Crazy Canal Istanbul project gets green light

The Canal Istanbul project, which will create a big island on the European side of Istanbul has been given the green light by the Turkish government, after the Higher Planning Committee signed the project, two years after it was announced by the prime minister. The project, which was announced as the “crazy project” by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during his election campaign in 2011, was signed by the Higher Planning Committee...