30 December 2008
Yearly Report
Association of Engineers and Architects of Turkey
Hydroelectric Power Plants
-More HPPs were completed and operational.
State Transportation Projects
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-Construction of high-speed rail line Bilecik-Bursa-Izmir started.
-Construction of high-speed rail line Ankara-Konya is completed.
-First Turkish produced high-speed trains start running between Istanbul and Ankara.
-Construction of three suspension bridges started. Canakkale Bridge (1500m span) crosses Dardanelles Strait, creating an alternate route for intercontinental travel; and it will also help the congestion on ANZAC celebrations. Ataturk Bridge (1500m) will be the third bridge in Istanbul, farther north of the previous bridges - close to the newly developing financial district; it will eventually be a part of an expressway that lets bypassing traffic avoid the two main arteries of the city. Izmit Bridge (2700m) spans the Izmit Bay, shortening the land route from Istanbul to western Turkey by 80km.
-Construction of expressway to link Ankara to the southern expressways started. When complete, this will establish an uninterrupted expressway link from Europe to Middle East.
Subways
-Extension of subway networks of Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Adana continue.
-Bursa's extension is complete for now.
-Subway construction begins in Gaziantep.
Private projects
-Construction of
Diamond of Istanbul and
Sapphire completed in Istanbul.
-But Diamond won't hold the title of the tallest building in Turkey, as
Dubai Towers continue to rise in the horizon.
-Construction of
Paramount’s new theme park - now named Wonderland - is close to completion in Ankara.
Greater Municipality of Ankara
-Conversion of major signaled intersections in Ankara into unsignaled overpass-underpass type complete.
-The municipality of Ankara is doing public works around the theme park construction site, and some hotel buildings are already getting built in the area.
-Construction of
Yildirim Beyazid Stadium (50k capacity) began in Ankara.
Development Projects
-Within the framework of the
Twelve-year Mandatory Education Project, high schools are being built in several rural areas.
-Within the framework of
Anatolian Development Project, numerous local small construction projects were pursued to improve the industry/infrastructure/agriculture/mining/fishing/tourism depending on the local need. ADP also encompasses what was left to implement from
Southeast Anatolia Project, and extrapolates it to other parts of Anatolia. ADP targets Central and Eastern Turkey, but focuses more on the east. It should be noted that some of the funding to the southeastern provinces was held back this year due to terrorism, to be compensated in 2009 and 2010 after the anti-terrorism campaign and
martial law settles down.