Some worry that Erdogan's planned third bridge over the Bosphorus, as well as his recently unveiled project for a canal joining the Black Sea and Marmara Sea could decimate forest outside Istanbul, jeopardizing the city's main fresh water source.
Neki brinu da bi Erdoganov planirani treći most preko Bospora, kao i njegov nedavno predstavljeni projekt za izgradnju kanala kojim se povezuju Crno more i Mramorno more mogli desetkovati šumu u okolini Istanbula, ugrožavajući glavni izvor slatke vode u tom gradu.