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Court cancels Canal İstanbul zoning plan

İSTANBUL MAYOR İMAMOĞLU ANNOUNCED:

Court cancels Canal İstanbul zoning plan

İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu announced the cancellation of the zoning plans for Canal İstanbul, stating, "We didn't let you build that concrete canal, and we won't."

14 February 2024

Experts who gave green light to mega projects to review Canal İstanbul appeal

Experts who gave green light to mega projects to review Canal İstanbul appeal

Four of the academics in a team of experts previously gave positive opinions for other mega projects of the government, including a nuclear power plant project.

17 April 2023 Vecih Cuzdan

Expert examination for Canal İstanbul: Plaintiffs request recusal

Expert examination for Canal İstanbul: Plaintiffs request recusal

Strict security measures were taken before the expert examination of the Canal İstanbul project. The plaintiffs said that they would not participate in the examination due to the court board’s unlawful conduct and requated recusal.

Canal İstanbul | Council of State cancels the tender for a railway line

Canal İstanbul | Council of State cancels the tender for a railway line

Examining the tender for a railway line to be built between Halkalı and Ispartakule as part of the Canal İstanbul project, the Council of State has found the negotiated tendering process to be contrary to law.

CHP reiterates objections to canal project: ‘We don’t want İstanbul to be plundered’

CHP reiterates objections to canal project: ‘We don’t want İstanbul to be plundered’

Main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said, “In a world where the climate crisis is so widely discussed, you will keep on betraying İstanbul. Those who bid in the tender for Canal İstanbul project will pay a heavy price.”

9 November 2021

Turkey's main opposition leader urges foreign countries not to invest in Canal İstanbul

Turkey's main opposition leader urges foreign countries not to invest in Canal İstanbul

Kılıçdaroğlu has sent letters to all diplomatic missions in Turkey in their own languages, warning them against the ecological destruction to be caused by the project.

8 November 2021

Urgent expropriation decree for lands on Canal İstanbul route

Urgent expropriation decree for lands on Canal İstanbul route

The government is preparing a new law that includes incentives for the companies that undertake the construction of the canal, an opposition politician has claimed.

7 September 2021

Poll: Four possible opposition candidates lead Erdoğan, economic crisis most urgent problem

Poll: Four possible opposition candidates lead Erdoğan, economic crisis most urgent problem

About 65 percent think the economic crisis and unemployment are Turkey's most urgent problems. The opposition alliance is slightly ahead of the ruling alliance in the parliamentary election poll.

18 August 2021 Hikmet Adal

Canal İstanbul: What if the opposition takes over before it's completed?

PAST WEEK IN TURKEY

Canal İstanbul: What if the opposition takes over before it's completed?

Opposition tries to dissuade potential financiers of Canal İstanbul • Turkey is officially out of İstanbul Convention • Erdoğan makes false claims on Covid vaccination • Covid reopening with "silence after midnight"

4 July 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Deutsche Bank at the center of Canal İstanbul financing debate

Deutsche Bank at the center of Canal İstanbul financing debate

A Deutsche Bank official has reportedly denied the bank's involvement in the project after President Erdoğan's claims that it was threatened by opposition leaders.

Should Canal İstanbul be built or not?

Should Canal İstanbul be built or not?

The municipality raises concerns over the canal while the Presidency Communications Directorate explain its possible "benefits."

Erdoğan says Canal İstanbul financing to continue regardless of his future

Erdoğan says Canal İstanbul financing to continue regardless of his future

The main opposition party says it "won't pay a dime" for the canal project once it assumes power as Turkey breaks the ground for the canal.

All buildings at risk can be repaired with Canal İstanbul’s budget

GREENPEACE

All buildings at risk can be repaired with Canal İstanbul’s budget

Greenpeace has listed what can be done if the 15-billion-dollar budget allocated to the Canal İstanbul Project is spent for green improvements: Over 14 million households can be provided with 10-ton rainwater collection systems.

Call for a protest march to the groundbreaking of Canal İstanbul

EITHER CANAL OR ISTANBUL

Call for a protest march to the groundbreaking of Canal İstanbul

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 place.

Details revealed of the first bridge of Canal İstanbul project

Details revealed of the first bridge of Canal İstanbul project

The cable-stayed bridge, the first to be constructed along the route of Canal İstanbul, will reportedly be built to provide a crossing around Sazlıdere in Edirne province as part of the Northern Marmara Highway.

İstanbul mayor calls on government to cancel Canal İstanbul project

İstanbul mayor calls on government to cancel Canal İstanbul project

President Erdoğan said the construction of the bridges of the canal will start this month.

Erdoğan: Turkey to start Canal İstanbul project this month, may reduce interest rates in July

Erdoğan: Turkey to start Canal İstanbul project this month, may reduce interest rates in July

The president has said that the opposition shouldn't ask about how the Central Bank's foreign currency reserves of 128 billion dollars were spent.

Mayor İmamoğlu: We will adhere to İstanbul Convention

Mayor İmamoğlu: We will adhere to İstanbul Convention

İmamoğlu stated that the number of women administrators in İstanbul Municipality increased three times compared to the previous period. Speaking about LGBTI+ rights, he said, "As an institution, we stand with LGBTI+s, as we stand with every citizen.”

27 May 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Erdoğan: Islam forbids violence against women, we can draft a better convention

Erdoğan: Islam forbids violence against women, we can draft a better convention

President Erdoğan has commented on Turkey’s withdrawal from İstanbul Convention: “If we absolutely need such a contract, we can draught one that is fairer, better, and stronger, call it the Ankara Convention, and go forward with that."

Putin tells Erdoğan Montreux Convention should be preserved

Putin tells Erdoğan Montreux Convention should be preserved

President Erdoğan recently the Montreux treaty on the Straits wouldn't be binding for Canal İstanbul.

İstanbul mayor says HDP not a 'terrorist' party, canal project a 'betrayal' of city

İstanbul mayor says HDP not a 'terrorist' party, canal project a 'betrayal' of city

The canal project would add more to the city's more than a million empty homes and destroy agricultural lands, İmamoğlu has said.

Canal İstanbul zoning plans approved, made public by ministry

Canal İstanbul zoning plans approved, made public by ministry

"We will rapidly take steps to enrich our country and sacred city with Kanal Istanbul," Minister Kurum has said.

‘Canal İstanbul not on the agenda, people queue for bread’

İSTANBUL MAYOR İMAMOĞLU

‘Canal İstanbul not on the agenda, people queue for bread’

Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Mayor of opposition-led İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, has responded to the remarks of President and AKP Chair Erdoğan, who said, “We will build Canal İstanbul just to spite them.”

25 February 2021

Canal İstanbul threat allegations show 'environmental assessment should be canceled'

Canal İstanbul threat allegations show 'environmental assessment should be canceled'

A member of the project's board of experts said that he was asked to make changes in a scientific review report and received threats after refusing to do so.

29 January 2021

Canal İstanbul expert claims to be threatened after not making changes in report

Canal İstanbul expert claims to be threatened after not making changes in report

An academic has requested to be exempted from the board of experts set up for Canal (Kanal) İstanbul, the government's controversial project aiming to link the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea.

28 January 2021

Objection to panel of experts in Canal İstanbul case

Objection to panel of experts in Canal İstanbul case

The Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) has objected to the panel of experts who will review the appeals in the court case against the Canal İstanbul project, citing concerns about experts’ impartiality and objectivity.

19 January 2021

‘Government deals with Canal İstanbul, not with public health’

CHP MP GÜRSEL TEKİN

‘Government deals with Canal İstanbul, not with public health’

Main opposition CHP MP Tekin has criticized the government over Minister of Environment and Urbanization Kurum's announcement that “2021 will be a year when the Canal İstanbul project will start and proceed quickly.”

Mayor İmamoğlu: Whomever you made a promise for Canal İstanbul, give it up

Mayor İmamoğlu: Whomever you made a promise for Canal İstanbul, give it up

Calling on the government to abandon the Canal İstanbul project, which foresees an artificial sea-level waterway between the Black Sea and Marmara Sea, İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu says, “İstanbul, İstanbulites and this country do not need irrational projects.”

25 December 2020

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu: To me, Canal İstanbul is not a state project

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu: To me, Canal İstanbul is not a state project

In a statement explaining the reason for the investigation launched against İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor İmamoğlu, the Ministry of Interior has referred to Canal İstanbul as a “state project,” to which İmamoğlu has responded: “To me, it is not.”

17 November 2020

‘Canal İstanbul’ investigation against İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu

‘Canal İstanbul’ investigation against İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu

İYİ Party Chair Akşener has announced that an investigation has been launched against İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu due to his objection to the Canal İstanbul project. Municipality's spokesperson has confirmed the investigation.

16 November 2020

Journalist Hazal Ocak acquitted of ‘Son-in-law knows what to do’ news

Journalist Hazal Ocak acquitted of ‘Son-in-law knows what to do’ news

Standing trial over a news report regarding the land purchased by Finance Minister Albayrak near the planned route of Canal İstanbul, reporter Hazal Ocak from Cumhuriyet newspaper has been acquitted of “insulting a public official.”

27 October 2020 Hikmet Adal

Report: 196 incidents of 'destruction' of the Northern Forests found in three months

Report: 196 incidents of 'destruction' of the Northern Forests found in three months

The most important cause of forest fires is the combination of suitable climate conditions, strong winds, the climate crisis and the "intense destruction" in the Northern Forests, according to a report by the Northern Forests Research Association.

22 October 2020

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