Gallipoli-Eceabat State Highway was put into service with the presence of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Adil Karaismailoğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, stated that they opened the 32-kilometer section of the Gallipoli-Eceabat State Highway and said that transportation to the Gallipoli Historical Site where the Çanakkale Wars took place and the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge became easier.
Adil Karaismailoğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, spoke at the opening ceremony of the Gallipoli-Eceabat State Highway, “While we were trying to heal the wounds of the 6 February earthquakes, we were once again shaken by the floods in Adıyaman and Şanlıurfa. We are going through difficult times as a nation. However, with the works we carry out under the leadership of our President, our activities we carry out 7/24, and our solidarity with the state and the nation, we will enlighten these difficult days. From the first hours of the earthquake, our personnel in all titles from all our units worked 7/24 and continues to do so. We are working hard with all our colleagues in earthquake zones. None of us stopped, none of us got tired," he said.
1915 ÇANAKKALE BRIDGE REDUCE HOURS OF JOURNEY TO ONLY 6 MINUTES
Karaismailoğlu stated that they will not stop until the problems and problems of the people of the region are over, and that the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will always continue on the road. Karaismailoğlu said, “Today is the anniversary of the 18 March Çanakkale Victory, one of the epics we wrote as a nation. We commemorate all our martyrs with mercy. Today is both the 108th anniversary of our glorious Çanakkale Victory and the 1915st anniversary of the opening of our 1 Çanakkale Bridge, which we describe as respect for the ancestors and a gift to the future. We have built the bridge of the greats and firsts in terms of design and engineering, and we have taken another giant step for our country's holistic development move. 1915 Çanakkale Bridge reduced the journeys that took hours to just 6 minutes. Thus, the economy of the region revived. Significant contributions were made to tourism, agriculture and employment. In the end, our country won; Our nation won,” he said.
WE PROTECTED THE TEXTURE OF THE REGION WITH NATURAL, HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE AREAS
Reminding that they opened the Ayvacık-Küçükkuyu Road and Troy-Assos tunnels, the gate of the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge to the Aegean and the Mediterranean, in Çanakkale in October, and that they were excited to present another work to the service of the nation, Minister of Transport Karaismailoğlu continued as follows: :
“Today, we will cross another threshold in Çanakkale. We are inaugurating the 32-kilometer section of the Gallipoli-Eceabat State Highway. The Gallipoli Historical Site, where the Çanakkale Wars took place, as well as the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, is also home to 5 tunnels with a total length of 351 meters. We have preserved the texture of the region with the natural, historical and archaeological sites with the tunnels built within the scope of the Gallipoli-Eceabat State Highway that we put into service. We show our respect for the spirit of the Çanakkale Victory by serving our nation, which has protected its will thanks to it, and we will continue to do so. This is also the case in Adıyaman. It is the same in Hatay, it is the same in Kahramanmaraş. It is the same in Şanlıurfa. This is the case in 4 of our 81 provinces. Thanks to the trust of our nation, we will continue our work in 81 provinces of our country, just like in Çanakkale. We will continue our activities that will illuminate the future of Turkey with our projects and works that ensure the holistic development of our country. With our hearts that we carry the spirit of Çanakkale victory as always; We will continue to work to serve our nation.”