The Bosphorus () Strait divides the province in two parts: the European side and the Asian side.

Beykoz () is a district in the suburbs of Istanbul, Turkey at the northern end of the Bosphorus on the Anatolian side.

File: 2007 0919 Bosporus Rumelihisarı. jpg | The Rumeli Castle on the Bosphorus, with both suspension bridges which span the strait.

Dolmabahçe Palace (, ) located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coastline of the Bosphorus strait, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1922, apart from a 22-year interval ( 1887 – 1909 ) in which Yıldız Palace was used.

Boğaziçi University (, ) is a public university located on the European side of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey.

), married in Istanbul on 5 May 1923 to Omar Muhtar Katırcıoğlu ( 1902-Çamlıca, near Üsküdar, Bosphorus, 15 July 1935 ), and had issue:

The name comes from Greek Bosporos ( Βόσπορος ), which the ancient Greeks analysed as bous ' ox ' + poros ' means of passing a river, ford, ferry ', thus meaning ' ox-ford ', which is a reference to Io ( mythology ) from Greek mythology who was transformed into a cow and condemned to wander the earth until she crossed the Bosphorus where she met Prometheus.

Although it has been known for a while that the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara flow into each other in an example of a density flow, findings of a study by the University of Leeds in August 2010 reveal that there is in fact an underwater channel of high density water flowing across the floor of the Bosphorus ( caused by the difference in density of the two seas ), which would be the sixth largest river on Earth if it were to be on land.

* Gordian III evacuates the Cimmerian cities in the Bosphorus ( Crimea ), as the territory is now controlled by the Goths.

The Mediterranean Sea ( Europe-Africa ), the Nile River ( Africa-Asia ) and the Aegean Sea and the Bosphorus ( Europa-Asia ) were set as boundaries between the different continental masses.

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The palace complex is located on the Seraglio Point ( Sarayburnu ), a promontory overlooking the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara, with the Bosphorus in plain sight from many points of the palace.

Seraglio Point from Beyoğlu | Pera, with the Bosphorus ( left ), the entrance of the Golden Horn ( center and right ), and the Sea of Marmara ( distance ) with the Princes ' Islands on the horizon.

p. 404 ) considers that Peter was originally a member of the convent of the Akoimetoi, which he places in Bithynia on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, at Gomon, " The Great Monastery " and being expelled thence for his behavior and heretical doctrine, passed over to Constantinople, where he courted persons of influence, through whom he was introduced to Zeno, the son-in-law of Leo I ( 457 – 474 ) and future emperor ( 474 – 491 ), whose favor he secured, obtaining through him the chief place in the church of St. Bassa, at Chalcedon.

Prusias fought a war against Byzantium ( 220 BC ), then defeated the Galatians that Nicomedes I had invited across the Bosphorus.

* The Golden Gate, the strait connecting San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean in the United States, named after the Golden Gate ( Latin: Porta Aurea, Greek: Χρυσή Πύλη, Chrysē Pylē ) of Constantinople ( now Istanbul ), and also after the Golden Horn, an estuary on the Bosphorus in Istanbul

By World War I, there were isolated groups of Germans or so-called Schwaben as far southeast as the Bosphorus ( Turkey ), Georgia, and Azerbaijan.

Köprü ), is a bridge in Istanbul, Turkey spanning the Bosphorus strait ( Turkish: Boğaziçi ).

In Cairo on 15 January 1873 he married HH Princess Emine Ibrahim Hanımsultan ( Constantinople, 24 May 1858-Bebek, Bosphorus, 19 June 1931 ), daughter of HE Damad Ibrahim Ilhami Pasha Beyefendi ( 3 January 1836-Constantinople, 9 September 1860 ), created Damad in 1858, and wife ( m. Constantinople, 31 July 1858 ) HIH Princess Munire Sultan ( Constantinople, 9 December 1844-Constantinople, 29 June 1862 ), and maternal granddaughter of Abdülmecid I by fourth wife.

** HH HGlory Nabila Emine Halim Hanım Efendi ( Constantinople, 1 June 1899-Istanbul, 6 December 1979 ), married firstly at Constantinople, Nişantaşı, Nişantaşı Palace, on 4 June 1919 and divorced in 1923 her cousin HIH Prince Şehzade Abdurrahim Hayri Efendi ( Constantinople, Yıldız Palace, 14 August 1894-Paris, 1 June 1952 ), and had female issue, married secondly in Berlin on 28 May 1925 Kemaleddin Sami Pasha ( 1873-Berlin, 15 April 1934 ), without issue, married thirdly in Halki on 10 October 1936 and divorced in 1937 HG Nabil Omar Said Halim ( Yeniköy, Bosphorus, 16 February 1898-1954 ), without issue, and married fourthly Sabri Bey, without issue

His other notable offspring have included Voila Ici ( Premio Roma, Gran Premio di Milano ), Indian Days ( Bosphorus Cup x2 ) and the hurdler Zaynar ( Triumph Hurdle ).

It is also said in myth that floating rocks known as the Symplegades or Clashing Rocks once crushed any ship that attempted passage of the Bosphorus until the hero Jason obtained passage, whereupon the rocks became fixed, and Greek access to the Black Sea was opened.

It is also possible to experience the Bosphorus by taking a regular ride in one of the public ferries that travel between the European and the Asian sides.

There are also tourist rides available in various places along the coasts of the Bosphorus.

The Symplegades (;, Sumplēgades ) or Clashing Rocks, also known as the Cyanean Rocks, were, according to Greek mythology, a pair of rocks at the Bosphorus that clashed together randomly.

The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, also known as the Second Bosphorus Bridge, is situated between Hisarüstü ( European side ) and Kavacık ( Asian side ).

He also was tasked with the job of countering any U-boat threat and to begin planning an invasion of the Bosphorus ( which was never carried out ).

Boniface founded the Kingdom of Thessalonica and also held all the territories lied east of Bosphorus and territories in Crete, though he later conceded Crete to

The word " Rumeli " is also used in some cases ( mostly by Istanbul denizens ) to refer exclusively to the part of Istanbul Province that is situated west of the Bosphorus.

He also mentions a movement of Mysians and associated peoples from Asia into Europe still earlier than the Trojan War, wherein the Mysians and Teucrians had crossed the Bosphorus into Europe and, after conquering all of Thrace, pressed forward till they came to the Ionian Sea, while southward they reached as far as the river Peneus.

He also produced a report for the Turkish government on lighthouses in the Bosphorus, which led to his first two scientific papers.

One of the main buildings of the Feriye Palace on the Bosphorus, in the Ortaköy district, was also given to Galatasaray when it needed more room for expansion.

The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, also known as the Second Bosphorus Bridge ( in Turkish: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Köprüsü, F. S. M.

The bridge was designed by Freeman Fox & Partners and BOTEK Bosphorus Technical Consulting Corp., who had previously also designed the Bosphorus Bridge.

* The Bosphorus Bridge, also called the First Bosphorus Bridge, is located about 5 km south of this bridge.

* The Secrets of the Bosphorus ( 1918 ) also covers this period.

The European pylon of the Bosphorus Bridge, one of the two bridges that connect the European and Asian banks of İstanbul, is also situated in this neighbourhood.

The heir of the last sultan had apartments in the Dolmabahce Palace, on the Bosphorus, where the sultan also lived.

Sarıyer also administers the Black Sea coast to the west of the mouth of the Bosphorus including the village of Kilyos.

During the crisis, the USSR also asked Turkey for a military base on the Bosphorus.

In the same year Mihir Sen also swam across the Bosphorus and the Panama Canal.