Erdogan takes spin in Bosphorus’s first road tunnel
10 years agoThis handout picture taken and realesed by the Turkish Presidency Press Service on October 8, 2016 in Istanbul shows Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan driving a car with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (L) through Euroasia tunnel during a visit to the construction site for first test drives. The government's other grandiose projects for the city include the Eurasia tunnel -- a road passage underneath the Bosphorus -- expected to be inaugurated on December 20. / AFP PHOTO / TURKISH PRESIDENCY PRESS OFFICE / YASIN BULBUL / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE /YASIN BULBUL" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went for an inaugural spin on Saturday in Istanbul's latest mega-project: the first-ever road tunnel linking the city's European and Asian sides under the Bosphorus Strait.