The mayor of Aydin said she hoped the project would develop underwater tourism in the area.
"With this project, the aim is to increase the underwater biodiversity off [the coast of] Kuşadası and to further develop underwater tourism in the area. We expect some 250,000 domestic and foreign tourists per year to come here for diving.
"With the project, Kuşadası will hopefully close this summer with the fewest losses and make the people of [the town] and the people in this business smile. In short, [it] will be a milestone for Kuşadası tourism," Özlem Çerçioğlu, Aydın metropolitan mayor, said, according to Daily Sabah, a Turkish English-language newspaper.
Turkey has previous sunk off planes, though they have been smaller. Since 2009, three have been sunk in Antalya, southern Turkey, in its Kas and Kemer districts, it was reported.
Source: Turkey sank an Airbus jumbo jet in the Aegean Sea to attract tourism
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