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An undersea water supply tunnel with a length of 5,551 m (18,212 ft), [49] named the Bosporus Water Tunnel, was constructed in 2012 to transfer water from the Melen Creek in Düzce Province (to the east of the Bosporus strait, in northwestern Anatolia) to the European side of Istanbul, a distance of 185 km (115 mi).
The Greece–Turkey border (Greek: Σύνορα Ελλάδας–Τουρκίας, romanized: Sýnora Elládas–Tourkías, Turkish: Türkiye–Yunanistan sınırı) is around 200 kilometres (120 mi) long, and separates Western Thrace in Greece from East Thrace in Turkey.
The Bosphorus Bridge (Turkish: Boğaziçi Köprüsü), known officially as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge (Turkish: 15 Temmuz Şehitler Köprüsü) and colloquially as the First Bridge (Turkish: Birinci Köprü), is the oldest and southernmost of the three suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait (Turkish: Boğaziçi) in Istanbul, Turkey, thus connecting Europe and Asia (alongside the ...
The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge on the Dardanelles strait, connecting Europe and Asia, is the longest suspension bridge in the world. [3]The Straits have had major maritime strategic importance since at least the Mycenaean period, and the narrow crossings between Asia and Europe have provided migration and invasion routes (for Persians, Galatians, and Turks, for example) for even longer.
Templar Trail, part of which also connects Vienna to Istanbul. The Sultans Trail is a long-distance footpath from Vienna to Istanbul.It is 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi) long. The path passes through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, East Macedonia and Thrace in northern Greece, and Turke
West end of D-110: Ipsala Checkpoint at Greece–Turkey border crossing. The D.110 begins at the Greece/Turkey border on a two-lane bridge crossing over the Maritsa river. . Following the Turkish customs checkpoint, the route becomes a four-lane highway heading east and is named London Asphalt (Turkish: Londra Asfaltı) until the intersection with the İL 22-50, just south of İpsal
Turkish Airlines flies to 52 domestic and 269 international destinations in 131 countries, [1] excluding those only served by Turkish Airlines Cargo. Following is a list of destinations Turkish Airlines and Turkish Airlines Cargo fly to as part of scheduled services, as of January 2025.
Alexandria Troas ("Alexandria of the Troad"; Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια Τρωάς; Turkish: Eski Stambul, "Old Istanbul") is the site of an ancient Greek city situated on the Aegean Sea near the northern tip of Turkey's western coast, the area known historically as Troad, a little south of Tenedos (modern Bozcaada).