Budget Budget of the 2013 Year

The Budget of the Ministry of Transport was discussed at the 2013 Budget Meetings. Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Parliament), the Planning and Budget Commission; Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications, Highways 2013 Budget Negotiations, Ministry of Transport Budget Negotiated
The negotiation of the 2013 budget of the General Directorate, Information Technologies and Communication Authority and the General Directorate of Civil Aviation started.
Binali Yıldırım, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications, made a presentation on the Budget of the Ministry of Transport at the 2013 Budget Negotiations. Stating that the total budget proposal of the Ministry headquarters and affiliated institutions for the next year is 19 billion 182 million TL, Yıldırım emphasized that the part allocated to the total investments, including the urban metro investments, has reached 8.5 billion TL.
Stating that the length of the divided road built has reached 16 thousand square kilometers, Minister Yıldırım reminded that many obstacles are encountered in large railway projects such as the Ankara-Istanbul High Speed ​​Railway and the Marmaray crossing. Turkey, the 6th in Europe in the world, 8th High-speed train operation has become the last country that transfers Lightning, Ankara-Konya line, completely Turkish engineers and entrepreneurs, noted that performed by the sweat of Turkish workers. Yıldırım stated that they are working intensively to bring Istanbul, Bursa, Yozgat, Sivas, Izmir, Bilecik, Sakarya, Kocaeli, Afyon, Uşak and Manisa to high-speed trains.
Expressing that striking developments have been observed in the communication sector, Yıldırım explained that they opened the telecommunication sector to competition and now 645 licenses and 406 operators are operating in the sector. 2003, 23 million GSM subscribers, while there are 68 million GSM subscribers reached today describing the Lightning, Turkey's communications infrastructure of 12th in the world, has risen to 5th in Europe as well. Yıldırım said that they are trying to introduce Turkish people to a modern transportation and communication service in line with EU standards.