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Factbox: Erdogan pushes 'crazy' Istanbul canal dream despite opposition - Reuters

Factbox: Erdogan pushes 'crazy' Istanbul canal dream despite opposition
Ali Kucukgocmen, Jonathan Spicer

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan has revived plans to dig a canal on the edge of Istanbul despite opposition from hundreds of petitioners and the city’s new mayor against the kind of mega project that has come to define Turkey’s economic boom and bust.

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