Proper noun
Bosphorus
(geography) The narrow waterway beside Istanbul connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, the northern end of the Turkish Straits connecting the Black Sea with the Aegean and Mediterranean.
Life can't be all that bad,' i'd think from time to time. 'Whatever happens, i can always take a long walk along the Bosphorus. Orhan Pamuk
A hasty peace was signed on a boat in the middle of the Bosphorus. Source: Internet
A cruise ship (left) and Seabus (right) navigating through the Bosphorus, with the Dolmabahçe Palace seen at the right end of the frame. Source: Internet
A Russian army of 10,000 landed on the Bosphorus shores in 1833 and helped to prevent the capture of Constantinople; thus the possible dissolution of the Ottoman Empire was prevented. Source: Internet
A view of the Bosphorus strait, with the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge seen in the background. Source: Internet
Death Kaçan committed suicide by jumping from the Bosphorus Bridge on 6 January 2013. citation On that day, he took a cab in Esenler on the European side of Istanbul and requested to be driven to Üsküdar on the Asian side. Source: Internet