Profile: Opposition in Turkey to increased supertanker traffic through the Bosporus waterway From: Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR) | Date: June 17, 2001| Author: LIANE HANSEN | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday

06-17-2001

Profile: Opposition in Turkey to increased supertanker traffic through the Bosporus waterway

Host: LIANE HANSEN
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM

LIANE HANSEN, host:

Along Istanbul's shoreline, some of the largest ships filled with oil or liquified gas pass through the Bosporus Strait. The waterway is a treacherous and busy trade route which links the Black Sea to the rest of the world. This summer, tanker traff...

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