Can Turkey Become a Logistical Powerhouse?

Turkey is aiming to significantly expand its rail infrastructure by 2023, as it looks to dominate the so-called Iron Silk Road from China to Europe. So what plans does the country have in order to establish itself as a major corridor for international freight?

Guests:
Murat Karatekin
CEO of Pasifik Eurasia

Maurizio Zanardi
Head of the School of Economics at the University of Surrey

[jongunkim]

MORE POWER TO TURKEY...LOVE TURKEY FROM INDONESIA

[sahilbhat]

Keep Prospering Prospering Turkey leaps and bounds....
Allah swt bless
Love & Prayers from Indian Occupied Kashmir

[aftabkhanize]

There is yet an unexplored area of Turkey rail route. It can also provide a rail route for Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, jordan, kuwait, Qatar and other Gulf states, Israel and Palestine for sending or receiving goods amongst these countries as well as with China, Russia Korea and even Europe.

[mertserim]

It seems like you left out the leap in railway construction between 1923 and 1945 on purpose. The video jumps from pre-WW1 to post-WW2. For those who are interested; the total length of railway network doubled in the early republican years compared to the network built during the Ottoman era. Founders of the Republic attributed great importance to the railroads and the backbone of the network is still these lines built between 1923-1945. Pity that it seems like the state TV channel, TRT has a problem with the early years and the founders of the republic…

[KenanTurkiye]

Grow stronger and prosper in peace Turkiye,
people of the world are with you!

[aslammhmd]

May Allah bless and protect the great turkey 🤲

[mertserim]

2:15 The legend for the map is wrong. Short red line is the current “high speed rail line” and the green network is the “mainline trains”

[uhrologe]

01:40 Which highways? There were almost no highways in Turkey, except a few kilometers around Istanbul and Ankara till the 90s.

[greatwhite]

Yes definitely.. The roads and highways are in Turkey better than many EU states..

[HMshorif-ikxj]

Turkey should support Taliban.... Cos
Asian peoples love Taliban... Not gov