From Turkish Minute, June 9:
Turkey will begin construction on the controversial Kanal İstanbul, a proposed artificial sea-level waterway in İstanbul, on June 26, despite widespread public opposition based on environmental and financial concerns, local media reported on Wednesday.
The groundbreaking ceremony for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s “crazy project,” which is planned to bisect the European side of İstanbul to connect the Black Sea to the Marmara and Mediterranean seas, will take place on June 26.
Erdoğan and his far-right ally Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), are expected to attend the event launching the canal project, which is scheduled to be completed by 2023, Turkish media reports said.
While Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) government claim the channel is necessary for the safety of İstanbul’s Bosporus Strait, which sees busy marine traffic, critics of the project argue it is aimed at generating money for pro-AKP circles and will damage nature and could even worsen the earthquake risk in the city of more than 15 million people....
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The plan effectively turns a large part of Istanbul into an island.
Which is the terminus of a major, major earthquake fault:
Risk: Massive Earthquake Could Hit Istanbul at any Moment with just SECONDS Warning, Say ScientistsAn Istanbul Earthquake: Since 1939 The Magnitude 7+ Quakes Are Moving Progressively Closer To Istanbul
