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 ...

The project was first announced in 2011 by then-premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is now president of Turkiye.

ISTANBUL, March 26 (Reuters) - Turkey held its first tender on Thursday to prepare to build a huge canal on the edge of Istanbul, a Transport Ministry spokesman said, signaling progress on the project ...

The construction work for Canal İstanbul started with the groundbreaking of a bridge over the planned canal route on June 26, a decade after Erdoğan announced it as "my crazy project." Meanwhile, ...

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 ...

According to a recent survey conducted by the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, only 34.1 percent of İstanbulites support the Canal İstanbul project, a planned artificial waterway between the Sea of ...

Land prices are booming in Sazlibosna. Over a tulip-shaped glass of tea in one of the village’s cafes, local governor Oktay Teke says that a few years ago, a square meter of land here in the farming ...

Explore Turkey's proposed $65 billion canal project through Istanbul, examining its historical context, significance, and potential issues. The video discusses previous canal proposals and key ...

People wearing masks to help protect against the spread of coronavirus, walk, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Nov. 15, 2020. Turkish health ministry statistics show 93 people died Friday of COVID-19 amid a ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan has revived plans to dig a canal on the edge of Istanbul despite opposition from hundreds of petitioners and the city's new mayor against the kind of mega ...

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.