The Istanbul Canal initiative, spearheaded by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2021, aims to transform the city of Istanbul into a global trade hub, with an estimated cost of £20 billion.

On Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the beginning of construction of the Istanbul Canal, which will run between the Marmara Sea to bypass the Bosporus ANTALYA, June 30 ...

Turkey revives Erdogan's Istanbul canal projectThe waterway would be 43 kilometres (26 miles) long, with a width of about 400 metres (1,300 feet) and a depth of 25 metres (80 feet) with six ...

Canal İstanbul is a planned 45-kilometer long artificial waterway linking the Black Sea in the north and the Sea of Marmara in the south through İstanbul. Map: AA It was first announced as a "crazy ...

Canal Istanbul -- to be built on the Turkish metropolis’ European side within the borders of Istanbul’s Kucukcekmece, Avcilar, Basaksehir, and Arnavutkoy districts -- will be around 45 ...

Explore Turkey's proposed $65 billion canal project through Istanbul, examining its historical context, significance, and potential issues. The video discusses previous canal proposals and key ...

The Istanbul Canal, though, could well eclipse them all. Dubbed a “crazy project” by Erdogan when he first suggested it in 2011, the canal would be the jewel in the crown of the president’s ...