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The transportation sector has a significant place in the economy since Turkey covers an extensive area, is surrounded by three seas, to the south, north and the west, and is located between Europe and Asia.

The transportation sector consists of the land, sea, air, railroad and pipeline transportation activities. Activities related to the development and coordination of the services provided by the transportation sector in Turkey and abroad are carried out by the Ministry of Transportation. In parallel with new developments, activities for the establishment of a separate unit within the structure of the Ministry of Transportation, which will be responsible for the coordination of organizations engaged in activities in the transportation sub-sectors, are continuing.

The number of persons employed in the transportation sector, which provides gradually more contributions to the development of the Turkish economy, exceeded 500 thousand as of 1998. A total of 21.7 percent of the total fixed capital investments made by the public sector in 1998 was realized in the transportation sector. The transportation sector together with the communications sector in Turkey constitutes almost 14 percent of the GDP.

The highways lead the domestic cargo transportation with a share of 87.4 percent. This ratio is 5.5 percent for railroads, 5.3 percent for seaways and 1.8 percent for pipelines. Furthermore, 95 percent of the domestic passenger transportation in Turkey is made by land transportation.

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