(Bloomberg) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the construction of a multi-billion dollar canal, an alternative to Istanbul’s Bosporus strait, will begin at the end of June as the pandemic continues to take its toll on the country’s ailing economy.Erdogan’s announcement on Saturday came a decade after he first revealed his “crazy project” and at a time when his support has hit an all-time low. The 45-kilometer (28-mile) Canal Istanbul would cost around $15 billion and link the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara. It is meant to ease shipping traffic and the risk of accidents in the Bosporus, which bisects Turkey’s biggest city.Erdogan is betting that the building of the canal and the rise of new cities along its route will create thousands of jobs and wealth that will dramatically boost the country’s economic growth and reverse the slide of his popularity ahead of the 2023 presidential elections. Discontent has grown over the Er
Turkey: Erdogan Sues Politician for Comparing Him to Netanyahu
21 May 2021
Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the head of a rival political party for referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “the Israeli version of Erdogan.”
Erdogan, who has a long record of antisemitic remarks and recently called for the creation of a multinational Muslim army to attack Israel, called Iyi Party leader Meral Akşener’s comments “immoral” and “shameless” prior to new surfacing that he is demanding 250,000 lira – nearly $30,000 – from Akşener for her remarks, according to Turkey’s
Hurriyet‘s report did not specify what Erodgan is suing for, but “insulting the president” is a crime in Turkey punishable by both civil litigation and jail time. Erdogan has taken to using the legal provision with increasing frequency in the past decade against political opponents, both professional politicians and private
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BY HARUT SASSOUNIAN
While it was widely publicized that Russia attempted to interfere in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, very little was reported about similar meddling by Turkey.
The US National Intelligence Council (NIC) released on March 15, 2021 a declassified report which confirmed Turkish hackers’ cyber-attack in the 2020 election on Joe Biden’s campaign website, to support Pres. Donald Trump.
This should not come as a surprise to anyone, given the warm personal relationship between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pres. Trump. Erdogan made weekly phone calls to the White House securing Pres. Trump’s agreement on many pro-Turkish issues. Erdogan was certain that Biden would not be as accommodating as Trump.
A Turkish government tourism promotion video showing airline and hospitality staff wearing yellow masks with a logo that reads "Enjoy! I am vaccinated" has triggered widespread outrage across the country.While opposition leaders said .