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Turkey infrastructure upgrades – Late July 2026

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2026-07-29 14:09 UTC → 2026-07-31 12:35 UTC · added removed

The nationwide road‑repair programme kept expanding continued to expand in late the last week of July. In Bitlis, Governor Ahmet Karakaya reported that the 10.2‑km Tatvan Çevre Yolu is now near nears completion, with the second tunnel expected to slated for finish later this year and the highway slated to open opening in 2027. The route, featuring project includes a 235‑m viaduct and several bridges, is projected to multiple bridges that should halve district traffic and serve the surrounding provinces of Van, Diyarbakır, Bitlis and Siirt. The governor thanked President Erdoğan and Transport Minister Uraloğlu for supporting the “Turkey’s Century” objectives, while 300 km of bituminous hot‑mix asphalt continue to be laid on village roads and related utilities are upgraded. Municipal upgrades continued works in the Aegean and Mediterranean regions. The Denizli Metropolitan Municipality completed a comprehensive renewal of the regions were finalised. Denizli’s Gürlek‑TOKİ corridor, laying corridor received 2,500 t of hot asphalt, installing 6,500 t of cement‑stabilised base, adding new 3‑m sidewalks, 4,500 m² of paving stones and a 280‑m retaining wall. In Antalya, the Public Works department carried out traffic‑relief Antalya’s public works at key intersections, widening widened the Gazi Boulevard bridge from two to three lanes, adding an extra merging/diverging lane to create added a four‑lane crossing, expanding expanded Dumlupınar Boulevard, resurfacing resurfaced asphalt, improving upgraded sidewalks and installing installed motor‑bike‑friendly barriers. Across the country, temporary traffic adjustments accompanied ongoing highway repairs: Ankara’s Natoyolu was closed for metro works; sections of the O‑4, TEM and İzmir‑Aydın motorways faced lane closures; regional projects in Bilecik, Şırnak, Konya, Adana and the TAG motorway operated under controlled traffic. Municipal budgets also grew. Düzce allocated 400 million TL for 2026 asphalt works and 100 million TL for sidewalks; Hatay’s August programme targets 85 sites, aiming to maintain 2,704 km of roads. Kars resumed hot‑asphalt resurfacing of key streets, and Antalya’s Kemer district began a 50‑km water‑sewer upgrade, installing 10 km of pipe and new concrete water tanks. These actions activities build on earlier resurfacing of major corridors such as the Konya‑Istanbul and Konya‑Afyonkarahisar highways corridors and municipal upgrades ranging from roundabouts in Kocaeli to pedestrian walkways in Kahramanmaraş, various local upgrades, sustaining the accelerated pace of Turkey’s infrastructure improvement across Turkey. improvement.

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  1. 2026-07-31 12:35 UTC Turkey infrastructure upgrades – Late July 2026
  2. 2026-07-29 14:09 UTC Turkey infrastructure upgrades – Late July 2026
  3. 2026-07-27 06:50 UTC Turkey infrastructure upgrades – Late July 2026
  4. 2026-07-26 10:28 UTC Turkey infrastructure upgrades – Late July 2026

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