This impressive canal project will see Europe gain its own Suez Canal and usher in a new era of economic opportunities.

Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, Erdogan said Canal Istanbul will significantly ease the heavy traffic of the 30-km-long Bosphorus Strait. The new canal is expected to be completed in six ...

to ensure the safety of life and property of Istanbul's Bosphorus and the citizens around it." According to the AP news agency, the new road bridge over the proposed route of the canal will ...

"The Istanbul Canal is a new page in Turkey's development, a new step in the further strengthening of our state. There is very intensive traffic along the Bosphorus, one of the most intense in the ...

Turkey’s construction of the Istanbul Canal is unlikely to threaten Moscow ... by Erdogan in 2011 and it is meant to become a new shipping lane connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara.

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