ISTANBUL, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Ship traffic in the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, one of the world's busiest waterways, was suspended Friday in both directions as part of a search and rescue mission ...

The Bosphorus Strait, which connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and serves as a key passage for ships traveling between Europe and Asia, sees thousands of vessels annually. The closure ...

The Turkish Straits System (TSS), comprising the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, plays a crucial role in the exchange of water between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. This unique ...

It has made the city a hub of cultures, influenced by Romans, Byzantines, and Ottomans. This history is seen in a ...

Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasyl Bodnar said Turkey’s closure of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits was key in Ukraine's defense, preventing Russia from using its naval advantage to ...

TASS/. The Black Sea Fleet’s patrol ship Sergey Kotov detected and destroyed a drifting Ukrainian mine northeast of the Bosporus Strait, the Fleet’s press office reported on Wednesday.

All of the enemy’s unmanned boats were destroyed from the Russian naval ship’s standard armaments 140 km northeast of the Bosporus Strait MOSCOW, May 24. /TASS/. The Russian Defense Ministry ...

The vessel, owned by Saipem SpA, crossed the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey, the company said in a media release. In the early hours of December 26, the vessel crossed the Dardanelles Strait ...

In October 2015, Yörük Işık noticed something unusual passing through the narrow Bosphorus Strait in Turkey. Russian military trucks on a civilian ship bound for Syria. Show more Yörük ...

According to the 1936 Montreux Convention, regarding the Regime of the Straits, often referred to simply as the Montreux Convention, Turkey has control over both the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits.