SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The Bosporus or Bosphorus, also known as the Strait of Istanbul, is a narrow, natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in northwestern Turkey. It forms part of the continental boundary between Europe and Asia, and divides Turkey by separating Anatolia from Thrace.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Turkish straits (Turkish: Türk Boğazları) are two internationally significant waterways in northwestern Turkey. The straits create a series of international passages that connect the Aegean and Mediterranean seas to the Black Sea. They consist of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Bosphorus is a narrow channel that divides European and Asia Turkey. Along with the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus is known as the Turkish Straits. The Bosphorus has been of strategic importance since the Trojan War in ancient times.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Dardanelles lies between the peninsula of Gallipoli in Europe (northwest) and the mainland of Asia Minor (southeast).