Crisis in the Suez Canal Opportunity for the Iron Silk Road

Adil Karaismailoğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, met with industrialists at the "Ankara Chamber of Industry March Assembly Meeting". Turkey is the world rail transport in the shortest time Karaismailoğlu stating that the owner said, the crisis in the Suez Canal experienced in recent days is an opportunity for Turkey, he said.

"Turkey's railway and ports offers significant opportunities for world trade"

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway Line project with Turkey to the world railway transport in a short time Karaismailoğlu stating that the owner said, the crisis experienced in the Suez Canal has recently underlined that the opportunity for Turkey, spoke as follows:

“With this line, it has become the most strategic connection point of the middle corridor from Beijing to London and the Iron Silk Road. The Middle Corridor also offers important opportunities for freight traffic in Asia to reach the Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean region, thanks to our country's port connections. If the Middle Corridor route is used effectively, it is obvious that our country and Central Asian countries can gain economic opportunities from the Europe-China trade traffic, which is currently worth 710 billion dollars. "

"Being able to switch quickly to 5G is one of our most important agenda items"

Minister Karaismailoğlu; Stating that they ensure the active participation of domestic industrialists in the big investments in the field of informatics, communication and communication in our country; “At the moment, being able to rapidly switch to 5G, which will break new ground in information technologies, is one of our most important agenda items. We have determined a harmonious business model by coming together of 5 companies that undertake important tasks in the 10G project. TUBITAK also supports the 'End-to-End Domestic and National 5G Communication Network Project' that we have developed for this purpose. In the 2015-2016 period, the ratio of locally certified hardware and software investments of mobile operators in the total investment was only 0,98 percent. In the face of this situation, our authorized institutions brought together the supply and demand units in the sector and activated the production eco system. As a matter of fact, the effort and work paid off. In the fourth investment period, the localization rate in hardware and software exceeded 23 percent ”.