Murat Yetkin: 'Kanal İstanbul’un acı gerçeği: para olsa...' 02/05/25 Halil Ferah ile Sesli Köşe
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[{'start': '0.000', 'end': '2.000', 'text': 'It has finally been acknowledged by official authorities that money cannot be found to build President Tayyip Erdoğan’s dream project, Kanal Istanbul.  Thus, it is understood that the project is not possible to be carried out in the near future against all the real estate marketing activities in the Middle Eastern countries.\nThis fact was established by the seemingly contradictory statements of the two ministers who got into an argument with CHP leader Özgür Özel over the Canal Istanbul via the media, and by the statement of the Center for Combating Disinformation (DMM), affiliated with the Presidency, that the two ministers actually wanted to say the same thing.\n\nÖzel spoke, Beştepe stepped in The\nDMM statement, which is affiliated with the Presidency\'s Directorate of Communications, was made by the "X" account, a few hours after the statement on Kanal İstanbul made by CHP leader Özel during the May 1 rally in Kadıköy.  According to DMM, there was no contradiction between the statement of Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum on April 30, “It is not on our agenda,” and the statement of Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdülkadir Uraloğlu on May 1, “We have not given up.”\nHowever, Özel claimed a few hours ago that there was a contradiction and that Uraloğlu was telling the truth.  He even challenged Erdoğan with the Kanal İstanbul referendum. Özel had previously claimed that Uraloğlu had given detailed information to Erdoğan on February 27, and that the button for Ekrem İmamoğlu’s detention on March 19 and the subsequent developments was pressed in order to revive the Kanal İstanbul project.  İmamoğlu had also said from Silivri Prison that he aimed to revive the Canal Project by taking advantage of his imprisonment in the construction of the mass housing area started in the Sazlıdere Dam basin by TOKİ, which is affiliated with the Institution.\nÖzel claimed that the political purpose of İmamoğlu’s arrest was to prevent him from becoming a rival in the presidential race, and the financial purpose was to build the Istanbul Canal “as a profiteering project.”\n\nMoney cannot be found for Canal Istanbul\nDMM was right that both ministers actually said similar things;  details were important.\nIn the DMM statement, it was emphasized that the Institution said that it was not currently on our agenda by saying, "It is not on our agenda at the moment", and it was intended to explain that it did not say that it was shelved.\nLikewise, before saying “we are not giving up”, Uraloğlu had said, “We will do it at the right time, with the right credit and financial opportunities”.  Otherwise, Uraloğlu was saying, "It is not on the agenda right now."\nSo, what does the emphasis on “the right credit and financial opportunities at the right time” mean?  This\nmeans that the government currently cannot find the money to start the construction of Kanal Istanbul.\nOne more question: If Canal Istanbul is such an attractive and profitable project, let alone Western countries, why didn\'t rich Arab countries, for example, put in money and provide loans and finance?\nCould this be due, even if only in a small way, to the fact that the project is not profitable, as well as the fact that the municipality of a city with a population of 16 million is completely against this project, and that the arrest of the city\'s mayor has escalated political tension and polarization in a country that has still not overcome its economic crisis?  Do\nn\'t be angry with the question, dear. Just say "No" if you believe it yourself.'}]