Ferries carrying commuters on Istanbul's Bosporus
Source: Yusuf Atalan
A large ship passing ferries on the Bosporus, a common occurence
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Source: Flickr/ Kuwait-Ra'ed Qutena
A campaign ad for Turkey's governing party reads: 'Turkey is ready. The target is 2023. May the stability continue. Let Istanbul grow.'
Source: Flickr/ Alain Bachellier
The German warship Goeben in the Bosporus before 1917
Source: Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), Bild 134-B0024
Construction on the tunnel project under the Bosporus, Marmaray
Source: Flickr/ Henri Bergius
A medieval shipwreck uncovered during archaeological excavations for the Marmaray tunnel project beneath the Bosporus
Source: Flickr/ Andrew Barclay
A chain similar to this one (which spanned the Golden Horn inlet of the Bosporus) used to span the Bosporus itself as a defense to block attacking ships
Source: Public Domain
Venetian artist Gentile Bellini's 1480 depiction of Fatih Sultan Mehmet II, who conquered Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1453
Source: Public Domain
U.S. President Harry S. Truman delivering his 1947 "Truman Doctrine" speech for the protection of Turkey and Greece
Source: Truman Library
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk teaching the new Turkish alphabet in 1928
Source: Public Domain
An Ottoman stamp commemorating the Ottoman victory at Gallipoli during the First World War
Source: Public Domain
New Zealand soldiers at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, 1915.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
A rendition of Canal Istanbul presented by Turkey's governing Justice and Development Party
Source: Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (Justice and Development Party)
A rendition of Canal Istanbul as presented by Turkey's governing Justice and Development Party
Source: Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (Justice and Development Party)
A rendition of Canal Istanbul as presented by Turkey's governing Justice and Development Party
Source: Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (Justice and Development Party)
An 1853 cartoon shows European statesmen discussing the future of the Ottoman Empire, which is portrayed as the 'Sick Man of Europe.'
Source: Punch Magazine
Material from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's successful 2011 reelection campaign that says: "A magnificent project, Canal Istanbul" and "Turkey is ready. The target is 2023."
Source: Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (Justice and Development Party)
