Yenikapı

New Istanbul Metro station to open in Beşiktaş after excavations are completed

Subway construction in the Istanbul district of Beşiktaş will start if archaeological excavations in the area are completed by the end of the year, Mayor Kadir Topbaş said on Aug. 29.

Topbaş was speaking during a visit to the site of archaeological excavations near the planned site of the Beşiktaş station on the Kabataş-Beşiktaş-Mecidiyeköy-Mahmutbey subway line. 

Subway construction excavations fill gap in Istanbul's history

Ruins believed to be dating back to 6,000 years from the Neolithic age have been unearthed during a subway line construction in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district. 

Carried out by the Istanbul Archeology Museums, the excavations reveal buried slices of life in Istanbul, a first in the strait, according to officials. 

Ancient shipwrecks found in Istanbul's Yenikap? shed light on ancient ship production

Thirty-seven shipwrecks discovered underwater during the Marmaray subway construction in Istanbul's Yenikap? shed light on ship production technology in ancient erasAn inventory of the types of wood used in the production of 37 sunken ships discovered in Istanbul's Yenikap?

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