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The Grand Turk
Turkey’s interior ministry has launched a probe into the Istanbul mayor Imamoglu over his opposition to President Erdogan’s dream of building an alternative to the Bosphorus Strait
2020-11-17
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Posted by:Fred

#3  But the route...
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2020-11-17 09:55  

#2  ^They use the straits too. So can't mine it - to deny passage to Russia - without hurting their own economy.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-11-17 07:26  

#1  I'm curious about this canal idea, but in a train wreck, can't look away sense. Why would you build an alternative to the strait you utterly control? There's no need beyond ego.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2020-11-17 06:10  

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