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Photo: Erdogan opens third bridge over Bosphorus Strait

Published: 27 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2021 - 12:29 am
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife, along with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and is wife, Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication Ahmet Arslan and other officials cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge, in Istanbul yesterday. The bridge, the third in  Turkey, is technically a hybrid between a suspension and cable-stayed bridge, spans the steep banks of the Bosphorus Strait at the entrance to the Black Sea. → See also page 3