Critical Date for Kanal Istanbul: 24 March!

In accordance with the expert discovery decision of the Istanbul 10th Administrative Court in the lawsuit filed against the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report of the Kanal Istanbul and Yenişehir Project, before the discovery will be made on March 24, either Kanal or Istanbul Coordination, KadıköyHe once again told why they were against the project in his action in

Kadıköy In the statement made at Rıhtım, while explaining what has been done in the process up to this time, the experts who will come to the discovery were told, "We want you to be on the side of science for once." Stating that the government turned a deaf ear to the objections of the people, the advocates of life said:

He continues to say that we will build the channel while the country is falling apart from poverty. We have only one answer to this public enmity, this enmity against nature, this hostility to Istanbul: We will not make you a canal. We will not build not only the canal, but also that rent city that you plan to build so that your construction companies will fill their coffers.

From here, we are calling out to those who will act as experts in the discovery of the EIA report to be held on March 24. We know that some of you are permanent experts, some of you have given approval to the Nuclear project, the 3rd Airport, and some of you have lost your neutrality by expressing a positive opinion about the canal. We want you to be on the side of science for once. And we know that there are some of you who will evaluate this anti-life project with scientific data.

The reasons why life advocates oppose the Kanal Istanbul and Yenişehir Project are as follows:

1. With the Kanal Istanbul project, a cost of at least 82 billion liras will be loaded on 110 million people, even though each minister and EIA report cost different things.
2. With the canal, Istanbul's population will increase by at least 1,5 million. At least 3,4 million people will be trafficked because of the canal.
3. With the canal project, Istanbul will be doomed to thirst. Istanbul, which has existed for 8500 years, will lose its fresh water resources on the European side. Sazlıdere dam will be destroyed.
4. The canal means plant and animal genocide for Istanbul. Because of this project, 23 million square meters of forest and 136 million square meters of very productive agricultural land will disappear forever. The agricultural areas in this region are suitable for growing wheat and sunflower, which we expect from Russia and Ukraine these days.
5. The Kanal Istanbul project will betray thousands of years of urban memory. Because 17 million square meters of protected area is affected by this project. The Bathonea Archaeological excavation area on the edge of Küçükçekmece Lagoon, Yarımburgaz Caves and historical artifacts that are not yet known underground will be destroyed.
6. With Kanal Istanbul, a load of 35 billion liras will come to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
7. Due to the project, the traffic between the part that will turn into an island on the European side and Thrace will be connected by 6 road bridges and two railway bridges. If this project is realized, Istanbul traffic will be completely locked.
8. How to transport at least two billion cubic meters of excavation that will arise due to excavation from the canal is an unsolved problem. This excavation is equal to 50 years of excavation in Istanbul.
9. With the Kanal Istanbul project, 8 million people will be imprisoned on an island. How will the life safety of this population be ensured in the event of an earthquake?
10. If this project is realized, the Sea of ​​Marmara and fisheries will disappear. According to experts, when the 25-meter-deep canal is opened, the Black Sea water will quickly flow into the Marmara Sea, and the death warrant of the already dying Marmara Sea will be given.
11. Spirituality will also take a big hit with the canal because dozens of cemeteries will have to be transferred with this project.
12. One of the problems created by the Channel is the possibility of this project to open the Montreux contract for discussion.
13. Comparing the canal with the Suez and Panama canals, they claim that they will earn a high price from the ships passing through, but the Suez Canal, from which these fees are charged, shortens the route for a ship by 6000 km, and the Panama Canal by 13000 km, while Kanal Istanbul does not provide such an advantage. On the other hand, in accordance with the Montreux Convention, ships cannot be forced into toll transit.
14. The Canal and Yenişehir project will displace the people living in the region. Exile documents have already been sent to various neighborhoods and villages in Küçükçekmece, Başakşehir and Arnavutköy within the scope of zoning practices. The living spaces of people who have lived here for decades and have established their livelihood, business and life here are marketed as good news on international televisions as real estate advertisements.

(union.org)