Eurasia, a blood-soaked jersey, and Graeme Souness: Inside The Intercontinental Derby, the battle of the Bosphorus

• Insider has been counting down and detailing the 10 fiercest rivalries in world soccer.
• In second place is "The Intercontinental Derby" which is contested between Turkey's two most successful teams, Fenerbahce SK and Galatasaray SK.
• The Intercontinental Derby is one of the mostly hotly-contested derbies across the globe.
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Separated by the Bosphorus strait, a waterway that connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara, Istanbul, Turkey is one of the world's few cities that occupies two different continents.

West of the strait, and in Europe, is the city's commercial and historical centers. To the East, and in Asia, are mostly residential suburbs which house around a third of the country's population.

Most significantly however, at least in terms of soccer, the Bosphorus divides Turkey's two biggest teams: Galatasaray SK and Fenerbahce SK.