ANKARA, June 26. / TASS /. Turkey has started the actual implementation of the project of a new shipping channel Istanbul between the Marmara and Black Seas bypassing the Bosphorus, the start of ...

Turkish authorities closed the Bosphorus shipping channel yesterday to all traffic after a roll-on roll-off ship carrying liquefied petroleum gas sank due to bad weather, a shipping official said.

Traffic was suspended in Turkey's Bosphorus strait on Wednesday after a general cargo ship had an engine failure during northbound transit through the strait that runs through Istanbul, shipping agent ...

Marine biologists call them the "street children" of the Bosphorus Strait. The dolphins swimming in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes are nimble and smart. They stick together in small groups.

Breaking ground on Feb. 28 in a ceremony attended by Turkey Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, a 5.4-kilometer twin-deck tunnel crossing beneath the Bosphorus’ seabed will join the European and Asian ...

Turkey will build a new waterway to bypass the heavily congested Bosphorus Strait, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. He said the 150m-wide (492ft) "Canal Istanbul" would link the ...

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. The ...

A massive tanker has crashed into an historic mansion on the shores of Istanbul’s Bosphorus Strait after its steering equipment became locked, according to Turkish state media, briefly suspending the ...