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Several boats and ferries travel on the Bosphorus River near the ornate Ortakoy Mosque and waterfront buildings in the Ortakoy neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey.

Istanbul: Boğaziçi Bridge

Stone walls and round towers of Rumelihisari Fort rise above dense green trees along the Bosporus in Istanbul, Turkey, with cars and water in the foreground.

Boğaziçi Bridge

Fatih Sultan Mehmed Bridge

Bosporus Bridge

Building a tunnel under the Bosporus strait

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