Turkey opened a third bridge connecting Istanbul’s Asian and European sides on Friday. The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge stretches across the Bosphorus Strait, which flows between the two continents. The ...

The great cliché about Turkey oft-uttered by outside commentators tends to focus on its strategic geography: east-west divide, north-south ditto, Europe meets Asia, cultural crossroads and the like.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday inaugurated Istanbul’s third bridge over the Bosphorus Strait dividing Europe and Asia, delivering on a controversial campaign promise. The Yavuz ...

Turkey is for the first time connecting its European and Asian sides with a railway tunnel, which is set to open today. The sub-sea passage that runs below the Bosphorus Strait, will link the Asian ...

The mega project Canal Istanbul will free and protect the Bosphorus Strait running through the Turkish metropolis Istanbul, Turkey's environment minister said on Saturday. "We see Canal Istanbul as a ...

Maritime traffic at Istanbul's Bosphorus waterway is once again moving after being suspended earlier on Monday following a cargo ship being stranded. The incident with the Palau-flagged vessel called ...

Mandarin Oriental Bosphorus is a five-star hotel and fine-dining destination located in the upmarket Kuruçeşme neighbourhood of the Beşiktaş district, on the European side of Istanbul's Bosphorus ...

Turkey's heavyweight boxing champion Sinan Samil Sam, who was known as "Bull of the Bosphorus", has died of liver failure in Istanbul, his brother announced Friday. Sam was only 41 years old. His ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Turkey is pressing international oil companies to end the transport of oil through the Bosphorus in return for ...

Turkey said Monday it was blocking warships from the key Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits in line with a convention that gives it control over the passage of military vessels in the strategic area.

Turkey’s military has deactivated a mine that had drifted in from the Black Sea, setting off a loud explosion in the process, days after Russia warned several of them had washed away from Ukrainian ...