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Turkey Opens New Bridge Over The Bosphorus Strait

Turkey Opens New Bridge Over The Bosphorus Strait

The project is one of the many that the government have planned for the country. The new bridge connects the Bosphorus Strait, a waterway in northwestern Turkey that separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey. It is the third bridge over the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul.

According to the Turkish and Italian developers of the megaproject, the Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge the world’s widest suspension bridge at 192 feet wide. The bridge has ten lanes and its towers are also the world’s tallest, according to officials.

President Erdogan attended the opening ceremony, where thousands of people watched as balloons flew in the sky. The bridge is the third over the Bosphorus Strait but it is much bigger and is one of the megaprojects that the government has planned.

The Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge is the latest addition to Istanbul, a city that has seen a few changes in the last few years. Istanbul, a major city in Turkey, has seen a number of new buildings and roads. The projects are being completed to drive economic growth but the country has had a number of problems recently.

The cost of the Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge was around $3 billion, which is a small number of the $200 billion the government announced that it would spend on megaprojects in the next ten years. Construction of the bridge began in May 29, 2013 and was completed in 27 months. Construction was reportedly done in record time as the bridge was completed nine months ahead of schedule.

Istanbul has a population of 14.3 million people, making it the most populous city in Turkey. The new bridge will help ease the traffic in the city.

Turkey is undoubted leader!

In February 2017, for russian people Turkey became the most frequently requested in the Internet resources foreign destination for holidays. Compared to January 2017, the requests were 83.7% more, and compared to February 2016, tours to this country, the Russians were looking for 747.9% more often. The most popular resorts of the country are Kemer (90.6% more users than the month before), Alanya (44.6% growth), and Antalya - (up 47% y / y). We look forward to see you in our beautiful Alanya!

In Turkey, house sales increased by 12.8% in January 2017 compared to the same month of the previous year and hence, became 95 389.

For the house sales of January 2017, İstanbul had the highest share of house sales with 16.6% and 15 807 sold house. The followers of Istanbul were Ankara with 10 686 house sales and 11.2% and İzmir 5 665 house sales and 5.9%. The least house sold provinces were Hakkari with 8 house sales, Ardahan with 11 house sales, Şırnak with 48 house sales. In January 2017, 1 386 houses were sold to foreigners In house sales to foreigners became 1 386. İstanbul was the first province with 441 sales in January 2017. The followers of İstanbul were Antalya with 264 house sales, Bursa with 137 house sales, Ankara with 72 house sales, Sakarya with 70 house sales and Yalova with 62 house sales.

Turkey intends to promote the country not only as a beach destination.

In order to increase the flow of the main European markets, Germany and the UK, Turkey intend to change the advertising strategy and promote the country not only as a beach destination. Emphasis will be made on recreational, gastronomic and historical tourism. As the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey Nabi Avci said, "Turkey is not just sea, sand and sun", but also rich in history and culture: these factors, according to him, will help position the country as a year-round tourist area.

Turkey - leader of the Russians early booking!

At the moment, Turkey's share in the total sales of tour operators is 50%. The remaining 25% of sales occur in Greece, Bulgaria, Spain, etc.