Turkey has for the first time connected its European and Asian sides by opening a railway tunnel(Marmaray) that fulfils a vision first proposed by Ottoman sultan Abdumacid about 150 years ago . The tunnel is 13. 6km long , with 1 .4 km running under the Bosporus, the strait that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara , and divides Istanbul between Asia and Europe . Ottoman Sultan Abdulmejid is said to have first proposed the idea of a tunnel under the Bosporus in around 1860 . One of his successors , Abdulhamid , had architects submit proposals in 1891 , but the plans were not carried out .
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:05:13 +0000
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