15% [2] of the population. East Thrace is separated from Asia Minor, the Asian portion of Turkey, by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara and the ...
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.
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