Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
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The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, also known as the Third Bosphorus Bridge, is a vehicular bridge over the Bosphorus strait, to the north of Istanbuls's two older suspension bridges, the 15 July Martyrs Bridge being the First Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge the Second Bosphorus Bridge. The bridge is located near the entrance to the Black Sea from the Bosphorus strait, between Garipçe in Sarıyer on the European side and Poyrazköy in Beykoz on the Asian side.
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in Istanbul
The view of the bridge with the seasonal turquoise waters.
A view of the bridge from the Bosphorus, south.
A view of the bridge at night.
Beykoz
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Beykoz, also known as Beicos and Beikos, is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 310 km2, and its population is 247,875 (2022). It lies at the northern end of the Bosphorus on the Anatolian side. The name is believed to be a combination of the words bey and kos, which means "village" in Farsi. Beykoz includes an area from the streams of Küçüksu and Göksu to the opening of the Bosphorus into the Black Sea, and the villages in the hinterland as far as the Riva creek. The mayor is Alaattin Köseler (CHP).
Ottoman era yalı houses in Kanlıca, Beykoz, on the Anatolian shore of the Bosphorus strait.
Küçüksu Pavilion
Anadoluhisarı fort as seen from the coast
Egyptian Khedive Palace Entrance