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Opened in 1973 as the first bridge to span the Bosphorus, the 15 July Martyrs Bridge connects the European and Asian shores of Istanbul and stands as a symbol of the city that famously straddles two continents. Stretching more than a kilometre between Ortakoy on the European side and Beylerbeyi on the Asian, the elegant suspension bridge was designed by British engineers and built in just over three years, its completion timed to the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic. ...