On October 29th, the ninetieth anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan celebrated in Üsküdar, a conservative neighborhood on the Asian side of Istanbul ...

ISTANBULISTANBUL — Turkey has opened an underwater railway tunnel linking Europe and Asia, and the two sides of Istanbul, realizing a plan initially proposed by an Ottoman sultan about 150 years ago.

On Aug. 22, the Herrenknect tunnel-boring machine completed its work, excavating the 3.3- kilometer-long underwater section of the Eurasia Tunnel in Istanbul. The 5.4-km-long tunnel reaches a maximum ...

The Great Istanbul Tunnel, a four-mile multi-purpose underwater tunnel, will cross the Bosphorus River - a natural strait located in Turkey’s largest city which connects the Black Sea to the Sea of ...

Breaking ground on Feb. 28 in a ceremony attended by Turkey Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, a 5.4-kilometer twin-deck tunnel crossing beneath the Bosphorus’ seabed will join the European and Asian ...

13:00, Sun, Jan 25, 2026 Updated: 13:03, Sun, Jan 25, 2026 A huge new tunnel will connect Europe and Asia - and construction has already started. The Great Istanbul Tunnel is a major project. It will ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday opened the first ever road tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, the latest project in his plan of transforming Turkey's infrastructure. The ...

ISTANBUL (AP) -- Turkey has opened an underwater railway tunnel linking Europe and Asia, and the two sides of Istanbul, realizing a plan initially proposed by an Ottoman sultan about 150 years ago.