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BosporusStrait 27 km/17 mi long, joining the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara and forming part of the water division between Europe and Asia; its name may be derived from the Greek legend of Io. Istanbul stands on its west side, which is lined with villas and old castles. The Bosporus Bridge (1973), 1,621 m/5,320 ft, links Istanbul and Anatolia (the Asian part of Turkey). In 1988 a second bridge across the straits was opened, linking Asia and Europe. The Bosporus and the Dardanelles, leading to the Mediterranean, have long been of great strategic importance; the strait was refortified by Turkey after the Montreux Convention of 1936. |
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| Now, Ortakoy is almost under the shadow of the Bosporous suspension bridge, and is very much part of the great city. Tanker freight rates have been adversely affected by the cuts in OPEC oil production, and have been supported by world oil demand growth, weather delays in the Bosporous and delays due to a labor strike in a French Mediterranean Port. Basic planning is sensible, with a wall of housing looking over the Sound to protect the inner part from winds that drive here as fiercely as they do down the Bosporous. |
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