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The Istanbul Marathon (full name Intercontinental Istanbul Eurasia Marathon ~Turkish: İstanbul Avrasya Maratonu~ is an international athletics event organized by the metropolitan municipality in Şehr-i İstanbul, Turkey, every year on a Sunday in October since 1979. Today, tens of thousands of people participated in İstanbul's famed Eurasia Marathon on Sunday, daring cold weather and rain to run through the city's major roads and the Bosphorus Bridge. According to Zaman News Agengy, Turkish broadcasters said at least 100,000 people, most carrying umbrellas, took part in the annual event despite cold and rainy weather. The authorities allowed up to 25,000 people maximum to walk on the bridge at one time due to safety reasons.