Canal Istanbul: Turkey's controversial megaproject
| Titel: | Canal Istanbul: Turkey's controversial megaproject : its likely impacts on the Montreux Convention and regional stability / Tuba Eldem ; Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - German Institute for International and Security Affairs |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Berlin : SWP, [July 2021] |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (8 Seiten) |
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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SWP comment ; 2021, no. 43 (July 2021) |
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Zusammenfassung: On June 26, the Turkish government began constructing the first bridge over Canal Istanbul, the huge waterway project designed to run parallel to the Bosporus Strait. Ankara has presented the megaproject as a strategic move that will turn Turkey into a logistics base and grant it geopolitical leverage over both regional and international trade and transportation routes. However, Turkey’s political opposition considers Canal Istanbul to be a rent-seeking project designed to attract international - probably Chinese and Arab - investment in the hope of reviving Turkey’s deteriorating economy. The Canal may also affect the Montreux Convention, the decades old treaty that governs the Turkish Straits. Given the rivalry between the US and Russia, questions around the Montreux Convention will add another point of contention, increase tensions and may also present serious consequences for Turkey |
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