Turkey Transportation 1997

Railways
total: 10,386 km
standard gauge : 10,386 km 1.435-m gauge (1,093 km electrified)

Highways
total: 381,300 km
paved : 87,699 km (including 1,246 km of expressways)
unpaved: 293,601 km (1995 est.)

Waterways about 1,200 km

Pipelines crude oil 1,738 km; petroleum products 2,321 km; natural gas 708 km

Ports and harbors Gemlik, Hopa, Iskenderun, Istanbul, Izmir, Izmit, Mersin, Samsun, Trabzon

Merchant marine
total: 515 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,986,328 GRT/10,157,071 DWT
ships by type: bulk 155, cargo 232, chemical tanker 24, combination bulk 7, combinationore/oil 11, container 6, liquefied gas tanker 4, livestock carrier 1, oiltanker 43, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo20, short-sea passenger 7, specialized tanker 2
note: Turkey owns an additional 34 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 163,512DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Malta, and Panama (1996 est.)

Airports 104 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 94
over 3,047 m : 16
2,438 to 3,047 m: 20
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 17
under 914 m: 28 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total : 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 8 (1996 est.)

Heliports 2 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Turkey on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Turkey Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Turkey Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.