Istanbul: The Turkish government today
unveiled the route of its planned new canal for Istanbul, a
hugely ambitious 45 kilometre (28 mile) project designed to be
its answer to the famed artificial shipping lanes in Panama or
Egypt's Suez.
The project, first announced by President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan while he was prime minister in 2011, is by far the
most complex of a string of new ventures for the city.