Life at sea was “like being in prison, with a chance of drowning”, 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson reckoned.

Shipping data showed the vessel was at anchor in the Marmara Sea, just off the coast of Istanbul, on Friday morning. Ship traffic on the Bosphorus Strait ... several tug boats to rescue the ...

The European side extends like a finger across the Bosphorus Strait ... plus an extra five euros for the boat (about $33 in total), unless you have an Istanbul Museum Pass, which starts at ...

Thanks to the strait that it straddles, Istanbul is the only city in the world ... building an actual bridge across the Bosporus, it was boats – and later ferries – that were responsible ...

It’s important to note that it’s forbidden to swim in the Bosphorus strait in central Istanbul due to the large number of boats. However, once a year there is a swimming race which is free to ...

Segmented by waterways, Istanbul is the only city in the world that spans two continents: the Bosphorus strait divides it into ... Thanks to the hotel’s scenic boat shuttle, guests can ...

Seven people were rescued and nine more were missing from the stricken boat, which had set off earlier from Istanbul and had travelled through the Bosphorus Strait on its way to Romania. Those on ...