The canal would bisect the current European side of Istanbul and thus form an island between Asia and Europe. The new ...

Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasyl Bodnar said Turkey’s closure of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits was key in Ukraine's defense, preventing Russia from using its naval advantage to ...

Last month the government approved plans for Canal Istanbul, which is to be about 45km (31 miles) long, running north to south through Istanbul, just west of the Bosphorus. The retired admirals ...

"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 ...