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One has to wonder why Turkey fared much better (though not perfectly) with their huge airport project: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-is
by lazyjones 7y ago
One has to wonder why Turkey fared much better (though not perfectly) with their huge airport project: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-istanbul-airport-largest-erdogan-terminal-runway-ataturk-international-a8606666.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-istan...
- Tomte 7y agoI doubt a Turkish supervision agency would have stopped the Turkish airport even once for any reason, with Erdogan's clear will to open it on time. In Germany they did many times, for all kinds of reasons (mostly fire response).
- user5994461 7y agoThe article says this airport is $11B. It's more than twice the costs of the "failed" German airport.
- lostlogin 7y agoThere is a comment in this thread by rolleiflex on the number of worker deaths and shambolic state of the airport 2 weeks ago. Press freedoms in Turkey might be the actual difference.