Word: bosporus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when the U.S.S. Missouri called at Istanbul, U.S. sailors found it difficult to pay for anything, including prostitutes. The Russians, after 13 wars with Turkey in 300 years, were again menacing the Bosporus and Dardanelles, and the Turks gave the Americans a welcome that lasted for two decades. The U.S. reciprocated with more than $5 billion in military and economic aid. Symbolic of the "very, very special relationship," as a U.S. diplomat described it, was the fact that Turkey sent a tough, all-volunteer brigade of 2,500 troops to Korea...
...however, when the U.S.S. Forrestal visited Istanbul, the climate had changed. Several U.S. sailors had been thrown into the Bosporus by anti-American crowds, and Turkish women greeted the Forrestal-the last American carrier to visit-with signs proclaiming ISTANBUL IS NOT A BROTHEL FOR THE SIXTH FLEET...
...were able to assemble a throng of 70,000 in Istanbul to protest a labor bill that they felt would benefit right-wing workers. The demonstration quickly turned into a bloody riot. Tanks rumbled out and gunfire spluttered. The Golden Horn bridge was closed and ferry service across the Bosporus, linking the European and Asian halves of the city, was stopped to contain the rampaging mobs. With four dead and 100 injured, the government of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel imposed a month-long period of martial law on Istanbul and the nearby industrial city of Izmit. Last week...