Erdogan’s ‘crazy’ Istanbul canal plan is dividing opinion
Turkey’s government plans ship route to rival the Suez and take strain off the Bosphorus
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Turkish farmer Turgay Yoldas’s water buffalo may become an even rarer sight in the hills west of Istanbul, thanks to a vast and costly infrastructure project that even the country’s president admits is a “crazy” idea.
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