In September 2010, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was on the phone to a columnist for the Turkish newspaper Sabah when he disclosed an idea for what he called a “crazy project” . The project ...

Explore Turkey's proposed $65 billion canal project through Istanbul, examining its historical context, significance, and ...

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In Sazlibosna village, along the planned route of the vast Canal Istanbul project, 68-year-old Yasar Demirkaya fidgets with worn prayer beads as he sips tea at a cafe, uncertain about the future.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s dream project of building a canal in Istanbul to rival those at Suez and Panama has turned into a political showdown with the city’s new mayor. Ekrem Imamoglu, who won ...

İYİ Party Chair Meral Akşener has announced that İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is currently facing an administrative investigation over his objection to the Canal İstanbul project.

ISTANBUL, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Turkey will soon hold a tender for a gigantic canal project on the edge of Istanbul, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, despite calls from the city's mayor to ...

Either Canal or İstanbul Coordination will meet in Bakırköy Özgürlük Square on June 26 and hold a protest march to Sazlıdere, where the groundbreaking of Canal İstanbul project will reportedly take ...

Istanbul — On a bluff overlooking the Sazlıdere Dam just west of Istanbul, a bust of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, modern Turkey’s founder, is accompanied by a quote: “The villager is the true master of the ...

ISTANBUL, June 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Stating that the Canal Istanbul will leave its mark in history as a guarantee of the independence and sovereignty of the Republic of Turkey, Adil Karaismailoglu ...

Although first announced in 2011, work has yet to start on the waterway itself – Copyright AFP Ozan KOSE In Sazlibosna village, along the planned route of the vast ...