turkuazoo aquarium

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• Turkey's first Turkuazoo giant aquarium in Istanbul is located in the new Forum Istanbul in Bayrampasa. Forum Istanbul is one of Europe's largest shopping centers and the first shopping center in the world with a mega aquarium. Turkuazoo offers family fun for those wishing to spend time in the underwater world, promising an unforgettable experience. Turkuazoo is a Turkish subsidiary of Global Aquariums BV. The next generation aquarium in Istanbul, Turkey, is designed specifically to appeal to its Turkish audience and will entertain visitors with its rainforest, flooded forest, and tropical seas zones, a predator tank and jellyfish discovery area. The exciting 90m long Marinescape SeaTube, one of the world's longest underwater tunnels, will offer visitors a panoramic view of marine life. The concept of the site plan design of 17 million Euro aquarium project has been considered as "fish skeleton". The total project will be 55,000 m2 big, With an impressive 7,000 m3 total tank capacity, making it the largest aquarium in Europe. The large aquarium will house 25,000 sea creatures. Visitors will be able to view the aquarium's residents by the end of September. Among them will be the 2.5-metre-long tiger sharks, as well as smaller members of the sea predator family. Braver visitors who would like to see the sea creatures not just from the other side of the glass but from up close will be able to dive and swim with them. The water in the aquarium will come from the Sea of Marmara, the inland sea that connects the Black and the Aegean Seas. The aquarium's first residents will start being brought to Istanbul by trucks and airplanes in the next few weeks. Turkuazoo is located 5 km away from Ataturk International Airport, near the motorway and railway transportation systems in Florya, which is at the southwest coast of Istanbul where 11 million people live in. Besides, IDO sea busses have been considered for visitors, who want to reach aquarium by seaway.
• The description was provided by selin rozanes