Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu stated that the Kovid-2020 pandemic affected the whole world in 19 at the Izmir Chamber of Commerce Assembly Meeting, which he attended via video conference; He emphasized that although there are contractions in the economies of many developed countries, Turkey has closed this difficult period with a growth of 1,8 percent. Karaismailoğlu said, “Our country has managed to minimize the effects with the policies it has followed in this difficult period. A few days ago, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development increased its growth expectation for Turkey, which was announced as 2021 percent in 5, to 5,5 percent by revising it by half a point. With the uninterrupted work in our production systems and the support of our advanced transportation modes, our country's exports increased by 2021 percent in the first quarter of 42,2; It has reached 18 billion 985 million dollars”.
“We want İzmir to be Turkey's showcase”
Emphasizing that İzmir is one of the locomotive cities of the Turkish economy with its agriculture, industrial activities, raw material resources, qualified workforce and the breadth of transportation opportunities, as well as being a port city, Minister Karaismailoğlu said, “The goods produced in our industry have a quality in line with world standards. It has a reputation in both domestic and foreign markets. From past to present, Izmir has been one of Turkey's most important gates to the Western world. However, we believe that İzmir has a much greater potential. We do not want İzmir to remain as a door opening to the West. Let it be Turkey's showcase with everything. For this reason, we pay special attention to the development of İzmir's transportation and communication infrastructure.”
“We reduced the Istanbul-Izmir journey, which took 8-9 hours, to 3,5 hours”
Minister Karaismailoğlu noted that in the last 19 years, they have spent approximately 13 billion TL, 190 billion 35 million TL of which is within the scope of the Build-Operate-Transfer model, for transportation and communication investments in İzmir. Emphasizing that investments in İzmir will continue intensively, Minister Karaismailoğlu continued his words as follows:
“We have reached 2003 kilometers in total by adding 430 kilometers to İzmir's divided highway length, which was 523 kilometers in 953. We have completed the Izmir-Istanbul Highway, one of Turkey's largest BOT Projects. Thus, we reduced the Istanbul-Izmir journey, which took 8-9 hours on average, to 3,5 hours, and made Izmir almost Istanbul's next door neighbor. In addition to the highway, with our investments in highways, we have reduced the transportation of our city to Bursa to 1 hour, the distance from Balıkesir to 2 hours, and the transportation to Eskişehir to the interval of 2-2,5 hours.”
“High Speed Train Project will reduce Ankara-Izmir to 3,5 hours”
Karaismailoğlu said, “Our investments in our city are not limited to highways and highways. We started the Izmir-Ankara HT project, which will reduce the Ankara-Izmir distance to 3,5 hours and connect Izmir to the high-speed rail network. The construction of our project is progressing step by step. With the Kemalpaşa Logistics Center we built next to the Kemalpaşa Organized Industrial Zone, we are transforming Kemalpaşa into a center that will take the pulse of the logistics sector and industry. We made Adnan Menderes Airport one of the most modern airports in Europe with its new domestic and international terminals. With its architecture and aesthetics, and its spacious, convenient and state-of-the-art infrastructure and superstructure, we have made İzmir a worthy airport. We started the Çandarlı Port project in order to transport the cargoes in the region by sea and to ensure that our country plays a role in the main container transportation in the Eastern Mediterranean. Our route is to become the leading country in maritime and to further strengthen İzmir's presence in this field.”
“We will create employment areas for young people in Turkey and İzmir”
By transforming Turkey into the new logistics power of the world; Minister Karaismailoğlu, who noted that they want to create employment areas in Turkey and Izmir and to offer more job opportunities to young people, said, “Our goal is; To make İzmir a more prosperous city that produces more in every field from production to industry. We believe that it is very valuable to take a step on this path together and act with a common mind. No matter how hard they try to prevent us, we will not give up on our projects that will make our country a global actor as it deserves.”
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