ISTANBUL: Turkey is due to unveil on Tuesday a three-billion-euro rail tunnel under the Bosphorus connecting Istanbul’s European and Asian sides, one of several mega projects driven by the Islamic-rooted government in the country’s main gateway city.

The 13.6-kilometer (8.5 miles) tunnel includes an immersed tube tunnel, which government officials say is the world’s deepest at 60 meters (nearly 200 feet) below the seabed.

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