Yesterday, a new 2.86-mile suspension bridge spanning the Dardanelles Strait opened in Turkey. The bridge links the European portion of the country with Asia. While the bridge serves a very functional ...

After just under five years of construction, Friday saw the opening of the new 1915 Canakkale Bridge, permanently linking both sides of the Dardanelles Strait for the first time. Turkey’s president ...

During the First World War, British and French military leaders—including the then First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill—came up with a bold, but ill-fated, plan to sail up the Dardanelles in ...

Wildfires briefly shut the Dardanelles Strait to shipping on Monday, as extreme heat and strong winds fueled blazes across the Mediterranean. The Dardanelles — a vital maritime chokepoint for oil and ...

ANKARA (Reuters) -Maritime traffic from the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara has been suspended due to the ongoing forest fire in the Turkish northwestern province of Canakkale, the transport ministry ...

CANAKKALE, Turkey, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Ship traffic resumed on Thursday in one direction in Turkey's Dardanelles Strait, its forestry minister said, as firefighters brought a major blaze in the ...

The "1915 Canakkale Bridge" was christened last week as the first bridge to stretch across the Dardanelles, as well as the longest suspension bridge in the world at 2,023 meters of 6,637 feet, beating ...