Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge [SEP] named after
occurred during construction work at the link road to the bridge on the Asian side of the Bosphorus near Çavuşbaşı, Beykoz. Three workers were killed and another was injured by falling from a collapsed scaffolding while concrete was poured at a viaduct.
Naming.
The name of the bridge was announced by President Abdullah Gül at the ground-breaking ceremony as the "Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge", in honor of Ottoman Sultan Selim I (c. 1470–1520), who expanded the Ottoman Empire into the Middle East and North Africa in
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge () is a bridge for rail and motor vehicle transit over the Bosphorus strait, to the north of two existing suspension bridges in Istanbul, Turkey. It was initially named the Third Bosphorus Bridge (with Bosphorus Bridge being the First Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge the Second Bosphorus Bridge). The bridge is located near the Black Sea entrance of the Bosphorus strait, between Garipçe in Sarıyer on the European side and Poyrazköy in Beykoz on the Asian side.
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