{"id":17688,"date":"2021-04-15T17:07:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T14:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bazaartimes.com\/?p=17688"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:07:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T14:07:26","slug":"canal-istanbul-will-bring-turkey-greater-peace-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bazaartimes.com\/canal-istanbul-will-bring-turkey-greater-peace-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Canal Istanbul will bring Turkey greater peace: President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Turkish president says mega-project will help Turkey establish its independence, sovereignty in full measure<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canal Istanbul mega-project will result in greater peace of mind for the Turkish nation, said Turkey\u2019s president on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Canal Istanbul project, which has nothing to do with the Montreux Convention, will bring Turkey greater comfort and peace,&#8221; said Recep Tayyip Erdogan, referring to a 1936 agreement on the Turkish Straits, also in the Istanbul province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are bringing about work through which we will establish our own independence, our own sovereignty in full measure,&#8221; he added, speaking at the Presidential National Library in the capital Ankara on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erdogan stated that with the Canal Istanbul project, the city would achieve great richness, and the Bosporus \u2013 one of the two Turkish Straits  will be relieved over environmental concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president has previously argued that as an alternate to the Bosporus, the canal would relieve dangerously heavy ship traffic in the Straits, and in particular shipments of hazardous materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Touching on Turkey\u2019s withdrawal last month from the Istanbul Convention, Erdogan said: &#8220;The Istanbul Convention has not led to respect for women&#8217;s rights in either our country or the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We can create a fairer, better, stronger version of the Istanbul Convention and go forward with that,&#8221; he argued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkey withdrew from the convention on March 20, arguing that the pact conflicted with local traditions and that Turkish laws provide ample protection to women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkish president says mega-project will help Turkey establish its independence, sovereignty in full measure The Canal Istanbul mega-project will result in greater peace of mind for the Turkish nation, said &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[48],"tags":[9959,605,685,26,9718,10106,10105,1613,5],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bazaartimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Recep-Tayyip-Erdogan-6.jpg?fit=691%2C394&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bazaartimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bazaartimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bazaartimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bazaartimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bazaartimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17688"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bazaartimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17691,"href":"https:\/\/bazaartimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17688\/revisions\/17691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bazaartimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bazaartimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bazaartimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bazaartimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}