Given the name “Canal Istanbul“, Turkey’s prime minister R. Tayyip Erdogan announced his crazy project. He plans to build a canal on the European side of Istanbul which will link the Black Sea with Marmara sea and will allow large tankers to pass. Canal Istanbul will be around 30 miles long, 25 metres deep and 150 metres wide. Erdogan said “Istanbul will...
Istanbul Canal project divides city into two peninsulas and an island
The Istanbul Canal project, is a ‘crazy and magnificent plan’ to connect the Marmara Sea and the Black Sea via a manmade canal with the purpose of rerouting commercial traffic on the Boshporus and reduce oil spills. Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s project, which he calls Canal Istanbul, will be around 30 miles long, 25 metres deep and 150 metres wide....
