Turkey Reopens Bosphorus
Turkish maritime authorities re-opened Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait to transiting tankers on Saturday after shutting the key shipping channel due to security reasons following an attempted coup, agent GAC said.
According to MANA,"The traffic for transit vessels is back to normal ... along with non-dangerous cargo carriers," the shipping agent said in an e-mail.
For several hours overnight on Friday violence shook Turkey's two main cities, as the armed faction which tried to seize power blocked a bridge in Istanbul and strafed the headquarters of Turkish intelligence and parliament in Ankara.