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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 Bosporus 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 Hagia Sophia
Building a tunnel under the Bosporus strait
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Building a tunnel under the Bosporus strait
Learn about the construction of a rail tunnel (2013) under the Bosporus, 2009 video.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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Bosporus River
Boats on the Bosporus at Istanbul.
© Faraways/Shutterstock.com
Istanbul: Boğaziçi Bridge
Boğaziçi (Bosporus I) Bridge, Istanbul.
Geoff Tompkinson/GTImage.com (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
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Rumeli Fortress, Istanbul
Rumeli Fortress (Rumeli Hisarı) on the European bank of the Bosporus, Istanbul.
© Artur Bogacki/Dreamstime.com
Boğaziçi Bridge
Ferries running below the Boğaziçi (Bosporus I) Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey.
© Ayhan Altun—Moment/Getty Images
Fatih Sultan Mehmed Bridge
Fatih Sultan Mehmed Bridge (Bosporus II) in Istanbul.
Grant Smith
Bosporus Bridge
The Bosporus Bridge (Bogaziçi Köprüsü), spanning the Bosporus at Istanbul, Turkey;...
© William J. Bowe
Hagia Sophia
A bird's-eye view of Hagia Sophia on the shore of the Bosporus, Istanbul.
© prmustafa/iStock.com
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