2008 To Be Year Of Investments

ANKARA - Turkey will start implementing various projects and making new investments in the new year.
Turkey plans to make public a tender program for its first nuclear power plant in early 2008.
Other possible projects Turkey wants to implement in 2008 are construction of a third bridge on the Istanbul Strait, a bridge on the Canakkale Strait, a suspension bridge on Izmit Gulf, and a railway that will be connected to the Kars-Tbilisi railway.
Turkey plans to construct the third bridge on the Istanbul Strait with build-operate-transfer model and use foreign loan.
On the other hand, an international tender will be opened for construction of a 1.3-km suspension bridge on the Izmit Gulf.
Also, Turkey will launch feasibility works for a railway and commuter train lines that will be connected to Kars-Tbilisi railway in 2008.