LONDON: A mucus-like substance known as “sea snot” is blanketing the shores near Istanbul after covering huge areas of the Marmara Sea, threatening sea life and prompting warnings that it could bring deadly diseases in its wake. The problem is particularly acute in the Gulf of Izmit, southeast of the city, with fishermen unable to work because they cannot operate motors or
The gunk - officially known as marine mucilage - is produced by plankton when under stress and is currently clogging the waters near Istanbul, blighting fishermen and suffocating marine life.
ANKARA (Sputnik) – The opening ceremony of the construction of the Istanbul Canal bypassing the Bosphorus Strait is scheduled for the end of the next month, Turkish.