Individual #Bosporus a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route
instance of: strait
part of: Turkey__Republic_of_Turkey a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923
part of: Asia_Minor__Anatolia a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey
part of: Asia the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
part of: Eurasia the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia
part of: eastern_hemisphere__easternhemisphere__orient the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
part of: northern_hemisphere the hemisphere north of the equator
part of: Balkan_Peninsula__Balkans a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
part of: Europe the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
part of: Eurasia the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia
part of: Middle_East__Near_East the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to North Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"
part of: Mediterranean_region
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