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“Right now, we are not seeing anything,” said Yoruk Isik, a ship-tracking analyst and the head of maritime consulting firm Bosphorus Observer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

There was a heavy police presence around the lavish Dolmabahce Palace on the shores of the Bosphorus, which also hosted several rounds of talks between Moscow and Kyiv in the past.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

The setting was an Ottoman- era palace on the shores of the Bosphorus in Istanbul.

From BBC • May 16, 2025

The first vessel loaded with grain from Ukraine to sail in and out of the Black Sea using the temporary corridor arrived off Turkey's Bosphorus Strait on Thursday.

From Reuters • Sep. 21, 2023

The Bosphorus was rough and M. Poirot did not enjoy the crossing.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie