This is quite a historic accomplishment. For thousands of years the Dardanelles have been a center point of world history. For all those centuries the only way to cross was by boat.
This was the area of the Trojan Wars. It was where Xerxes launched the Persian invasion of Greece, and then where Alexander the Great defeated the Persians a century later and destroyed their empire. It was the area of the Gallipoli campaign that the bridge is named after.
As far as I can tell, both nations made this happen without much, if any influence from the United States.
Better this way. Theses nations make the big decisions, the big investments, and also take responsibility for them.
Who knows how long it was in the works.
They probably don’t have to worry too much about labor unions.
Named for a Turkish naval victory over the British navy in WWI.