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Bosporus Marmaray Tunnel steps closer

The ambitious Bosporus Marmaray Rail Tube Tunnel project enters a new stage tomorrow as the second tube of the Europe to Asia crossing is laid.The $3 billion (£1.5 billion) project will connect the shores of Istanbul to Asia via a 450 foot-long immersed tube tunnel, which will contain two train tracks to improve transport connections.Tomorrow sees the second of 11 tubes that will be sunk into the Bosporus since the first was laid in March this year.The project is scheduled to be completed in 2011 and will set a new world record, becoming the deepest tunnel under the sea by 50 feet at its...

29-06-2007 - read more...

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Turkey could be next in next Seven Wonders list

One of Turkey's most famous monuments, the Hagia Sophia, is in the running to become one of the new seven wonders of the world.A search to compose a new list of cultural sites some 2,200 years after many of the original seven wonders were created began in 1999.It was started by a Swiss adventurer called Bernard Weber who collected almost 200 nominations from around the world which were narrowed down to a list of 21 by 2006. With the Hagia Sophia are famous landmarks from across the globe, including the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu in Peru and Stonehenge in Aylesbury. The Hagia Sophia is...

14-06-2007 - read more...

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Al Gore offers solution to Turkeys climate change

The former US vice president Al Gore is visiting Istanbul today to present a conference on global climate change.Well known for his strong views on environmental issues, as projected in his documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Mr Gore will speak at the Ciragan Palace. Organisers of the event, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Turkey and Garanti Bank, hope their high profile guest will help raise awareness of the challenge climate change poses to Turkey. WWF Turkey's chairman Akin Ongor said on the organisation's website that he hoped the talk would accelerate public movement on the issues, which he...

12-06-2007 - read more...

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Turkeys heritage sites in need of protection

Six of the world's most endangered historical sites are in Turkey according to an US report released today.Compiled by the World Monuments Fund (WMF), the report notes heritage sites in Istanbul, Hasankeyf, Gazimagusa and in Turkish Cyprus that are at risk of irreparable harm.The list of 100 historical sites from 60 developed and undeveloped countries around the world is compiled twice every year and aims to draw international attention to threatened cultural sites.These are assessed by the affect political conflict, unchecked urban and industrial development and climate change has on the...

08-06-2007 - read more...

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By gum its Cadburys

Turkey's main chewing gum producer Intergum has been sold to Cadburys Schwepps for $450 million (£225 million).The announcement today ends 35 years of Intergum's production in Istanbul, which has a 46 per cent share of the market in Turkey and is well known for its Falim and First products.Cadbury, the world's largest confectionary company, is in the process of selling off its multi-billion pound soft drinks interests and focusing on chocolate and sweets in the future.Chief executive officer Todd Stitzer told Reuters Turkey's gum market had expanded by 17 per cent last year."The...

07-06-2007 - read more...

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Turkish city bids for 2013 Mediterranean Games

Turkey will bid to host the 17th Mediterranean Games in 2013, according to an Anatolian news agency.The announcement was made by Turkish state minister Kursad Tuzmen from the southern city of Mersin – the city of choice for the bid. During his speech, Mr Tuzmen emphasised the dedication Mersin has to the opportunity as its people had united in lobbying for the bid putting political affiliations aside."Mersin is the pearl of the Mediterranean," he said. "Mersin's people have been lobbying to be the host city of 17th Mediterranean Games…This is the picture I want to see, I will...

06-06-2007 - read more...

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200m trees to help fight climate change

Turkey has pledged 200 million trees per year to a world-wide tree planting campaign which hopes to avert environmental damage caused by climate change. The Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) aims to encourage nations to plant at least one billion trees worldwide during 2007.Today, Turkey's ministry of environment and forestry received a letter from the UNEP director Achim Steiner thanking it for its promise of an annual 200 million trees.So far, 17.1 million trees have been planted but just over one billion have been...

06-06-2007 - read more...

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