🇹🇷 Long imagined and often attempted dream of linking Europe and Asia finally became reality with the completion of this iconic steel structure 52 years ago today in 1973 🌉 The 15 July Martyrs Bridge endures as one of Istanbul’s defining landmarks, where about 200,000 journeys cross the Bosphorus each day, carrying the pulse of a city that never stops moving #türkiye #bosphorus