"Turkey: Erdogan Pushing for Black Sea-Marmara Canal
May 27, 2011 - 2:12pm, by Dorian Jones
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appears to see the construction of a canal near Istanbul that would link the Black and Marmara seas as a lynchpin of his political legacy. But political experts and economists are viewing the project with caution, worrying that it could have a destabilizing impact on existing energy and security arrangements. "
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