The money of the Samsun-Sivas railway is from the EU: Transport Minister Binali Yıldırım stated that the EU IPA fund was used for the construction of the Samsun-Kalın (Sivas) railway line.
Binali Yıldırım, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications, opened the Irmak-Karabük-Zonguldak Railway Line Rehabilitation and Signalization Project Karabük-Zonguldak section. After the ceremony, Yıldırım departed from Karabük to Zonguldak by train.
ON THE ROAD OF LOGISTICS
Chatting with reporters on the train, Yıldırım stated that Turkey's transformation process from transportation to logistics has begun, and that a decision was made to establish more than 20 logistics centers in the main centers where railway lines are located, and that 7 of them have entered service. Yıldırım explained that Turkey is taking firm steps towards becoming a logistics base due to its location.
All kind of an eligible country to modes of transportation that Turkey's oil and natural gas, but they moved it to express that there is a strategic location Yildirim, Turkey's comparative advantage is a young and dynamic population, the sweat and the most important values for the future of Turkey's brain power He said it was one.
MOST FUND
Expressing that the budget of the IPA Fund and TCDD General Directorate are used together in the Irmak-Karabük-Zonguldak Railway Line Rehabilitation and Signalization Project, Yıldırım said that about 219 million Euros of the 183 million Euros cost was covered by the EU. Stating that the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications is the ministry that uses the most funds on a project basis, Yıldırım cited Samsun-Kalın and Gebze-Köseköy railway lines as an example. “The European Union and Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) funds are used in the construction of these lines,” Yıldırım said.
258.8 MILLION EURO
The Republic of Turkey State Railways (TCDD), before the project, with 258.8 million euro funded by EU grants announced so far is the most large-scale projects.
