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(contracted; show full)onnecting the [[Black Sea]] to the [[Sea of Marmara]]. Canal  Istanbul would disect the current European side of Istanbul into two and thus create an Island between the continents of Asia and Istanbul (The Island would have a shoreline to the Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Istanbul Canal and the Bosphorus).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/04/27/general-eu-turkey-new-waterway_8436749.html |publisher=Forbes |title=Turkey to build new waterway to bypass Bosporus |date=2011-04-27 }}{{
dDead  link|date=January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jgvdu6fhcLQ4xMNHGiu9TXR-S_qQ?docId=N0140121303897060910A |newspaper=[[Associated Press|UK News]] |title=Turkey plans 'crazy' new canal |date=2011-04-28 }}{{dDead  link|date=January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13207304 |newspaper=[[BBC]] |title=Turkey to build waterway to bypass Bosphorus Straits |date=2011-04-27 }}</ref> The new waterway would bypass the current [[Bosphorus]]. Istanbul Canal aims to minimise shipping traffic in the Istanbul Strait. The project is intended for the  [[Atatürk's_Reforms#Establishment_of_the_Republic|100th anniversary in 2023]] of the foundation of the [[Turkish Republic]].

(contracted; show full)[[Category:Proposed canals]]
[[Category:Macro-engineering]]
[[Category:Cuts (earthmoving)]]
[[Category:Istanbul Province]]

[[fr:Canal Istanbul]]
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