RIZE
Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the Ovit Tunnel and connecting roads in Sivrikaya village of Ikizdere town in the north-eastern Rize province on Sunday.
Speaking at the occasion, Erdogan said that the Ovit Tunnel would be located at a critical point connecting Rize with the whole Black Sea region, North Caucasus, Eastern and South-Eastern Anatolia, Central Asia and Iran.
I wish from God for the tunnel to be beneficial for the whole nation, Erdogan stressed.