Odd story here: The I.H.T.'s Globespotters reports that Istanbul's Karakoy dock has collapsed. According to their story, "A big storm this weekend unhinged the dock, and it sank into the Bosporus." This screen grab from Turkish TV, via the I.H.T., shows the dock unhinged, and below is a photo of the Karakoy passenger terminal in better days, from the Ukrainian ferry Yuzhnaya Palmyra, which leaves from Karakoy for its regular service across the Black Sea to Odessa.
Karakoy is a busy place. In addition to ferry traffic across the Black Sea, Karakoy sends local ferries on the short ride across the Bosphorus to Istanbul's Asian shore.
See many more photos from in and around Istanbul in EarthPhotos.com's Turkey Gallery, and from Odessa in the Ukraine Gallery.
Please share your memories about the Karakoy pier at http://karakoy.typepad.com
Arzu & Gul
Posted by: Arzu & Gul | 27 November 2008 at 03:42 AM