It cost 2.5 billion euros and is another of the major infrastructure projects on which Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Turkish president inaugurated the huge suspension bridge in Straits of the Dardanelleswhich unites the European with the Asian side of the country.
1915 Canakkale was built by Turkish and Korean companies and breaks the bridge world record with the greatest distance between the two towers.
It is the fourth bridge connecting the European and Asian sides in Turkey. The Its towers are 318 meters high and Its total length is 4.6 kilometers.
As the Turkish president announced, the passenger cars that use the bridge will pay 200 200 ($ 13.5).
Until now, vehicles traveling between Anatolia and the Gallipoli Peninsula had to cross the Dardanelles, a journey that took an hour by ferry, but along with the waiting time, was as long as five hours. Now, the journey takes about six minutes.
Such mega-projects have been a priority for Erdogan since 2002, when his AK Party came to power and are about to be added to the new Istanbul airportas well as in tunnel and bridge στα straits of the Bosphorus to Constantinople.
“These projects will continue to bring profits to the state for many years to come,” Erdogan said at the inauguration, marking the anniversary of the Ottoman Empire’s naval victory over French and British forces in the Dardanelles in 1915. during the First World War.
Last year, Erdogan announced the launch of what he called his “crazy project”, a $ 15 billion canal in Istanbul aimed at decongesting the Bosphorus. But critics question the project’s viability, given Turkey’s economic woes, environmental risks and public opposition.
In the run-up to the 2023 national elections, opinion polls suggest Erdogan and AK’s popularity are plummeting.
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