What strait separates the European and Asian portions of turkey?

Answer 1

Cultural Answer
Beauty is in the eye of a beholder though?
Who sees european and asian characteristics of Turkey as a separating aspect?
For Turkish people there is no separation but unification of unique character; being both Asian and European, western and eastern in one entity.
So, may be you have to check where do you see separation to your eyes.

Geographic Answer
European and Asian Turkey are separated by three bodies of water, from north to south:

Bosporus Strait which starts at the Black Sea on Turkey's northern coast and then runs down through Istanbul at its southern end (separating neighborhoods like Sultanahmet and Beyoğlu on the European side from Üsküdar).

Sea of Marmara which is a small sea between Istanbul and the Gallipoli Peninsula. The island of Marmara in the sea was used by Romans as a marble quarry. Since Marmara is the Latin word for marble, the term was applied to island and the sea in general. Europe is to the north and west of the Sea of Marmara and Asia is to south and west.

Dardanelles Strait which starts at the Sea of Marmara as it narrows between Anatolia and the Gallipoli Peninsula and then runs down to the city of Çanakkale on the Aegean Sea.

Answer 2

The Sea of Marmara and the Bosporus Strait.

The Sea of Marmara is also known by the island archipelago found in there called the Dardanelles.

There are three seas that separates the continents.

1-The Aegean Sea (which is the sea on the west coast of Turkey)

2- The Marmara Sea, which is the sea between the two straits: Çanakkale Bosporus and the Istanbul Bosporus. (North West)

3- The Black Sea. (The north of Turkey)

Answer 3

The Sea of Marmara. However it is not the only body of water that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey.

European and Asian Turkey are separated by three bodies of water, from north to south:

Bosporus Strait which starts at the Black Sea on Turkey's northern coast and then runs down through Istanbul at its southern end (separating neighborhoods like Sultanahmet and Beyoğlu on the European side from Üsküdar).

Sea of Marmara which is a small sea between Istanbul and the Gallipoli Peninsula. The island of Marmara in the sea was used by Romans as a marble quarry. Since Marmara is the Latin word for marble, the term was applied to island and the sea in general. Europe is to the north and west of the Sea of Marmara and Asia is to south and west.

Dardanelles Strait which starts at the Sea of Marmara as it narrows between Anatolia and the Gallipoli Peninsula and then runs down to the city of Çanakkale on the Aegean Sea.

Answer 4

Bosphorus seperates the two continents. And there is a bridge called Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul connecting these two continents.

Answer 5

The Bosphorus...