A new «Istanbul» canal has been built in Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has instructed to start the construction of a new canal «Istanbul», which will connect the Marmara and Black Seas and run parallel to the Bosphorus Strait.

«Today we are opening a new page in the development of Turkey, laying the first stone in the construction of the first bridge over the «Istanbul» canal, which will have a length of 45 kilometers and a minimum width of 275 meters and a depth of 21 meters. I wish that it will bring good to Istanbul, Turkey and all our people”,- the Turkish leader said on Twitter.

According to Erdogan, the cost of the project will be $15 billion, and the construction will take six years. It is planned to build six bridges over the canal.