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Bosphorus Bridge

The Bosphorus Bridge, known officially as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge and colloquially as the First Bridge, is the oldest and southernmost of the three suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait in , Turkey, thus connecting and .
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: bridge in İstanbul, Turkey
  • Also known as: “15 July Martyrs Bridge”, “Bogazici Bridge”, “Boğaziçi Bridge”, “Bosporus Bridge”, and “First Bosphorus Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ortaköy Mosque and Çırağan palace.

Mosque
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
, formally the Büyük Mecidiye Camii in , , , is a mosque situated at the waterside of the pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus. is situated 670 metres west of Bosphorus Bridge.

Castle
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
, a former Ottoman palace, is now a five-star hotel in the Kempinski Hotels chain. It is located on the shore of the , between and in , . is situated 1½ km west of Bosphorus Bridge.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a vast complex of former imperial Ottoman pavilions and villas in , , , built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was used as a residence by the sultan and his court in the late 19th century. is situated 2 km west of Bosphorus Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ortaköy and Kuzguncuk.

Suburb
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Beşiktaş, , . Its population is 9,121. It is on the shore of the Bosphorus.

Suburb
Photo: Esin Üstün, CC BY 2.0.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 4,151. It is on the Asian side of the Bosphorus.

Suburb
Photo: Chapultepec, Public domain.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 5,385. The neighbourhood comprises some of Istanbul's well known historical locations, such as and , the second-largest palace in Istanbul.

Bosphorus Bridge

Latitude
41.04549° or 41° 2′ 44″ north
Longitude
29.03439° or 29° 2′ 4″ east
Height
65 metres (213 feet)
Open location code
8GHF22WM+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 403255158
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
6947649
Wiki­data ID
Q4484
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Bosphorus Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bosporus-brug”
  • Albanian: “Ura “Dëshmorët e 15 Korrikut“”
  • Albanian: “Ura e Bosforit”
  • Arabic: “جسر البوسفور”
  • Arabic: “جسر شهداء 15 يوليو”
  • Armenian: “Բոսֆորի կամուրջ”
  • Azerbaijani: “15 iyul Şəhidlər Körpüsü”
  • Azerbaijani: “Boğaziçi Körpüsü”
  • Basque: “Bosforoko zubia”
  • Belarusian: “Басфорскі мост”
  • Belarusian: “Мост Пакутнікаў 15 Ліпеня”
  • Bengali: “বসফরাস সেতু”
  • Bosnian: “Bosforski most”
  • Bosnian: “Most šehida 15. jula”
  • Bulgarian: “Босфорски мост”
  • Catalan: “Pont dels màrtirs del 15 de juliol”
  • Chinese: “7月15日烈士大橋”
  • Chinese: “博斯普魯斯大橋”
  • Chinese: “博斯普鲁斯海峡大桥”
  • Chinese: “第一博斯普魯斯大橋”
  • Croatian: “Bosporski most”
  • Croatian: “Most mučenika 15. srpnja”
  • Czech: “Bosporský most”
  • Danish: “Bosporusbroen”
  • Danish: “Den første Bosporusbro”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Pırdê Boğaziçi”
  • Dutch: “Bogazici-brug”
  • Dutch: “Bogaziçi-brug”
  • Dutch: “Boğaziçi-brug”
  • Dutch: “Bosporusbrug”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى شهداء 15 يوليو”
  • Esperanto: “Bosporo-ponto”
  • Finnish: “Bosporinsalmen silta”
  • French: “Boğaziçi Köprüsü”
  • French: “Pont des Martyrs du 15-Juillet”
  • French: “pont du Bosphore”
  • Galician: “Ponte dos Mártires do 15 de xullo”
  • German: “1. Bosporus-Brücke”
  • German: “Bosporus-Brücke”
  • German: “Bosporusbrücke”
  • German: “Brücke der Märtyrer des 15. Juli”
  • German: “Erste Bosporusbrücke”
  • Greek: “Γέφυρα Bogazici”
  • Greek: “Γέφυρα του Βοσπόρου”
  • Greek: “Γέφυρα των Μαρτύρων της 15ης Ιουλίου”
  • Hebrew: “גשר הבוספורוס הראשון”
  • Hebrew: “גשר הבוספורוס”
  • Hebrew: “גשר קדושי 15 ביולי”
  • Hungarian: “Boszporusz híd”
  • Hungarian: “Első Boszporusz-híd”
  • Hungarian: “Július 15. vértanúinak hídja”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Bosphorus”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Bosporus”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Martir 15 Juli”
  • Italian: “Ponte dei Martiri del 15 luglio”
  • Italian: “ponte sul Bosforo”
  • Italian: “primo ponte sul Bosforo”
  • Japanese: “7月15日殉教者の橋”
  • Japanese: “ボスポラス橋”
  • Japanese: “第一ボスポラス橋”
  • Kazakh: “Босфор көпірі”
  • Korean: “7월 15일 순교자의 다리”
  • Kurdish: “Pira Avtengê”
  • Kurdish: “Pira Şehîdan a 15ê Tîrmehê”
  • Kurdish: “Pira Tengavê”
  • Latvian: “Bosfora tilts”
  • Lithuanian: “Bosforo tiltas”
  • Macedonian: “Boğaziçi Köprüsü”
  • Macedonian: “Bosfora tilts”
  • Macedonian: “Bosforo tiltas”
  • Macedonian: “Bosforoko zubia”
  • Macedonian: “Bosphorus Bridge”
  • Macedonian: “Bosporenbron”
  • Macedonian: “Bosporo-ponto”
  • Macedonian: “Bosporský most”
  • Macedonian: “Bosporus-Brücke”
  • Macedonian: “Bosporus-brug”
  • Macedonian: “Bosporusbroen”
  • Macedonian: “Bosporusbrug”
  • Macedonian: “Boszporusz-híd”
  • Macedonian: “Cầu Bosphorus”
  • Macedonian: “Jembatan Bosporus”
  • Macedonian: “Most Bosforski”
  • Macedonian: “Pira Avtengê”
  • Macedonian: “Podul Bosfor”
  • Macedonian: “Pont du Bosphore”
  • Macedonian: “Ponte do Bósforo”
  • Macedonian: “Ponte sul Bosforo”
  • Macedonian: “Puente del Bósforo”
  • Macedonian: “Ura e Bosforit”
  • Macedonian: “Γέφυρα Bogazici”
  • Macedonian: “Басфорскі мост”
  • Macedonian: “Босфорски Мост”
  • Macedonian: “Босфорский мост”
  • Macedonian: “Перший Босфорський міст”
  • Macedonian: “גשר הבוספורוס”
  • Macedonian: “باسفورس پل”
  • Macedonian: “بوغاز كۆۋرۈكى”
  • Macedonian: “پل بسفر”
  • Macedonian: “جسر البوسفور”
  • Macedonian: “ボスポラス橋”
  • Macedonian: “博斯普魯斯大橋”
  • Marathi: “बॉस्फोरस पूल”
  • Nauru: “Bosphorus Bridge”
  • Persian: “پل بسفر”
  • Polish: “Most Bosforski”
  • Polish: “Most Męczenników 15 Lipca”
  • Portuguese: “Boğaziçi Köprüsü”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte do Bósforo”
  • Romanian: “Podul Bosfor”
  • Russian: “Босфорский мост”
  • Russian: “Мост Мучеников 15 Июля”
  • Scots: “Bosphorus Brig”
  • Serbian: “1. Boğaziçi köprüsü”
  • Serbian: “1. Bosforski most”
  • Serbian: “1st Bosphorus Bridge”
  • Serbian: “1st Bridge”
  • Serbian: “15 temmuz şehitler köprüsü”
  • Serbian: “Birinci köprü”
  • Serbian: “Bogazici Bridge”
  • Serbian: “Boğaziçi Bridge”
  • Serbian: “Boğaziçi köprüsü”
  • Serbian: “Bosforski most”
  • Serbian: “Bosphorus Bridge”
  • Serbian: “Bosporus Bridge”
  • Serbian: “Most mučenika 15. jula”
  • Serbian: “Prvi most”
  • Slovak: “Boğaziçi Köprüsü”
  • Slovak: “Bosporský most”
  • Slovenian: “Bosporski most”
  • Somali: “Buundada Halyeeyadii 15ka Luuliyo”
  • Spanish: “Puente del Bosforo”
  • Spanish: “puente del Bósforo”
  • Spanish: “Puente del Bósforo”
  • Swedish: “15 juli-martyrernas bro”
  • Swedish: “Bosporenbron”
  • Swedish: “Den första Bosporenbron”
  • Tatar: “15 июль корбаннары күпере”
  • Tatar: “Босфор күпере”
  • Turkish: “15 Temmuz Şehitler Köprüsü”
  • Turkish: “Birinci Boğaz Köprüsü”
  • Turkish: “Birinci Köprü”
  • Turkish: “Boğaz Köprüsü”
  • Turkish: “Boğaziçi Köprüsü”
  • Turkmen: “15-nji iýul Şehitler köprüsi”
  • Turkmen: “Bogaziçi köprüsi”
  • Tuvinian: “Июль 15-те хилинчектенгеннер көвүрүү”
  • Uighur: “بوغاز كۆۋرۈكى”
  • Ukrainian: “Міст Ататюрка”
  • Ukrainian: “Міст Мучеників 15 липня”
  • Ukrainian: “Перший Босфорський міст”
  • Urdu: “باسفورس پل”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Bosphorus”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu nguyện tử đạo ngày 15 tháng 7”
  • Western Panjabi: “باسفورس پل”
  • Wu Chinese: “7月15号烈士大桥”

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