Ankara-Istanbul Yht Line Opening Ceremony

Ankara-Istanbul YHT Line Opening Ceremony: Presidential candidate and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, "Turkey, with the landscape in 2002, he had continued on its way with the conditions of the day we did we could live the glorious pride of the table? coalitions such as patchwork, virtual voltages, miserable in, vizyonsuz governments were in power in Turkey and Eskişehir, was proud of this live? gangs, mafia, if it had continued guardianship system in Turkey and Eskişehir, was visible this magnificent moment, please? Believe me, 12 years ago, the high-speed train could not go beyond a dream, ”he said.

In his speech at the ceremony held at Eskişehir Train Station due to the opening of the Ankara-Istanbul High Speed ​​Train (YHT) line, Erdogan stated that there are special moments that he will never forget and will never forget during his 12-year Prime Ministry period. Erdogan continued as follows:

“It was an exceptional moment for me to complete and open the Bolu tunnel, which has not been completed for years, and to live that moment. It has been an unforgettable memory for me to complete and open the Black Sea coastal road, which has not been completed for years. The opening of Marmaray has likewise been a great source of pride for me, my friends and our movement. It has been a great pleasure for me to open new schools to our children, to popularize interactive boards in schools, to give tablet computers, to hand over free books to their hands. Rescuing our nation from the outdated, unhealthy, inadequate health system and hospitals, and bringing our nation to modern and clean hospitals where it will receive humane service has also been a means of happiness for me. I witnessed many such moments, pictures of pride, we laid great foundations and made many grand openings. "

Expressing that he experienced an unforgettable picture of pride in Eskişehir on 13 March 2009, Erdoğan reminded that he came to Eskişehir using the first YHT line built between Ankara and Eskişehir and that they opened the line. Expressing that YHT has been working smoothly for 5 years, Erdogan said that they connected Ankara and Eskişehir to Konya by high speed train.

- "We are embracing Istanbul, the magnificent capital of the Ottoman world state, with these capitals"

Stating that they worked hard for the Ankara-Istanbul YHT line, they crossed the mountains and over the rivers, Erdogan said, "Despite sabotage, we have finished that line and are putting it into service today, despite the efforts to prevent and slow down."

"Turkey, we, these days seeing its share our God is eternal praise," said Erdogan, not today's only Eskişehir, Ankara, Bursa, Kocaeli, Sakarya, he stressed that it is important to Konya and Istanbul. Erdogan said:

“First, in 2009, we embraced Ankara, the city of Hacı Bayram Veli, and Eskişehir, the city of Yunus Emre. Then, we included Konya, the city of Hazrat Mevlana, in this embrace. Today, we include His Holiness Eyüp Sultan, Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi, Sultan Fatih, and Sultan Abdülhamit, who first created this dream, to this ring. First, the modern capital of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal We combine the cultural capital of Eskişehir, Ankara and the Turkish world. Then we included Konya, the ancient capital of the Anatolian Seljuk State, on this line. Now, we are embracing Istanbul, the magnificent capital of the Ottoman world state, with these capitals. "

- "We connect Bursa to this line as well"

Erdogan, YHT Ankara and Eskisehir between the 1 hour 15 minutes, while between Eskisehir and Konya 1 hour 40 minutes fell, he recalled, said:

“Now, with this new line we opened, Bilecik is only 32 minutes from Eskişehir. 1 hour and 10 minutes between Eskişehir-Sakarya. Eskişehir-Kocaeli 1 hour 38 minutes. The distance between Eskişehir and Istanbul is now 2 hours and 20 minutes. Now 3,5 hours from Ankara to Istanbul. We'll drop this further, where? To 3 hours. When all other works on the line are completed, I hope Ankara-Istanbul can be picked up within 3 hours. Of course we do not stop here. Recently, we are connecting another ancient capital of the Ottoman Empire, Bursa, to this line. Studies there continue rapidly. The Yozgat, Sivas and connected Erzincan, Erzurum line continues at full speed. We will expand this network even more, and we will bring high-speed trains to Şanlıurfa, Adana, Mersin, Antalya, Kayseri, Kars, Trabzon and many other cities. "

- "2017 Turkey's national high-speed train will no longer produce Eskisehir"

Expressing that Eskişehir, which is a city of industry, university and culture, has become the central city of high-speed train, Erdoğan reminded that Tülomsaş Railway Factory in Eskişehir manufactured Karakurt, the first steam locomotive. Erdogan said, “Now this factory will start to manufacture our high speed trains. The projects were prepared. 2017 Turkey's national high-speed train Eskişehir will no longer produce. Tülomsaş will both produce our high-speed trains and rise to a position that now exports what it produces to the world. Today we cut the opening ribbon of a locomotive to be exported to Europe. Today, we live together with you, our Eskişehir brothers, an unforgettable memory, an unforgettable picture of pride and happiness for me and all my friends. Here I want to specifically ask you this. I would like you to ask yourself this too. Turkey, in 2002 with the views he had continued on its way with the conditions of the day we can enjoy the magnificent pride Did this table? coalitions such as patchwork, virtual voltages, miserable in, vizyonsuz governments were in power in Turkey and Eskişehir, was proud of this live? Gangs, mafia, if it had continued guardianship system in Turkey and Eskişehir, was visible this magnificent moment, please? Believe me, 12 years ago, the high-speed train could not be more than a dream. "