In 1973, the Bosphorus Bridge was completed connecting Europe and Asia. The suspension bridge was the first of three spanning the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey.

15 July Martyrs Bridge: Known to locals as the Boğaziçi Köprüsü, or the First Bridge, this was the first modern structure to cross the Straits between Asia and Europe when it opened in 1973.

The Bosphorus Bridge connects Europe and Asia at Istanbul but costs just 36p to cross. ... Three bridges cross the strait, with the first - the Martyrs’ Bridge - built in 1973; ...

The Bosphorus Bridge connects Europe and Asia at Istanbul but costs just 36p to cross. Renamed Martyrs' Bridge in July 2016 after an attempted coup in Turkey when a Turkish army faction occupied ...

People protest against the attempted coup on Istanbul's iconic Bosphorus Bridge, ... It held its first elections under the new system in 2018 and is scheduled to hold the next set in 2023.

In 1973, the first bridge connecting Europe and Asia was completed. ... The first Bosphorus Bridge. Up next. The 1980 Turkey coup. The 1993 MAD hijack 'The streets of Harare were littered with money' ...