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Canal Istanbul: Turkey's controversial megaproject; its likely impacts on the Montreux Convention and regional stability

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Názov: Canal Istanbul: Turkey's controversial megaproject; its likely impacts on the Montreux Convention and regional stability
Autori: Eldem, Tuba
Prispievatelia: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Zdroj: SWP Comment
Informácie o vydavateľovi: DEU, 2021.
Rok vydania: 2021
Predmety: Türkei, Bauvorhaben, Wiederaufbau, Brücke, Kritik an der Regierung, Missachtung, Internationale Vereinbarung, Geopolitische Faktoren, Geostrategische Lage, Energietransport, International relations, Internationale Beziehungen, internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik, International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy, ddc:327
Popis: On June 26, the Turkish government began constructing the first bridge over Canal Istanbul, the huge waterway project designed to run parallel to the Bosporus Strait. Ankara has presented the megaproject as a strategic move that will turn Turkey into a logistics base and grant it geo-political leverage over both regional and international trade and transportation routes. However, Turkey’s political opposition considers Canal Istanbul to be a rent-seeking project designed to attract international - prob­ably Chinese and Arab - investment in the hope of reviving Turkey's deteriorating economy. The Canal may also affect the Montreux Convention, the decades old treaty that governs the Turkish Straits. Given the rivalry between the US and Russia, ques­tions around the Montreux Convention will add another point of contention, increase tensions and may also present serious consequences for Turkey. (author's abstract)
Druh dokumentu: Book
DOI: 10.18449/2021c43
Prístupová URL adresa: https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/76041
Prístupové číslo: edsair.od......1272..d0e46bca252226d489c18bcdd284edb6
Databáza: OpenAIRE
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Abstrakt:On June 26, the Turkish government began constructing the first bridge over Canal Istanbul, the huge waterway project designed to run parallel to the Bosporus Strait. Ankara has presented the megaproject as a strategic move that will turn Turkey into a logistics base and grant it geo-political leverage over both regional and international trade and transportation routes. However, Turkey’s political opposition considers Canal Istanbul to be a rent-seeking project designed to attract international - prob­ably Chinese and Arab - investment in the hope of reviving Turkey's deteriorating economy. The Canal may also affect the Montreux Convention, the decades old treaty that governs the Turkish Straits. Given the rivalry between the US and Russia, ques­tions around the Montreux Convention will add another point of contention, increase tensions and may also present serious consequences for Turkey. (author's abstract)
DOI:10.18449/2021c43