{"id":27726,"date":"2020-01-06T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T18:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=27726"},"modified":"2020-01-06T13:58:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T18:58:02","slug":"suez-panama-istanbul-next-45km-canal-dubbed-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/suez-panama-istanbul-next-45km-canal-dubbed-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Suez, Panama, Istanbul next? The 45km canal dubbed \u2018crazy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/turkey-canal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27727\" src=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/turkey-canal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/turkey-canal.jpg 700w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/turkey-canal-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"generic-article__summary--ul content--ul\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\n<li class=\"generic-article__summary--li content--li\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">President Erdogan\u2019s Canal Istanbul would provide an alternative route from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea through western Istanbul<\/li>\n<li class=\"generic-article__summary--li content--li\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">It would effectively trap 8 million people on a new artificial island in a city notoriously prone to earthquake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-587061fd=\"\">\n<div data-v-22ae94a0=\"\" data-v-587061fd=\"\">\n<div data-v-22ae94a0=\"\" data-v-587061fd=\"\">\n<div class=\"details__body body\" data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<div class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan\u2019s dream project of<\/p>\n<div class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\" data-v-66f82636=\"\"><a class=\"link-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/europe\/article\/2149028\/erdogans-kanal-istanbul-may-save-ships-crashing-critics-say-its\" data-v-66f82636=\"\"><span class=\"text\" data-v-66f82636=\"\">building a canal in Istanbul<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>to rival those at Suez and Panama has turned into a political showdown with the city\u2019s new mayor.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<div class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">Ekrem Imamoglu, who<\/p>\n<div class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\" data-v-66f82636=\"\"><a class=\"link-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/middle-east\/article\/3015750\/ekrem-imamoglu-wins-istanbul-mayoral-election-re-run-says\" data-v-66f82636=\"\"><span class=\"text\" data-v-66f82636=\"\">won a shock victory<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>for the opposition in 2019 to become mayor of Turkey\u2019s largest city, says the 75 billion lira (US$12.6 billion) canal is wasteful, environmentally destructive and could even increase the earthquake risk.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\u201cCanal Istanbul is a criminal project,\u201d he tweeted in December as he launched an \u201cEither Canal or Istanbul\u201d campaign and withdrew from a construction protocol signed by the previous mayor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\u201cWe will do everything for this project not to be realised,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"details__read-more\" data-v-57baae88=\"\"><\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-587061fd=\"\">\n<div data-v-22ae94a0=\"\" data-v-587061fd=\"\">\n<div data-v-22ae94a0=\"\" data-v-587061fd=\"\">\n<div class=\"details__body body body--next\" data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">This has not gone down well with Erdogan, who has fondly dubbed Canal Istanbul one of his \u201ccrazy projects\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\"><\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">First announced when he was prime minister in 2011, it is by far the most complex of a string of new ventures for the city following a tunnel under the Bosphorus, a third bridge across the waterway and a massive new airport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<div class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\" data-v-66f82636=\"\">\n<div data-v-66f82636=\"\">\n<div class=\"recirc\" data-v-66f82636=\"\" data-v-4997a6ae=\"\">\n<div class=\"recirc__left left\" data-v-4997a6ae=\"\">\n<div class=\"left__title\" data-v-4997a6ae=\"\">How Istanbul\u2019s man-made canal project could trigger an arms race in the Black Sea \u2013 and why China is watching closely<\/div>\n<div class=\"left__date\" data-v-4997a6ae=\"\">3 Jun 2018<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"recirc__right right\" data-v-4997a6ae=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image\" title=\"\" data-v-107701cc=\"\" data-v-4997a6ae=\"\">\n<div data-v-22ae94a0=\"\" data-v-107701cc=\"\"><img class=\"image-wrapper__preview-image\" alt=\"\" data-v-22ae94a0=\"\" data-v-107701cc=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/237x147\/public\/images\/methode\/2018\/06\/03\/ef458c0c-5359-11e8-a252-5c54534dd764_image_hires_184852.jpg?itok=y7WxYOmm&amp;v=1528022938\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-wrapper__image loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/237x147\/public\/images\/methode\/2018\/06\/03\/ef458c0c-5359-11e8-a252-5c54534dd764_image_hires_184852.jpg?itok=y7WxYOmm&amp;v=1528022938\" alt=\"\" data-v-22ae94a0=\"\" data-v-107701cc=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">It envisages a 45km (28-mile) canal providing an alternative route from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea through western Istanbul, relieving pressure on one of the busiest waterways in the world.<\/p>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">Critics accuse the president of seeking another debt-fuelled, grandiose statement that will benefit his allies in the construction sector at the expense of the environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\"><\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">But the president is unfazed by Imamoglu\u2019s campaign: \u201cWe will build Canal Istanbul whether they want it or not,\u201d he said in a speech on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\u201cTurkey has the strength to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<div class=\"imageContainer generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\n<div class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--img content--img\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\" data-resolution=\"2\">\n<div class=\"body__image image\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\">\n<div class=\"image_wrapper wrapper\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wrapper__img preview-img-item img--landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/methode\/2020\/01\/01\/f8a0f91e-2c54-11ea-8334-1a17c6a14ef4_972x_142835.JPG\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/methode\/2020\/01\/01\/f8a0f91e-2c54-11ea-8334-1a17c6a14ef4_972x_142835.JPG\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"description-wrapper\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">The canal project had actually been on the back burner of late, already struggling to find financing before a sharp economic downturn in 2018 put investments on ice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\"><\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">Analysts say Erdogan has political reasons for bringing it back to the agenda now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\u201cHe is trying to once again dominate the national conversation,\u201d Berk Esen, of Ankara\u2019s Bilkent University, said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\u201cHe wants to directly take on and challenge mayor Imamoglu who has obviously gained significant momentum since his impressive election victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">But Esen said this could prove to be a \u201chuge strategic error\u201d by Erdogan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\u201cAt a time of economic downturn I think it is going to be very difficult for Erdogan to sell this project.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">Imamoglu has \u201cvery smartly\u201d accepted Erdogan\u2019s challenge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\u201cThe mayor is in the process of trying to politicise this topic in order to gain sufficient popular support both within Istanbul and also in the rest of the country in order to defeat Erdogan\u2019s plans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">The government argues the canal will create attractive new living areas and take pressure off the Bosphorus Strait that splits the European and Asian sides of the 15-million city and is one of the world\u2019s busiest shipping lanes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<div class=\"imageContainer generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\n<div class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--img content--img caption\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\" data-resolution=\"2\">\n<div class=\"body__image image\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\">\n<div class=\"image_wrapper wrapper\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wrapper__img preview-img-item img--landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/methode\/2020\/01\/01\/da23537e-2c54-11ea-8334-1a17c6a14ef4_1320x770_142835.jpg\" alt=\"A Russian Navy landing ship sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea, in Istanbul. Photo: Reuters\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/methode\/2020\/01\/01\/da23537e-2c54-11ea-8334-1a17c6a14ef4_1320x770_142835.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"description-wrapper\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\">\n<div class=\"wrapper-item desc--landscape\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\">\n<div class=\"image__title\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\">A Russian Navy landing ship sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea, in Istanbul. Photo: Reuters<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">More than 41,000 ships passed through the Bosphorus in 2018, according to Turkish authorities \u2013 more than 100 per day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\u201cEveryone who takes a look at the Bosphorus any time of the day sees it cannot handle such an intense sea traffic,\u201d Erdogan told party members in Ankara last week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">He also said there were 41 ship accidents in the Bosphorus over the last two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">But Imamoglu says the government cannot simply ignore his concerns about a project on his patch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\u201cI am mayor of Istanbul. I am not criticising a project in California,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<div class=\"imageContainer generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\n<div class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--img content--img caption\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\" data-resolution=\"2\">\n<div class=\"body__image image\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\">\n<div class=\"image_wrapper wrapper\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wrapper__img preview-img-item img--landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/methode\/2020\/01\/01\/defe7310-2c54-11ea-8334-1a17c6a14ef4_1320x770_142835.jpg\" alt=\"Ekrem Imamoglu has criticised the canal project. Photo: Reuters\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/methode\/2020\/01\/01\/defe7310-2c54-11ea-8334-1a17c6a14ef4_1320x770_142835.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"description-wrapper\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\">\n<div class=\"wrapper-item desc--landscape\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\">\n<div class=\"image__title\" data-v-43f0548b=\"\">Ekrem Imamoglu has criticised the canal project. Photo: Reuters<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">On Tuesday, he presented his objections to the government\u2019s Environmental Impact Assessment of the project, which rejected concerns raised by activists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">Imamoglu ridiculed the plans which showed \u201c80-storey buildings \u2026 yachts, villas, even palaces\u201d along the side of the canal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\u201cThe people don\u2019t need yachts or palaces \u2026 They want work, food, bread, education,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">His Republican People\u2019s Party (CHP) has bused people in to file their own objections, leading to long queues in the rain outside some district offices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\u201cThere is no need for Canal Istanbul project,\u201d said one woman, Gulseren Hayirlioglu, after filing her petition. \u201cIt will cause a massacre of nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">Others called for a referendum, though this has already been rejected by the government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\u201cErdogan must put this issue to the people,\u201d said Suna Duranoglu, a 53-year-old housewife.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-57baae88=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\u201cHe cannot decide on his own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-57baae88=\"\" data-v-68d5e3cc=\"\">\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f16536-o1\" lang=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"16536\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27726#wpcf7-f16536-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init\" aria-label=\"Contact form\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\">\n<fieldset class=\"hidden-fields-container\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"16536\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" 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