Top Turkish officials on Sunday lashed out at an open letter signed by more than 100 retired admirals warning about a possible threat to a treaty governing the use of Turkey’s key waterways. Ankara’s ...

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Authorities discovered a body wearing a wetsuit and believe it belongs to Svechnikov. Police have summoned his family to ...

The Bosphorus is a strait that separates Europe from Asia — and in recent days, its normally dark blue waters have turned a remarkable turquoise. Some residents of Istanbul, noticing the suddenly ...

The Ancient Greek engineer Mandrocles of Samos is credited with creating the Pontoon Bridge, which spanned the Bosphorus ...

A total of 41,112 vessels passed through Turkey's Istanbul Strait -- also known as the Bosphorus Strait -- in 2019, according to official data. The number of vessels using the strait was unchanged ...

The Bosphorus - which divides Istanbul into the European and Asian side - is one of the most active and most polluted sea-straits in the world. Resident Alina Lehtinen discovers it's not the garbage ...

Few bodies of water have inspired as many legends as the Bosphorus Strait, the serpentine waterway that divides Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul between Europe and Asia. Its name derives from Greek ...

Turkey's Directorate General of Coastal Safety (KEGM) suspended maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait on Friday when a large oil vessel veered off course, triggering a rescue operation. The tanker ...

Bosphorus Strait oil tanker traffic jam unlikely to end soon. Turkey’s maritime authority sticking to its guns over requiring insurance letters from the ships passing through. All vessels are required ...