29 Mart 2015 Pazar

THE BOSPHORUS

The Bosphorus

The Bosphorus is a geological strait separating the European and the Asian parts of Istanbul. It is a difficult body of water to navigate due to its treacherous currents and great twists and turns. In its most narrow part it is only 650 meters across; its furtherest separation it is 4.5 km. It is 35 km. long. The Bosphorus connects the Marmara Sea at the south to the black sea Black Sea in the north.
Along the entire course of the Bosphorus you can see tea gardens and cafes, restaurants, old wooden houses (Yalis - see figure below), the maiden's tower, mosques, palaces, the Rumeli Fortress and Anadolu Fortress (build by the Turks in the 14th and 15th centuries). The Bosphorus has 620 waterfront houses (yalı) built during the Ottoman period along the strait's European and Asian shorelines. Ottoman palaces such as the Topkapı Palace



Dolmabahce Palace


Yıldız Palace


 Çıragan Palace


Feriye Palaces


Beylerbeyi Palace


Kucuksu Palace


Ihlamur Palace


Hatice Sultan Palace


Adile Sultan Palace 
Khedive Palace 

 are within its view. Buildings and landmarks within view include the 
Hagia Sophia


Hagia Irene


Sultan Ahmed Mosque



Yeni Mosque




Nusretiye Mosque


Dolmabahce Mosque


Ortakoy Mosque


 Uskudar Mihrimah Sultan Mosque

Maiden's Tower


Galata Tower


Rumelian Fortress



Anatolian Fortress



 Yoros Castle


Selimiye Barracks 



Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, 
Galatasaray University, 


Kabatas High School, 
Kuleli Military High School 
and also the Bosphorus University (Turkey's most important institute of higher education, where all the classes are conducted in English).
Politically, this strait is very important because it is the sea connection between the old Soviet Union countries and the rest of the world. The Straits experience hundreds of international transport vessels daily as well as Turkish state-owned ferries that transport people to and from both sides of the Bosphorus daily.
You can take a boat trip up the Bosphorus to the mouth of the Black Sea, you can also take a small boat trip to the second Bosphorus Bridge so that you can enjoy the wonderful scenery of a city filled with history.
For more inquiries or information please send us an e-mail and would be glad to answer you as soon as possible
Looking forward to hearing from you
Oguzhan APAK
The Lord of Istanbul Travel Planner
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