Opening Ceremony of Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in Istanbul

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - AUGUST 26: Turkey's former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge in Istanbul, Turkey on August 26, 2016. A third bridge linking the European and Asian sides of Istanbul has been opened Friday with a ceremony attended by Turkish Parliament speaker Ismail Kahraman, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus President Mustafa Akinci, Chairman of Bosnia-Herzegovina's Presidency Bakir Izetbegovic, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov as well as other senior officials from Pakistan, Georgia and Serbia. The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, built above the northern Bosphorus, was named after 16th century Ottoman Sultan Selim I, whose rule marked the expansion of the burgeoning world power in the Middle East. The 1.4 kilometer (0.9 mile) bridge will carry eight lanes of traffic and two rail lines between Europe and Asia at the entrance of the Bosphorus to the Black Sea. (Footage by Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)