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Türkoğlu completed the 40-kilometer route in nearly 12 hours. Aysu Türkoğlu, a 22-year-old Turkish swimmer, has achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first Turkish woman to successfully ...

Spectators wait at the finish line during a 6.5 km swimming race across the Bosphorus Strait, from the Asian side to the European side, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. Goshen’s recycling ...

A Russian swimmer has mysteriously gone missing from the annual open-water Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim in Turkey. Swimming school owner Nikolai Svechnikov, 29, was seen mid-race - but organisers ...

With just a week left of summer, the UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Brits travelling to Turkey. The Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for any UK holidaymakers visiting ...

On Monday, Coast guard and maritime police vessels in Istanbul were searching for a Russian swimmer who went missing during the race, Turkish state-run media reported.

Competitors gesture while aboard a ferry heading to the start line of a 6.5-kilometer swimming race across the Bosphorus Strait, from the Asian side to the European side, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, ...