Oil tanker Shah Deniz passes under the 15 July Martyrs bridge on the Bosphorus strait. Photo: Hélène Franchineau Oil tanker Shah Deniz passes under the 15 July Martyrs bridge on the Bosphorus strait. Photo: Hélène Franchineau
Oil tanker Shah Deniz passes under the 15 July Martyrs bridge on the Bosphorus strait. Photo: Hélène Franchineau

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How Istanbul’s man-made canal project could trigger an arms race in the Black Sea – and why China is watching closely

The Kanal Istanbul project will not be subject to the international treaty that limits the access of warships to the strategically pivotal waters in central Europe

Topic |   Turkey
Helene Franchineau
Helene Franchineau

Updated: 10:09pm, 3 Jun, 2018

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Oil tanker Shah Deniz passes under the 15 July Martyrs bridge on the Bosphorus strait. Photo: Hélène Franchineau Oil tanker Shah Deniz passes under the 15 July Martyrs bridge on the Bosphorus strait. Photo: Hélène Franchineau
Oil tanker Shah Deniz passes under the 15 July Martyrs bridge on the Bosphorus strait. Photo: Hélène Franchineau
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