
Turkish President Abdullah Gul (3rd R) uses a train as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R), Somalian President Hasan Sheikh Mahmud (R) and Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta (4th R) watch after the inauguration ceremony of the Marmaray, the railway tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Strait linking European and Asian sides of Istanbul, on October 29, 2013 Istanbul, Turkey. Kayhan Ozer / Anadolu Agency

Turkish President Abdullah Gul (2nd L), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd L), Somalian President Hasan Sheikh Mahmud (4th R), Minister of Transport and Communications Binali Yildirim (5th L) and Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta (6th L) cross the Bosporus inside a train after the inauguration ceremony of the Marmaray, the railway tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Strait linking European and Asian sides of Istanbul, on October 29, 2013 Istanbul, Turkey. Kayhan Ozer / Anadolu Agency

Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Somalian President Hasan Sheikh Mahmud, Minister of Transport and Communications Binali Yildirim and Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta cross the Bosporus inside a train after the inauguration ceremony of the Marmaray, the railway tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Strait linking European and Asian sides of Istanbul, on October 29, 2013 Istanbul, Turkey.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Somalian President Hasan Sheikh Mahmud, Minister of Transport and Communications Binali Yildirim and Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta cross the Bosporus inside a train after the inauguration ceremony of the Marmaray, the railway tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Strait linking European and Asian sides of Istanbul, on October 29, 2013 Istanbul, Turkey.

Asya ile Avrupa arasında, denizin altından kesintisiz demiryolu ulaşımı sağlayacak, dünyanın alanındaki önemli projelerinden Marmaray'ın açılış töreni Üsküdar'da yapıldı. Törende, Başbakan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan konuşma yaptı. (Oktay Çilesiz - Anadolu Ajansı)

Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Somalian President Hasan Sheikh Mahmud, Minister of Transport and Communications Binali Yildirim and Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta cross the Bosporus inside a train after the inauguration ceremony of the Marmaray, the railway tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Strait linking European and Asian sides of Istanbul, on October 29, 2013 Istanbul, Turkey.