- 17 Dec 2007 02:22
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Bosphorus is a natural strait connecting the
Black Sea to the
Sea of Marmara, thus being a very strategic waterway. It was a river in the valley during the Tertiary period of the continents, which was drowned by the sea at the end of this period. It's length is 32 kilometers (20 miles) in the north to south direction, width varies between 730-3300 meters (800-3600 yards), and
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- 18 Dec 2007 01:27
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Besiktas is a district of
Istanbul, located on the
European side of the city, by the coast of the
Bosphorus.
Besiktas district council administers a number of communities running up the
Bosphorus on the
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