Why Turkey is Transforming Istanbul Into an Island

EA: To get the full Black Sea experience you have to buy the Istanbul canal DLC

Once the canal is completely built, an evergreen ship will be stuck on the bosphorus thus everyone would have to go through the new canal. Chaching

When you said that Suez is 200km long, you counted the Red sea, which isn't artificial. The Suez is at least 2 times smaller (but still quite big)

THIS, is probably one of the most interesting channels I’ve EVER stumbled across! I CAN’T go to SLEEP! 😂 Thank you.

Boats: Zzz this takes so long Turkey: you want bosphorus premium subscription?

"Using Istanbul canal is like using Youtube premium" Comparison of the year.

we appreciate the informative video about the Istanbul canal project. However, we noticed a few mistakes that we would like to point out. Firstly, the Suez Canal is not actually 200km long but is still quite significant. Secondly, we want to clarify that Istanbul is not the capital of Turkey, it's actually Ankara. Lastly, it's important to consider the potential environmental risks that could come with such a large-scale excavation project. Despite these points, we are grateful for the opportunity to learn more about Istanbul's future development plans. Thank you RealLifeLore!

Turkey: let's build a canal to avoid the city center. also Turkey: Let's develop the area next to the canal to make a new city center.

I am from Turkey and i am learning why we are transforming Istanbul into a island from a foreign YouTube channel

I don't understand why you're telling Danube River is a major asset for trade. The Danube is very big, but cargo container ships can't navigate on it... only few trade on the river with some small ships.

I'm pretty sure the second after you mentioned why nobody gets youtube premium the immediately hit me with an ad lol. Thanks for the great content!

"Guns are not allowed, so we only have missiles" this so American lol

Missiles are not technically guns has to be one of the greatest arguments ever used😂😂😂

Very detailed well explained video thx. 1 addition, the damage of canal on the environment will be catastrophic too.

Feeling a little lucky to have driven USS KAUFFMAN FFG-59 through in 1999. It was a little nerve racking with the amount of traffic; the 13 minute point is a good representation.

As soon as he said everybody needs food i could smell the approaching advertisement

"...was the capital of three great empires, the Romans, the Byzantines..." Two spidermen pointing at each other

At 8:50, the line that shows the size of the suez canal is wrong because the canal is only the upper part which was dug through the land and not the whole passage. I think the 200 km is right though but I'm not sure about that

9:17 cute how those dolphins are playing in front of that gargantuan ship. it really gives a sense of scale

I think it could work since wait times are really important in shipping bussiness. If the cargo gets to late the loss could be expenontial sometimes so people decide to give toll money instead of waiting.Although this needs to be measured like how long the wait will be,how much the loss will be and to make a profit how much you need to put toll money. But again this is just a way Erdodan to get his pockets full. Neutrality is the most important thing in my opinion also transport over the bridges is just a nightmare for the citizens. So it comepletely expected to be both military and citizens oppose the idea.