İSTANBUL TURKEY

The Bosphorus Bridge, in its official name, refers to being the first bridge to be built on the 15th of July Martyrs Bridge or the Bosphorus. The First Bridge is one of the three suspension bridges on the Istanbul Strait that connects the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea. Köprünün feet are on the European side Ortaköy, on the Anatolian side Beylerbeyi.

The Bosphorus Bridge, also called the First Bridge among the public, is the first bridge built on the Bosphorus of Istanbul. The Bosphorus Bridge provides land transportation between the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge and the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge. Bridge construction started on February 20, 1970, on October 30, 1973 of the Republic of Turkey in honor of the 50th anniversary of the state ceremony was opened by President Fahri Koruturk. It is the 24th longest suspension bridge in the world when it is completed, and it is in the twenty first place by 2012.

The official name of the bridge on July 26, 2016, Turkey 2016, as amended July 15 to commemorate the Martyrs Bridge on the bridge of the citizens who lost their lives during the military coup.

The Maiden's Tower is a structure built on the small islet located in the Salacak openings near the Marmara Sea of ​​the Bosphorus, subject to legends and various narrations about it.

The tower, which became the symbol of Üsküdar, is the only work remaining from the Byzantine era in Üsküdar. The tower, which dates back to 24 BC, is built on a small island where the Black Sea is combined with the Marmara Sea. Some European historians call it Leander's Tower. There are many rumors about the tower. Evliya Çelebi describes the tower as follows:

"In the sea, an arrow from the land far away, four corners, a high craft made of craftsmen. Height is 80 (eighty) full. The surface is two hundred steps. There are doors on both sides. "
Important parts of the bases and lower floors seen today. II. Mehmed is a monumental structure. The area around the wagon is covered wide. A marble plate in the form of a medallion on top of it, the Sultan II. Mahmud has a brick dated 1832, which came out of the nickname of Calligrapher Rasim. There is also a cistern in the wider Eminönü side.

It was first used as a customs station with an annex building built during the Byzantine period, which was home to a landscape in the Greek period. During the Ottoman period, many functions were carried out from the demonstration platform to the defense fortress, from the exile station to the quarantine room. It has never lost its function of guiding people with their primary duty and their presence to the past, and the night with the winking lantern to the last ships. It leads the dreams of the future to the future the most. The Maiden's Tower was restored in 2000 and has now been transformed into a space where cutlery sounds are heard. The transportation to the girl's tower is made with boats from Salacak and Ortaköy.

The tower, which is known with the names Arkla (small castle) and Damialis (calf calf) in Antiquity, was once renowned for its name "Tour de Leandros" (Tower of Leandros). Now it is integrated with the name of the Maiden Tower and is referred to by this name.