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.

News ID: 66528

Date: 17 July 2016 - 09:31

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.