Overview of Turkey in TRANSPORT

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Overview of Turkey in TRANSPORT

• O. Gürcan Ozan
• TÜBITAK FP6 National Coordination Office
• Transport NCP
• 22 November 2005

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TURKEY in TRANSPORT CALLS

• FP6-2002-TREN-1
• FP6-2003-TREN-2
• FP6-2004-TREN-3
• FP6-2003-ACC-SSA-Transport
• FP6-2002-Transport-2 FP6-2003-Transport-3
• FP6-2002-Transport-1 2

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TR PARTICIPANTS BY CALL
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RANKED Projects by Instrument
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Turkeys Share Among NMS ACC
Tren 3 Call is not included
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TÜBITAK FP6 National Coordination Office

• Tematical Conferences and Infodays
• Projects
• TR-ACCESS (http//traccess.tubitak.gov.tr )
• Increasing the Turkish Participation in FP6
• TranSMEs (http//www.transmes.net)
• To promote among SMEs operating in ACC and NMS
  transport and environment sector the
  participation in the EU FP6 and FP7 RD projects
• SustDev Network 5122 researchers
• SustDev Partner Search Tool

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TranSMEs

• Bringing ACC and NMS SMEs operating in the
  transport environment sector closer to the
  European Research Area by publishing an open call
  for submitting draft project proposals

• COORDINATOR Poznan Science and Technology Park
  of the A.Mickiewicz University Foundation, POLAND
• Project Start September 1st, 2005
• Project End August 31st, 2007
• 9 Partners

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TranSMEs

• Project promotion
• National information days in each ACC and NMS
• National training session in each ACC and NMS
  partners country
• Open call publication in each ACC and NMS
  partners country
• Assistance to the winners in writing project
  proposals to the EC

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SustDev Partner Search Tool
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SustDev Partner Search Tool
16 out of 100 Records are from Transport, in 1
month time-frame
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Snapshots from Transport Potential in Turkey
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Road Infrastructure of Turkey (Km)
Source Transport Statistics for Europe and
North America Vol.LIV- 2005, UNECE
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Road Traffic Accidents Profile of Turkey
Source Statistics of Road Traffic Accidents in
Europe and North America Vol.L- 2005, UNECE
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Turkish Ministry of Transport

• Transport Policy
• Transport Strategy Master Plan
• Harmonisation with EU Legislation in all
  transport modes
• Projects

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Marmaray Project
The entire upgraded and new railway system will
be approximately 76 km long.

• Project will provide an uninterrupted, high
  capacity railway connection between Europe and
  Asia through a tube crossing across the istanbul
  Strait
• 2.5 Billion USD
• highly environment-friendly project

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TCDD Turkish State Railways
Ministry of Transport carries out the
Goverment level coordination and supervision of
TCDD.

• Operate, enlarge and renew the railways, ports
  and piers delivered to it by the state
• Manufacture rolling stock and similar vehicles,
  set up warehouses, depots and passenger
  facilities
• Undertake railway construction works home and
  abroad

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Lenghts of Lines and Tracks (Km)
Annual Report - TCDD
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Ankara-Istanbul High-Speed Train Project

• Reduce Ankara-Istanbul railway transportation to
  three hours, (it is currently 6-7 hours)
• 628 Million
• The Ankara-Istanbul high-speed train service is
  expected to be launched in 2008
• Increase the share of railway transportation
  between Istanbul and Ankara from 10 to 78

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Ankara-Istanbul High-Speed Train Project
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KGM - General Directorate of Highways
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KGM - General Directorate of Highways

• Founded in 1950
• Specify the network of motorways, state highways
  and provincial roads
• Construct, improve and repair the roads and
  bridges
• The total length of highway which is under
  control of KGM is 62,864 km

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KGM - General Directorate of Highways
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KGM International Projects
Trans Turkey Highway (TTH)
TTH route of 3200 km.
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KGM International Projects

• Trans European South-North Motorway Project (TEM)
• starts from Poland and reaches Asia via Turkey
  and also covers Middle East, Southeast European
  countries
• the full members are Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
  Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia,
  Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania,
  Slovakia and Turkey
• The total length of TEM in Turkey is
  approximately 6 954 km. by January 2001

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UND International TransportersAssociation of
Turkey
Established in 1974 Handling with all the
problems of Turkish land road transportation
sector representatives in national and
international platforms. Investment profile of
USD 2.5 billions Employment opportunities for
about 250,000 people together with its
complementary sectors
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Services
TrackOnline Vehicle Tracking System among GPS,
GSM
UlasNET Recording the info of the vehicles
entering/departuring Turkey
GümrükEDI Decreasing the costs of the linkages
between customs, telecommunication, internet
connection, purchase of declerations
Logistics ERP
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Research, Development and Statistics Unit
UND Ro-Ro (UND Gürbulak Sea Transportation and
Trade, Inc. )

• Country Reports
• Research Reports
• Eu Post
• Rd Bulletin
• Daily Press Bulletin
• Statistics

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METU Middle East Technical University

• Founded in 1956
• Located in Ankara
• 304,228 square meters of floor space
• 20,000 students
• 32 Research Centers
• Transportation Research Center
• Department of City Regional Planning
• Partner in EU PARAMOUNT (Tren-3 Call)

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ITU Istanbul Technical University

• Transportation Vehicles Application and Research
  Center
• research and consulting work related to sea, land
  and air transportation systems
• planning and evaluation of transport facilities
  and all kinds of transportation vehicles
• Road Materials Laboratory
• Internal Combustion
• Ship Model Testing
• Aerodynamics

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TOFAS - Turkish Automotive Factory Inc.

• Started the first serial production in 1971
• Producing 250,000 cars in a year
• 5.000 employees
• Tofas still produces the models Palio, Albea,
  Marea and Doblò

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TOFAS R D Center

• Design and Prototype
• Acoustics and Vibration
• Engine and Emission
• Suspension
• Exhaustion
• Road Performance Tests
• Road Simulation

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TOFAS R D Center
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FORD OTOSAN

• 1959 Otosan founded as Ford assembler in Turkey
• 6750 Hourly Employees
• 3 Billion 2004 Net Sales
• production volume of 206,704 units

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FORD OTOSAN
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FORD OTOSAN - RD

• The Development of the New Ford Heavy Duty Truck
  Engine, ECOTORQ

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CONCLUSIONs

• Turkey's geopolitical position as a link between
  the East and the West
• Growing role of Turkey in trade between Central
  Asia and the South Caucasus
• Govermantal Investments
• World-Class Projects and Colloborations both with
  European and Asian Countries with large budgets
• Harmonisation and Implementaion of EU Legislation
• Ready for Cooperation...

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• O. Gurcan Ozan
• TÜBITAK FP6 National Coordination Office
• Transport NCP
• ncpsust_at_tubitak.gov.tr
• gurcan.ozan_at_tubitak.gov.tr
• http//www.fp6.org.tr