An Istanbul Ferry Made One City Feel Closer

The Bosphorus separates Asian and European Turkey. On an Istanbul ferry, that line feels less like a border than a moving view: wake, gulls, and one shoreline giving way to the next. 1

Visual credits: ferry departure footage by Kurmanbek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. 2 Bosphorus ferry-deck photograph by David Berkowitz, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. 3 Karakoy ferry-pier photograph by Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. 4