President Erdoğan made a statement about Kanal İstanbul, "We will start the tender in the coming weeks". Erdogan, "The leader of the main opposition party states that we cannot, when we say we will build Kanal İstanbul. You do what you do but we will do this. We will start the tender in coming weeks and starting Kanal İstanbul".

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke at the ceremony of Services Exporters and 2018 HIB Awards at İstanbul Congress Center.

Erdogan made a statement on the agenda of the Kanal İstanbul, "We will start the tender in the coming weeks." he said.

Erdogan said, “The leader of the main opposition party states that we cannot, when we say we will build Kanal İstanbul. You do what you do but we will do this. We will start the tender in coming weeks and starting Kanal İstanbul”.

Highlights from President Erdoğan's statements are as follows:

Kanal İstanbul has many features. There will be rights to gain for Türkiye. A tanker in front of Selimiye was burned for more than 7 months. Once with Kanal İstanbul, these threats will almost disappear, and will have a serious return to our country. All of these studies have been done, descent from the Black Sea to the Marmara, a different feature will take over the Kanal İstanbul.

Although they tried every way they could not stop this happy walk, I hope they will not. Inside, outside. Especially now the head of the main opposition in person. We say 'Kanal İstanbul', and it turns out he says, 'You can't.' Either way we do it. Whatever you do, we will do it. On the one hand, it threatens contractors. 'No matter which contractor gets involved, he won't be able to get his money - we're coming, when we're elected.' he says. Once a person who is unaware of what the State is. What do you mean? You're not going to come, it's a separate matter. Continuity is essential in the State, and a contractor has entered into this business and made his contract. I would like to recall that because he says so, I would like to remind all of our contractors, our international contractors, see what kind of politician there is in this country. This is also the leader of the main opposition party now. I hope we are doing the tender in the coming weeks here and we start Kanal İstanbul. This work is not for a week, 1 month, 1 year, but a step towards the end of my mayor's office back in time. We will implement this step. Just as there is Suez or Gibraltar in the world, we will have Kanal İstanbul.

We continue our way by tearing up the scenarios against our country and nation, breaking the traps and passing through. We are more closer than ever for our target a large and powerful Turkey.