the merkez türkiye (english: "centre turkey", "hub turkey" or "central turkey") project is a proposal for a planned megacity put forward by turkey's main opposition republican people's party (chp) on 21 may 2015, as part of their june 2015 general election campaign. the project plans to utilise turkey's strategic geographical positioning to establish a centre for global trade and commerce in central anatolia. it was branded as turkey's 'economic empowerment project' "(ekonomi yükseliş projesi)" and was nicknamed 'the project of the century' "(yüzyılın projesi)".