Monday, April 23, 2012

Turkey Transportation

1. Water Transportation
Turkey is a peninsula bordering the Mediterranean and Black seas, so many ports for water transportation line the coasts. According to Cerrahogullari there are about 25 ports in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas alone with more on the other side of the country.  I couldn't find specific data on the busiest ports in Turkey but a few sources reported port of Istanbul and Izmir to be the most busy.  According to World Port Source both of these ports have container liner service but I am unsure if this is the same thing as Post Panamax capable.

2. Land Transportation
Railroads in Turkey are owned by the government and are titled the State Railways of the Turkish Republic (TCDD).  As the 22nd largest railway system in the world, The TCDD reports carrying 17,105,353 tonnes of freight and 7,118,699 passenger-km in 2009.

3. Air
Turkey has about 19 international airports, with large airports in Istanbul and Ankara.  Turkey also have about equal numbers of domestic and Military airports.

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