İzmir Buca Metro Groundbreaking Ceremony Held

buca metro groundbreaking
buca metro groundbreaking

The foundation of the Buca Metro, the biggest investment in İzmir's history, was laid by CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who was welcomed with the slogan "The hope of the people, Kılıçdaroğlu", said, "Despite the pressure, our mayors are trying their best. Our Tunç Mayor and other mayors continue their duties by overcoming all the pressures. Flowers bloomed in the mountains of Izmir and will continue to bloom," he said.

Izmir is proud to witness a historical day. The foundation of the Buca Metro, the biggest investment of the city, was laid by the President of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the ceremony area established in Buca Şirinyer today. For the groundbreaking ceremony of the investment, which is not only a transportation project but also a source of employment, the people of Izmir flocked to Buca and filled the ceremony area. Citizens' interest in Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Chairman of the Republican People's Party, was great. Kılıçdaroğlu entered the arena with the slogans "İzmir is proud of you" and "The hope of the people Kılıçdaroğlu". CHP Leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerAfter 's speech, the giant took the stage with intense applause and slogans. During his speech, tens of thousands of citizens chanted "Right, law, justice" and "Together we will win".

Kılıçdaroğlu: Young people, do not despair

Kılıçdaroğlu started his speech by saying "Don't worry, dear young people" and continued by saying: "We will see good days indeed. Indeed, you will drive the engines to the blue. I'm going to lay the whole foundation for it. The young people of this country, do not despair, do not look for the beautiful young people of this country abroad, the beautiful youth of this country, we will leave you a livable Turkey. Together, we will build and raise a livable Turkey, a peaceful Turkey, together with the Nation Alliance.”

Following the speech of CHP Leader Kılıçdaroğlu, the foundation of the Buca Metro, the biggest investment in İzmir's history, was laid with applause and confetti.

Izmir Buca Metro Groundbreaking Ceremony
Izmir Buca Metro Groundbreaking Ceremony

Who Attended the Izmir Buca Metro Groundbreaking Ceremony?

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP), and the host, Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyer and his wife Neptün Soyer, CHP Secretary General Selin Sayek Böke, CHP Deputy Chairmen Seyit Torun, Veli Ağababa, Ali Öztunç, Ahmet Akın, Yüksel Taşkın, IYI Party Group Deputy Chairman and İzmir Deputy Musavat Dervişoğlu, Saadet Party Chairman Deputy Şerafettin Kılıç, CHP İzmir Provincial Chairman Deniz Yücel, CHP Manisa Provincial Chairman Semih Balaban, IYI Party İzmir Provincial Chairman Hüsmen Kırkpınar, DEVA Party İzmir Provincial Chairman Seda Kaya, Felicity Party İzmir Provincial Chairman Mustafa Erduran, Former İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Aziz Kocaoğlu, CHP Party Assembly Members Rıfat Nalbantoglu, Devrim Barış Çelik, CHP İzmir Deputies CHP İzmir Deputies Tuncay Özkan, Bedri Serter, Özcan Purçu, Kani Beko, Tacettin Bayır, Ednan Arslan, Sevda Erdan Kılıç, Mahir Polat, Balçova Mayor Fatma Çalkaya, Bayraklı Mayor Serdar Sandal, Buca Mayor Erhan Kılıç, Çiğli Mayor Utku Gümrükçü, Beydağ Mayor Feridun Yılmazlar, Bornova Mayor Mustafa İduğ, Çeşme Mayor Ekrem Oran, Karaburun Mayor Ilkay Girgin Erdoğan, Gaziemir Mayor Halil Arda, Güzelbahçe Municipality Mustafa İnce, Mayor of Foça Fatih Gürbüz, Mayor of Kemalpaşa Rıdvan Karakayalı, Karşıyaka Mayor Cemil Tugay, Mayor of Dikili Adil Kırgöz, Mayor of Konak Abdul Batur, Mayor of Tire Salih Atakan Duran, Mayor of Selçuk Filiz Ceritoğlu Sengel, Mayor of Menderes Mustafa Kayalar, Mayor of Ödemiş Mehmet Eriş, Mayor of Karabağlar Muhittin Selvitopu, CHP District Presidents, IYI Party District Presidents, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Mayor Mustafa Özuslu, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality General Secretary Dr. Buğra Gökçe, CHP ex-deputies, council members, headmen, Aegean Region Chamber of Industry President Ender Yorgancılar, İzmir Chamber of Commerce President Mahmut Özgener, İzmir Commodity Exchange President Işınsu Kestelli, İzmir Chamber of Craftsmen and Craftsmen Union President Zekeriya Mutlu, Chamber of Shipping İzmir Branch President Yusuf Öztürk, heads of chambers, professions and non-governmental organizations, heads of cooperatives, sizes and consuls, Gülermak Ağır Sanayi İnşaat ve Taahhüt A.Ş. Chairman of the Board of Directors Kemal Tahir Güleryüz and tens of thousands of Izmir residents attended

The groundbreaking ceremony of the Buca Metro, which takes place in a festive atmosphere, will continue with the Zeynep Bastik concert.

Buca Metro Stations

The line, which forms the 5th stage of the İzmir Light Rail System, will serve between Üçyol Station and Dokuz Eylül University Tınaztepe Campus Çamlıkule. The length of the line, which will be passed through a deep tunnel using the TBM machine, will be 13,5 kilometers and will consist of 11 stations.

  1. Üçyol
  2. Zafertepe
  3. Bozyaka
  4. General Asim Gunduz
  5. Şirinyer
  6. Buca Municipality
  7. butchers
  8. Hasanaga Garden
  9. Dokuz Eylul University
  10. Buca Koop
  11. Camlikule

Buca Metro Stations

The Buca line will be integrated with the 2nd stage line running between Fahrettin Altay-Bornova at Üçyol Station and with the İZBAN line at Şirinyer Station. Train sets on this line will serve without drivers. Within the scope of the project, there will be a maintenance workshop and a warehouse building in a closed area of ​​80 square meters. Buca Metro is expected to be completed in four years.

Cost of Buca Metro

Izmir Metropolitan Municipality signed an external financing agreement worth 250 million Euros with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in July and the French Development Agency (AFD) in November for the Üçyol-Buca Metro line. An authorization agreement was signed with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for 125 million Euros and with the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) for 115 million Euros. Thus, an international investment of 490 million Euros was brought to the city.

Gülermak Ağır Sanayi İnşaat ve Taahhüt A.Ş. was awarded in the tender, in which many companies and consortiums competed for the construction of Buca Metro. It undertook the construction of tunnels and stations by bidding 3 billion 921 million 498 thousand TL. In fact, Buca Metro, which is planned to cost 765 million Euros together with the trains to run, will be the biggest investment in the history of the city in the field of rail systems, with a cost of approximately 12 billion liras.

Map of Buca Metro

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