April 27, 2011 7:37 PM
Turkey to build new waterway to bypass Bosphorus Strait
Turkey will build a new waterway to bypass the heavily congested Bosphorus Strait. Announcing the project, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the 150 metre wide "Canal Istanbul" would link the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara that opens to the Aegean Sea via the Dardanelles. The canal would be ...