Erdoğan’s Kanal İstanbul would cut through water sources important to wildlife and the residents of Istanbul

Black Sea

Bosphorus

strait

Terkos Lake

Istanbul

airport

Sazlıdere

reservoir

Route of

the Kanal

İstanbul

Küçükçekmece

lagoon

Istanbul

Marmara Sea

Turkey

10 km

10 miles

Black Sea

Bosphorus strait

48,000 ships pass

through each year

Terkos Lake

Route of

the Kanal

İstanbul

Istanbul airport

Sazlıdere reservoir

Sazlıdere

stream

Küçükçekmece

lagoon

Istanbul

5 km

Turkey

Marmara Sea

5 miles

Bosphorus strait

48,000 ships pass

through each year

Black Sea

Terkos Lake

Route of

the Kanal

İstanbul

Istanbul airport

Sazlıdere reservoir

Sazlıdere

stream

Küçükçekmece

lagoon

Istanbul

Turkey

5 km

Marmara Sea

5 miles