The largest share was allocated to the railway! How much funding was allocated to transportation programs in 2027?

Turkey expects to spend more than 1 trillion lira next year for railway transportation, land transportation, information and communication, maritime transportation and combined transportation, logistics and dangerous goods transportation programs.

RAIL TRANSPORTATION HAS THE HIGHEST SHARE

According to the information compiled from the 2027 Central Government Budget Law Proposal, the progress provided by technological developments brings rapid change in the transportation sector. In order to keep up with this process, various amounts of resources will be allocated for transportation programs next year.

In this context, the largest share in the transportation sector will be used for railway transportation with 514 billion 941 million 311 thousand lira. The budget in question, which was approximately 377 billion 196 million 244 thousand liras this year, was increased by approximately 36.52 percent for 2027.

The budget allocated for road transportation, which ranks second, this year as 365 billion 156 million 17 thousand liras, was increased to 482 billion 458 million 296 thousand liras next year, with an increase of 32.12 percent.

The budget of the information and communication program was also increased by 38.84 percent, from 23 billion 292 million 789 thousand liras to 32 billion 339 million 916 thousand liras.

The budget for the maritime transportation program, which reached approximately 7 billion liras this year, reached 18 billion 126 million 46 thousand liras for next year, with an increase of 166.16 percent.

In the combined transportation, logistics and dangerous goods transportation program, next year's budget increased by 21.29 percent compared to this year and reached 7 billion 330 million 919 thousand lira.

Thus, the total budget in transportation programs, which was 778 billion 499 million 194 thousand liras this year, will reach 1 trillion 55 million 196 million 488 thousand liras next year, with an increase of 35.54 percent.

"WE WILL BUILD Türkiye'S FUTURE WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS"

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said that more efficient use of existing infrastructure, increasing railway capacity, developing port and logistics infrastructure and integrating different transportation types come to the fore in transportation investments.

Emphasizing that investments will continue without slowing down, Uraloğlu shared the following information:

"A budget of over 1 trillion liras has been allocated for our investments in all modes of transportation next year. Our budget allocated to railways was in the first place. We will take our railway investments further to weave our country with iron networks. Our investments all over our country for an accessible Turkey are not limited to railways only. We have invested in many areas from roads to railways, from aviation to maritime. Turkey has achieved a significant transformation with its major investments and infrastructure projects in the field of transportation. Turkey is a country that has come of age in transportation. "We have strengthened our transportation, communication and infrastructure, and we will continue to work to strengthen it further. We will work continuously to build Türkiye's future with our transportation investments based on the needs of our nation."

Uraloğlu stated that in 2027, they will continue their investments in land, railway and airways, maritime and communication sectors with the budget allocated to transportation areas.

Referring to the budget they received as a ministry this year, Uraloğlu said:

"As the Ministry, the investment share we received from the national budget in 2026 is approximately 525 billion liras. The amount of the openings we have made and will carry out this year will be over 605 billion liras. We are converting every penny we receive from the treasury into the service of our citizens. We will have many projects that we will put into service by the end of the year."

The appropriations allocated to transportation programs for this year and 2027 are as follows: