Crazy Project

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Today will be announced the so-called crazy-project.

 

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ok. I'm game. Maybe. What's the crazy project?

 

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Istanbul will be divided by a second Channel.
It will be 25 meter deep, 150 meter width and 45 km long.
The channel will go through the Thracian side of Istanbul and will connect Black sea with Marmara Sea.
Bosphorus is one of busiest waterways in the world and all traffic will be relocated to the new channel, through which 300.000 Tonnes DWT Ships will be able to pass.

Region's biggest airport with 60 million capacity, new harbour will be built on side of channel with financial and congress districts.
All modern features of a city will be relocated and historical city-center preserved.

Erdogan has it just announced in press-conference.
There was also a Computer Animation displayed how the project looks.
That video might get online in a while.

 

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There are already constructed 2 underwater-tunnels for the Bosphorus. The 1st is Marmaray and is for trains, the 2nd is for automobiles and is in contracting phase.
With the "Channel Istanbul" project there will be built a 3rd bridge over the Boshorus also.

The Channel itself will get
- 4 bridges (7 billion $)
- On both sites 2 new cities
- 60 million passenger Airport (10 billion $)

Construction experts predict some 152 million cubic meters of earth to be excavated during the waterway’s construction and estimate the total amount of concrete to be used in its construction to be around 7,875,000 cubic meters.

Total cost stands at 40 billion $.

Ambitious ‘Kanal İstanbul’ project expected to create 2 million jobs

 

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Legal aspects.

The principal provisions of the Montreux Treaty governing the passage of vessels of war through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits are as follows:

- Aircraft carriers, whether belonging to countries around the Black Sea or not, can under no circumstance pass through the Turkish straits.

- Only submarines belonging to Black Sea states can pass through the Turkish straits, and only for the purpose of rejoining their base in the Black Sea for the first time after their construction or purchase, or for the purpose of repair in dockyards outside the Black Sea.

- The total number and the maximum aggregate tonnage of all foreign naval forces that may pass through the Turkish straits are limited to nine and 15,000 tons, respectively.

- The maximum aggregate tonnage that non-Black Sea countries may have in the body of water is 45,000 tons. The maximum aggregate tonnage of the vessels of war that one non- Black Sea country may have in the sea is 30,000 tons.

- Vessels of war belonging to non-Black Sea states cannot stay more than 21 days in the Black Sea.

- Advance notification must be given to Turkey of all passages through the Turkish straits. The notification time is eight days for vessels of war belonging to Black Sea states, and 15 days for those of other countries.

Russia urges Turkey to preserve Montreux Treaty - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review

In TV there were some ex-Diplomats from the Foreign Ministry, they said that Montreaux Treaty will be enforced on the new Strait.
The Bosphorus itself shall become an area for watersports and likewise events (PM Erdogan) and keep it clean and secure.