TR Turkey expects to lay ground for Kanal Istanbul project in summer

[BordoEnes]

Days like these I am glad I live in the Netherlands and tax money does not go to stupid megaprojects. And where shit like this would be scrutinized into oblivion.

 

[Mis_TR_Like]

ah great, perfect timing... great way to distract citizens from the fact that we're making peace with PKK and allowing them to create a state

 

[Ryder]

Days like these I am glad I live in the Netherlands and tax money does not go to stupid megaprojects. And where shit like this would be scrutinized into oblivion.

Its a Eastern Mentality to build mega projects that would bankrupt you.

Mughal Sultan Shah Jahan actually bankrupted his empire to build the Taj Mahal.

 

[TheInsider]

Egypt is building a new administrative capital worth 50 billion $. It is the same mentality with different applications.

 

[Ryder]

Egypt is building a new administrative capital worth 50 billion $. It is the same mentality with different applications.

Chinese built the Great Wall aka the current we see today was built by the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention the Ming scuttled their own navy just upgrade the wall.

A wasteful megaproject in my opinion.

This kind of mentality has been with us for centuries. Nothing has changed.

Numerous examples but in Turkiye we call it Cilgin Proje. Just a fancy way of saying megaproject.

 

[Huelague]

Its a Eastern Mentality to build mega projects that would bankrupt you.

Mughal Sultan Shah Jahan actually bankrupted his empire to build the Taj Mahal.

Like the new Istanbul Airport?

 

[Ryder]

Like the new Istanbul Airport?

True but I allow Istanbul airport to make the pass because in the long term future as it will manage lots of planes coming in.

 

[Nutuk]

Worse is the canal will waste the few sweet water lakes to the west of Istanbul and force Istanbul to make drinking water from desalination plants

 

[AlperTunga]

There is progress.
Just 2.5 Months Later the first Bridge is being built. We can see the 2 Pillars for the Bridge

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Location on Satellite images

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I Have marked the road works. its pretty advanced already.
10Km in long road in various stage of Completion.

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is there any known investor so far for the project? Or the state is using tax money to finance this initial work?