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The TCDD – Türkiye Devlet Demir Yolları (Turkish State Railways) possess 10,984 km of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge, of which 2,336 km are electrified (2005). [7] There are daily regular passenger trains all through the network. [8] TCDD has started an investment program of building 5.000 km high-speed lines until 2023.
The Eastern Express (Turkish: Doğu Ekspresi) is an overnight passenger train operated by TCDD Taşımacılık. The train runs from Ankara to Kars. [1] The train was the first overnight service east of Ankara. The Eastern Express stops in 7 provincial capitals: Ankara, Kırıkkale, Kayseri, Sivas, Erzincan, Erzurum and Kars. [2]
Turkish Airlines was established on 20 May 1933 as Turkish State Airlines (Turkish: Devlet Hava Yolları) [19] as a department of the Ministry of National Defense. [20] The airline's initial fleet consisted of two five-seat Curtiss Kingbirds , two four-seat Junkers F 13s and one ten-seat Tupolev ANT-9 . [ 20 ]
The first flight from the airport was Turkish Airlines flight TK2124 to the Turkish capital Ankara on 31 October 2018. [32] On 1 November 2018, five daily flights began to arrive and depart from the airport: from Ankara , Antalya , Baku , North Nicosia , and İzmir , [ 33 ] followed by Adana and Trabzon starting in December.
Trains to Iraq must be routed via Syria; the section of the tracks within Syria, between the Turkish and Iraqi borders is 81 km long. From 5 March 2012 due to the civil war in Syria , all rail services from Turkey to Syria were stopped; as a consequence freight going from Turkey to Iraq was routed to Nusaybin in southeast Turkey, from where it ...
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (IATA: SAW, ICAO: LTFJ) is an international airport serving Istanbul, Turkey.Located 32 km (20 mi) southeast [1] of the city center, Sabiha Gökçen Airport is in the Asian part of the transcontinental city and serves as the operating base for AJet and Pegasus Airlines.
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The route between Istanbul and Ankara by rail has been a single-track line, and trains usually were delayed 30 minutes to 2 hours plus the average 7 hours, 30 minutes travel time. Rail transport in Turkey was already at its lowest point, so in 2003 the State Railways and the Turkish Ministry of Transport made an agreement to build a 533 km (331 ...