Number of transits through the Turkish Straits 2018-2023
The Turkish straits, consisting of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (Canakkale), saw a slight decrease in the number of ship transits between 2018 and 2023. While in 2018, some 85,000 ships passed through the straits, in 2023 the number of transits dropped to around 83,900.