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2016: TURKEY’S YEAR

OF MEGA PROJECTS

DAILY SABAH

WITH THE COMPLETION OF ISTANBUL’S THIRD TRANSCONTINENTAL BRIDGE, THE ISTANBUL-İZMIR
HIGHWAY PROJECT, THE WORLD’S FOURTH LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE, PLUS THE EURASIA AND
ILGAZ MOUNTAIN TUNNELS, IT CAN BE SAID THAT 2016 WAS TURKEY’S YEAR OF MEGA PROJECTS
THE THIRD BRIDGE FOR THE BOSPORUS: built through a public-private partnership frames per day in high resolution, will have a time, as well as save 8.3 million liters (2.19
AUG. 26 as the first road project in the country to be lifetime of seven years. million gallons) of fuel annually. Moreover,
Istanbul’s Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, which procured under the build-operate-transfer Designed to transmit images at a higher the tunnel is estimated to contribute
cost nearly $3 billion to construct through the model. resolution compared to similar models in approximately TL 40 million ($12 million)
build-operate-transfer finance model, opened orbit, the Göktürk-1 satellite will also perform to the Turkish economy. Furthermore, the
on Aug. 26 as the world’s longest suspension The project began with an interchange (2x5 remote-sensory tasks for public institutions tunnel will make significant contributions to
rail bridge in its class. It will lead to $1.75 lanes) that was built 2.5 kilometers after the and organizations in many fields, including the industrial entities in the region by carrying
billion a year in savings through reduced Gebze Interchange on the Anadolu Highway, environment and construction monitors, the products of factories in central Anatolia
travel times and energy costs. and ending at the Otogar Intersection on the agricultural cultivation, municipal applications, to the Black Sea region and facilitate the
İzmir Highway. The bridge reaches a height border control and cadastral activities. transportation of the products brought to
The bridge was completed within a record- of 252 meters and the bridge’s deck is 25.93
breaking 27-month time frame, nine months meters long, with a main span length of 1,550 EURASIA TUNNEL UNDER THE BOSPORUS: İnebolu Port to the central regions of Turkey.
ahead of schedule, and it is first of its kind meters. Totaling 2,682 meters, the İzmit Bay DEC. 20
completed in such a time frame. More Bridge has the fourth-largest main span in the Eurasia Tunnel, Marmaray’s sister, is the first UPCOMING PROJECTS IN 2017
than 6,500 workers and engineers worked world. It will eventually cut the average travel road tunnel for automotive-transit access 1915 Çanakkale Dardanelles Bridge
diligently on the construction of the Yavuz time between the Aegean coastal province of between the Asian and European sides of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking at
Sultan Selim Bridge. The total length of the Izmir and Istanbul, which are 480 kilometers Istanbul under the Bosporus. It reduces the opening ceremony of the Eurasia Tunnel,
bridge is 2,164 meters. apart, from 10 hours to approximately four. the travel time between the two sides to 15 announced that the foundation of the bridge
minutes and opened on Dec. 20 with a grand linking Gelibolu on the European side and
Located at the Bosporus’ entrance to the Kenan Sofuoğlu, a world-renowned Turkish ceremony. Lapseki on the Anatolian side will be laid in
Black Sea, the 1.4 kilometer bridge will motorcycle racer, broke a racing record on Eurasia Tunnel, which cost $1.3 billion, will March 18, 2017. Previously, Ahmet Arslan,
carry eight lanes of traffic and two rail lines the bridge prior to the inauguration ceremony, create a business volume of TL 1.5 million the minister of transportation, maritime affairs
between Europe and Asia, when the Northern managing to hit the 400 kilometer per hour for the Turkish economy and save 52 million and communication, confirmed that the last
Marmara Motorway Project, the next two mark on his sports bike within 30 seconds. hours of time in traffic. The time saving phase of the pre-project survey has been
phases of which will see 257 kilometers of potential is one of the great features provided reached and they will receive the bids for the
roads, is completed by the end of 2018. The by the tunnel. Thanks to its extra capacity, construction of the bridge in Jan. 2017. The
height of the tower in the village of Garipçe it will shorten travel time and save about 52 bridge will be tendered as a build-operate and
on the European side is 322 meters and the million hours of time per year for passing the transfer model. The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge
tower in the Poyrazköy district on the Asian Bosporus. is planned to be 352 kilometers (218 miles)
side is 318 meters high. long covering the Kınalı-Tekirdağ-Çanakkale-
The amount of vehicular emissions (carbon Gelibolu-Balıkesir Motorway. At the initial
This third Bosporus bridge was named after monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides,
Selim I, the 16th century sultan known for his particulate matter, et cetera) released will phase bids for the 100 km long part of the
expansion of the Ottoman Empire. It follows be reduced by approximately 82,000 tons bridge, which will link Malkara-Gelibolu-
the July 15 Martyrs’ Bridge, previously per year thanks to the project. A total of Çanakkale, will be accepted.
the Bosporus Bridge, and the Fatih Sultan 60 subcontractors are also working on the
Mehmet Bridge, in spanning the important project, employing 800 people a day. TURKSTREAM NATURAL GAS PIPELINE
waterway. The project has created a business volume After years of development, followed by a
of TL 1.5 million per day for the Turkish period of political uncertainty, Russia and
NEW HIGH-SPEED TRAIN STATION IN economy thanks to the expenditures made Turkey have finally re-agreed to push ahead
TURKEY’S CAPITAL: OCT. 29 during the construction work. During the with the Turkish Steam pipeline, which is
On the 93rd anniversary of the founding of excavation of approximately 2 million cubic estimated to cost $15.1 billion. The decision
the Republic of Turkey, a new station for meters, 700,000 cubic meters of concrete was reached at the 2016 World Energy
high-speed trains in capital Ankara was TURKEY LAUNCHES GÖKTÜRK-1 and 70,000 tons of iron were used. Conference (WEC) in Istanbul and sealed with
inaugurated to provide services to 50,000 Construction of the titanic-infrastructure an intergovernmental agreement signed by
passengers a day. project took over four years. The total length Energy Minister Berat Albayrak and Russian
of the project is 14.6 kilometers and the most Energy Minister Alexender Novak in the
The $235-million station, which was built SATELLITE: DEC. 5 crucial part, the Bosporus crossing, is 5.4 presence of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
in two years through the public-private Turkey launched its second military kilometers long. and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The
partnership model, is among a set of leading surveillance satellite, the Göktürk-1, from the 909 kilometers of new pipeline will travel
infrastructure projects planned as part of a Kourou Launch Center in French Guiana on Constructed with the most advanced design, beneath the Black Sea linked to 177 miles of
series of objectives for Turkey’s centennial Dec. 5. technology and engineering applications, the onshore pipes transporting gas from Russia
in 2023. A military intelligence satellite system that tunnel is designed to withstand earthquakes
will enable Turkey to obtain high-resolution of a magnitude up to 7.5 on Richter scale and via Turkey to Europe.
According to Turkish State Railways, the images from any part of the world without tsunamis. Furthermore, with its advanced
facility also boasts 134 hotel rooms and over any geographical restrictions, Göktürk-1 is security features, it can be used as a shelter The project, which has been in the planning
200-rentable areas for restaurants, coffee designed to provide secure transmission of when necessary. stages since 2014, is expected to reach
shops, entertainment venues, stores and the said images to ground units. In addition deliverability of 63 billion cubic meters
offices. Twelve office spaces and a parking lot to its use for military intelligence, the satellite ILGAZ TUNNEL OPENS: DEC. 26 of natural gas annually once operational.
for 1,910 vehicles are also among the other will also provide images for civilian purposes. The Ilgaz Mountain project, consisting of two Gazprom expects total costs on the project to
facilities of the station, distinguished for its Turkey’s first sub-meter resolution discovery tunnels - one 5,370 meters (17,618 feet) reach $15.1 billion. Alexey Miller, Gazprom’s
modern architectural style. The station will be surveillance satellite project, Göktürk-1 was long and the other 5,391 meters long - was chairman, said the first phase of undersea
directly linked to means of mass transit, such developed primarily to fulfill the needs of the constructed to connect Turkey’s west Black pipe lying will start in 2017 and could be
as a suburban rail system and the subway. Air Force’s Command. Costing a total amount Sea and central Anatolia regions, as well completed as early as 2019. Gazprom will
of 261.5 million euros ($273.6 million), the as the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, thus be working alongside Turkey’s BOTAS to
The station has a closed area of 194,460 Göktürk-1 satellite will expedite the fight constituting an important point in the north- complete the project. BP’s CEO Bob Dudley,
square meters and consists of eight floors, against terrorism due to its ability to receive south corridor. Stretching hundreds of meters speaking at the WEC, also expressed his
including the basements, three platforms and high-resolution images. The satellite, which underground, the tunnel has lessened the eagerness to get involved with the Turkish
six high-speed lines. circumvents the earth approximately every difficulty of getting around the 875-meter high Stream, citing the pleasing results of BP’s
90 minutes, is expected to take more than Ilgaz Mountain, which was a major obstacle involvement on another Turkish-involved
OSMANGAZI BRIDGE: JUNE 30 60,000 images per year. Every time it passes for drivers.
Osmangazi Bridge, a landmark road bridge over Turkey, the satellite will transfer the project, the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas
Pipeline (TANAP).
over Turkey’s Marmara Sea, cuts travel time photographs and images taken while in orbit The tunnel will significantly reduce traveling
between Istanbul and the country’s western to the Air Force Command’s satellite ground time on the Ilgaz Mountain motorway, from 35
provinces. It opened to traffic on June 30, station. minutes to eight minutes, cutting the existing Recently, after the Turkish Grand National
forming part of a new six-lane Istanbul-Izmir A more improved version of Göktürk-2, route by 5.4 kilometers (3.4 miles). After Assembly and President Recep Tayyip
highway, with a cost of around $6.3 billion. which can take black and white images at 2.5 the tunnels opened, the route on the Ilgaz Erdoğan approved the TurkStream project, it
Completed within a 39-month period, the meters (8.2 feet) and color ones at 5 meters, Mountain, which is 16.8 kilometers long, will was reported that the Russian government
Osman Gazi Bridge aims to decrease the Göktürk-1 will be able to capture images in shorten to 11.4 kilometers. ratified the draft bill on the approval of the
over concentration of industrial operations in black and white at a 50-centimeter (19.6- TurkStream pipeline project. Now, TurkStream
Kocaeli’s Gebze and Dilovası districts. inch) resolution and in color at 2 meters. The Ilgaz Tunnel is expected to provide 345,655 will be voted out in the State Duma, the lower
The 421 kilometer highway project is being satellite, which will be able to capture 358 hours per annum, making up for previous lost wing of the Russian parliament, in January