To my mind Turkish culture is one of the most interesting cultures in the world. Not only do they have wonderful food, amazing tea, hookah bars that they are proud of, they are also very creative. One of the recent news that hit the world was the tunnel created by Turks that links two continents Asia and Europe. Because of its specific location, basically the country is located on two continents; Turkey has access to the sea, and different countries on both continents. Every day, about 2 million residents cross between the two continents. There is a ferry that transports people and their cars and buses back and forth but it takes a lot of time so it is not efficient. What Turkey did was it created a 8.5 miles long underwater tunnel that passes under the Bosphorus Strait. This tunnel links the two continents and now it takes only 4 minutes to get from one continent to another. They called this tunnel Marmaray Project because of the Sea of Marmara and word “Ray” which means “rail” in Turkish. It is basically a rail under the water that links two continents. This is a huge project for not only Turkey but all people and businesses that need to make crossing between the continents. This project will improve economy of Turkey and bring profits while at the same time decrease costs. People will not have to waste their time waiting for ferry to transport them from one continent to another and spend a lot of time traveling, in only 4 minutes, people will be able to reach another continent. This sounds like science fiction to me, creating such a huge tunnel underwater and connecting two continents.
Also what is interesting is while digging the sea, this project uncovered about 40 thousand artifacts about Turkey’s history that goes back 8,500 years and this was very helpful for archaeologists and because of these findings, the project was unfortunately delayed for four years.
Turkish culture is such that they constantly improve and Turkish people are very determinant and efficient in their work. This project was very expensive but in the long run, Turkey is going to benefit from this project. This project connects people, nations and countries and will definitely bring financial capital to Turkey.
I am looking forward to hearing about new plans that Turkey plans to undertake that will help people improve their lives, save their time that they can utilize in better ways.
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