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.

Türkİye, World, Economy Turkey unveils 3rd Bosphorus bridge Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge will direct traffic away from Istanbul, cutting congestion, pollution ...

The bridge's name -- that of the 16th century Ottoman sultan, Yavuz Selim, also known as Selim the Grim -- has also infuriated Turkey’s minority Alevi community, who were persecuted and ...

In a recent blog post, I suggested Turkey is turning into a "constructocracy," with an economy driven by the construction sector and ruled by a government that never met a large infrastructure or ...

Turkey's Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar prays during the inauguration of the new Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, the third bridge over the Bosporus, in Istanbul, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016.(Tolga Adanali ...

The Turkish government has unveiled its preferred route for a third bridge across the Istanbul Strait, or Bosphorus. The bridge will connect with Garipce on the European side of the city, and Poyraz ...

The Bosphorus Bridge connects Europe and Asia at Istanbul but costs just 36p to cross. Renamed Martyrs' Bridge in July 2016 after an attempted coup in Turkey when a Turkish army faction occupied ...

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says Istanbul’s Bosporus Bridge will be renamed “July 15th Martyrs’ Bridge” in honor of civilians who died resisting Turkey’s coup attempt.

Turkey is to rename a bridge over the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul after the victims of the failed July 15 coup bid aimed at unseating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister said on ...

Policemen protect a soldier from the mob after troops involved in the coup surrendered on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey July 16, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer [Reuters] ...

Turkey is to rename a bridge over the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul after the victims of the failed July 15 coup bid aimed at unseating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister said on Monday ...