Bridging Gaps in Infrastructure in Southeast Europe

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Bridging Gaps in Infrastructure in Southeast
Europe

• Erdem DIREKLER
• Head of Foreign Relations Department
• Republic of Turkey
• Ministry of Transport and Communications

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EUROPE
RUSSIA
ASIA
TURKEY
Connecting Europe and Asia by 2 Straits
MIDDLE EAST
AFRICA
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Turkey as an international gateway

• Located at the cross-roads of four continents
• A bridge between Europe and Asia
• Providing suitable junction combinations between
  neighbouring regions

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Main Principles of Turkish Transport

• Completing the missing links and upgrading the
  existing road and railway infrastructure on the
  main axes
• An intermodal transport network
• Uninterrupted logistic chains
• Safe, secure, cheap, fast, efficient, reliable
  and high quality transport services
• A sustainable and well-functioning transport
  system

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Major Transport Infrastructure Projects in Turkey

• Construction of Black Sea Coastal Road
• Construction of dual carriageways
• Istanbul Strait Tube Tunnel Project (Marmaray
  Project)
• Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Railway Project
• Construction of High Speed Railway Lines
• Construction of new ports and modernization of
  the existing ones

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Civil Aviation Sector
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Civil Aviation Sector

• AVERAGE GROWTH IN THE CIVIL AVIATION SECTOR
• DURING RECENT YEARS

IN THE WORLD
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IN TURKEY
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• Grew 6 times faster than the world average
• Total air traffic growth expected for 2015 was
  reached by 2005.

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Civil Aviation Sector

• Number of aircrafts (2007) 252

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Civil Aviation Sector

• Construction of new airport terminals by BOT
  model
• 25 million passengers per year and 25.000 extra
  employments

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Major Airport Terminals of Turkey
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Maritime Sector
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Major Public and Private Ports
Turkey has 184 ports operating in coverage of
ISPS Code
TOTAL HANDLING CAPACITY (TON) 350.000.000
HANDLING IN 2007 GENERAL, BULK AND LIQUID
CARGOES (TON) 285.000.000 CONTAINER (TEU)
4.558.000
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Major Ports
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Major Infrastructure Projects in Maritime Sector
CESME PORT
Canakkale Port Project
Bodrum-Turgutreis Marina Project
KAS PORT
ALANYA PORT
SIGACIK PORT
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Maritime Sector

• 55.000 Vessels Including 10.000 Tankers Pass
  Through the Turkish Straits Annually

• In 2007, 150 Million Tons of Dangerous Liquid
  Cargoes Carried Through the Turkish Straits

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Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) for Turkish Straits
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Automatic Identification System (AIS)
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Ro-Ro Shipping
In 2007, 348.213 Vehicles were carried by Ro-Ro
Vessels
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Railway Sector
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Turkish Railway Network
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BTK Project
Estimated numbers of passengers and freight for
2011 1 Million Passengers 6,5 Million Tones
Freight
Estimated Capacity by 2034 3 Million
Passengers 17 Million Tones Freight
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The Marmaray Project
Tube Tunnel passing under the Istanbul Strait

• One of the major transportation infrastructure
  projects in the world at present
• The tunnel passing under the Istanbul Strait
  will provide uninterrupted railway connection
  between Asia and Europe
• Total cost of the project is approximately
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  3 billion

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The Istanbul Strait Highway Tube Tunnel
ASIA
EUROPE
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HIGH SPEED LINES
K A R A D E N I Z
Kapikule
Kirklareli
Çerkezköy
Pityon
ISTANBUL
(Sirkeci)
Mandira
Samsun
Karabük
Uzunköprü
Eregli
Pehlivanköy
Zonguldak
Gelemen
Gebze
Armutçuk
Izmit
Ülkü
Çarsamba
Adapazari
Kars
Çankiri
Arifiye
Amasya
OSMANELI
Turhal
Bandirma
Erzurum
Horasan
ANKARA
Erzincan
Irmak
BURSA
Eskisehir
Seyitömer
E G E D E N I Z I
Yerköy
Balikesir
Tunçbilek
SIVAS
Kalin
Yozgat
Bostankaya
Polatli
Hanli
Alayunt
Soma
Divrigi
Tavsanli
Kütahya
Çetinkaya
Aliaga
Elazig
Dumlupinar
Hekimhan
AFYON
Manisa
Van Gölü
Kapiköy
Bogazköprü
Usak
Menemen
Mus
IZMIR
KAYSERI
Van
Tatvan
MALATYA
Karakuyu
Ödemis
Çatal
Çivril
Gümüsgün
Bozanönü
Torbali
Batman
Yolçati
Goncali
Ortaklar
Egirdir
Tire
KONYA
Nazilli
Sütlaç
Kurtalan
Aydin
Diyarbakir
Söke
Burdur
Isparta
Kahramanmaras
Denizli
Ulukisla
Mardin
Narli
Nusaybin
Gaziantep
Senyurt
Karaman
ADANA
Köprü agzi
Karkamis
Yenice
Mersin
Fevzi pasa
Toprak kale
Meydanekbez
Iskenderun
A K D E N I Z
ANKARA-ISTANBUL 533 KM (3 h.)
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
ANKARA-KONYA 212 KM (1 h. 15 min.)
ANKARA-SIVAS 466 KM (3 h.)
FINAL DRAWINGS COMPLETED
ANKARA-IZMIR 623 KM (3 h. 30 min.)
BURSA-OSMANELI 106 KM (30 min.)
ISTANBUL - EDIRNE 230 KM (1 h. 20 min.) (BORDER
with BULGARIA)
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FREIGHT VILLAGES (LOGISTICS CENTRES)
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Road Transport Sector
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New Highway Projects
Istanbul
Kinali
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244 km
Malkara
Adapazari
Gebze
3
410 km
Bursa
7
1
6
113 km
377 km
Delice
178 km
Çanakkale
Eskisehir
Savastepe
Kirikkale
Ankara
Beylikova
Kirka
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Afyon
503 km
Izmir
341 km
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Burdur
Antalya
New Highway Projects
Highway (km) Connection Road (km) Total (km)
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Gebze-Bursa-Balikesir-Izmir Motorway including
Izmit Bay Crossing
377 44 421
North Marmara Motorway including Bosphorus Third
Crossing
2-
244 117 361
Kinali Malkara Çanakkale Savastepe Motorway
3-
410 23 433
Ankara Izmir Motorway
4-
503 46 549
(Ankara-Izmir) Junction Antalya Motorway
5-
341 4 345
(Ankara-Izmir) Junction Eskisehir Bursa
Motorway
6-
178 24 202
Ankara Kirikkale Delice Motorway including
Kirikkale Ring Motorway
7-
113 7 120
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Total Length of
Planned Highways 2166 265 2431
Highways Open to Traffic
1987
Highways Under Construction
219
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Road Transport Sector
14.903 km Divided Road by October 2008
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Current Modernization Projects

• Gürbulak Border Gate (Turkey-Iran)
• Habur Border Gate (Turkey-Iraq)
• Ipsala Border Gate (Turkey-Greece)
• Cilvegözü Border Gate (Turkey-Syria)
• Sarp Border Gate (Turkey-Georgia)
• Kapikule Border Gate (Turkey-Bulgaria)

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• THANK YOU

E-mail erdem_at_ubak.gov.tr