Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay on Tuesday evening with the Prime Minister of the Libyan National Unity Government Abdelhamid Dabaiba followed up on the “political and economic cooperation” between the two countries.

The media office of the Libyan Prime Minister said in a brief statement: “Turkish Vice President Fuad Oktay held a phone call this evening (Tuesday) with Prime Minister Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba to follow up on political and economic cooperation between the two countries.”

Oktay conveyed “the greetings of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the Prime Minister and all the Libyan people,” according to the statement.

Libya and Turkey have strong relations, which the two countries have translated into security, military and economic agreements, the latest of which was the signing on 3 October of a memorandum of understanding aimed at developing projects related to the exploration, production, transport and trade of oil and natural gas.

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The Turkish Association of Independent Industrialists and Businessmen “MUSIAD” and the Organization of the Eight Islamic Developing Countries for Economic Cooperation (D-8) signed a memorandum of understanding to develop trade relations and increase cooperation.

This came during a summit of the organization on the sidelines of the “Musiad Expo 2022” trade fair organized by the association in Istanbul, in which Anadolu Agency participates as a global media partner.

The memorandum of understanding was signed on Saturday by the organization’s secretary-general Isaiaka Abdulkadir Imam and the president of “MUSIAD” Mahmud Asmali at the “TUYAP” exhibition center in the European side of Istanbul.

Imam said in a speech during the summit that the Organization of the Eight Developing Countries for Economic Cooperation was founded by Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Indonesia, Nigeria, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey (1996).

He pointed out that the organization has established important cooperation between member states since its establishment in many sectors such as agriculture, trade, transport, energy and tourism, and that this cooperation is increasing day by day.

The Secretary-General revealed that the volume of trade between the OIC countries rose to $1.8 trillion, but stressed that the current figures are in fact much less than the goals to be achieved.

For his part, Asmali said that the total population of the OIC member states is estimated at 1.2 billion, and that the size of their economy is close to 4 trillion dollars.

He pointed out that Turkey’s economy was able to spread its strong growth performance throughout the year and that international organizations revised their forecasts for the growth of the Turkish economy in an upward direction.

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Transportation will be free for students, parents, and teachers who will take the Higher Education Institutions Examination (YKS) which will be held in Ankara on June 26-27.

According to the statement issued by Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, EGO buses, metro and Ankara will run at 06.00-22.00 on exam dates.

Students, parents, and teachers who will take the exam will be able to benefit from the free public transportation service by showing their exam documents.

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High-speed trains, regional trains, Marmaray and Başkentray services will be in service from May 17th according to the departure times before complete closure.

TCDD General Directorate Tasimacilik AS has made arrangements for YHT, Marmaray, Baskentray and regional passenger train services with effect from May 17th.

50 percent capacity in YHTs

Accordingly, YHTs will operate in Ankara-Eskisehir-Istanbul and Ankara-Konya-Istanbul lines with a capacity of 50 percent within the social distance base and will make 22 flights per day.

The presentation of the HES code will also be mandatory while providing train tickets, and YHTs will make trips according to their tariffs prior to submitting a full closure request.

The joint transfer will be conducted with the YHT link between Konya and Karaman.

Marmara and Bashkentray

Regional trains will also operate according to a pre-lockdown schedule.

Marmaray will serve at intervals of 30 minutes on ban days, 8 minutes between Zeytinburnu-Maltepe and 15 minutes between Halkalı-Gebze on other days.

On the other hand, Başkentray will run at 15-minute intervals between Sincan and Kayaş on days when there is no curfew.

And 30-minute time periods on days when there are restrictions, and due to the complete lockdown between April 29 and May 17.

While the YHT, Marmaray and Başkentray train schedules and times have changed, regional train services have been suspended.

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Karaismailoğlu Minister of Transport and Infrastructure has taken examinations at the site of Rize İyidere Logistics Center.

He said that the quarry to be opened in Ikizdere within the scope of the project will be far from the settlements, and the fields will not be affected.

The Minister of Transport and Infrastructure in Rize, Adel Karaismailoğlu, also visited the municipality, and the Governor of Rize, Kemal Scheiber, and the deputy of the Justice and Development Party, Rize Osman Askin Bak, announced.

In addition to Mayor of Rize Rahmi Matin, observations in the field of urban transformation.

Minister Karaismailoğlu also inspected the Tea Bazaar project in the filling area and took pictures in front of the giant tea glass memorial, then moved to the iyidere Logistics Port Project area.

“Rize will be one of the most important ports and logistical centers for the Black Sea basin.”

In a press release, Minister Karaismailoğlu stated that they are working to carry Rize to a more fertile future.

Minister Karaismailoğlu also stated that the business of Rize Iyidere Logistics Port will increase the Eastern Black Sea share of the national income.

In addition to reviving the region’s economy, and constantly opening up jobs for thousands of people.

Kasapoglu said: “Rize, the pearl of our Black Sea region, is our student by nature and her sea.

Our green jewel, our hardworking and brave people is our main crown.

Through our continuous investments in the near future, our Rize will reach a more fertile future through development in the fields of energy and trade, as well as agriculture, tourism and industry.

It will be one of the most important ports and logistical centers for the Black Sea basin, as the Mount Offit tunnel is the longest tunnel in Turkey, and the second longest tunnel in Europe.

It is also the sixth longest land tunnel in the world, and later, work continues on the Kerik Dali Kavak Tunnels.

“We will return to Rize to open the Ikizdere and Salarh tunnels in the coming days.”

It will provide job opportunities for 8 thousand people

Minister Karaismailoğlu said that there are dozens of highway projects underway in Rize, “We are putting Rize-Artvin Airport into service at the end of this year.

Filling 3 million cubic meters of the sea will be one of the largest airports in the world.

Undoubtedly, one of the important investments in the sea route that we are making in Rize is the İyidere Logistics port project.

The impact of the Rize İyidere port project, with an annual capacity of 13 million tons, will have a GDP of $ 192 million.

Its contribution to production will be more than $ 428 million. This project will also provide direct job opportunities for 1,000 people, and indirect employment for 8,000 people in 34 different sectors.

With this project, while Rize will become a new logistical base to open to the Black Sea, our port will contribute significantly to both the economy of the regional provinces and the volume of trade in the country.”

“The environmental impacts will be controlled continuously”

“Minister Karaismailoğlu who explained that the priority of using the existing quarries to fill the sea in the construction of the port of Rize İyidere Logistics, as is the case in all projects:

The Environmental Impact Assessment Report of the Walnut Quarry was prepared and approved by the Rize Governor’s Office.

Environmental impacts will also be controlled continuously, and open treatment methods will be applied in a controlled manner in the quarry area.

A crushing and screening facility will not be established in the mine, and as a result of the activities that will be carried out in the quarry, the values ​​of vibration and noise will remain within the limits of laws and regulations.

We will continue our work at a great distance from residential areas, and waste generated during the activity will be stored in a special area and disposed of, and this quarry will be operational for a period of two years.

As he will only mine stones for the port from the quarry, and it is wrong that there will be a magnitude of 3 earthquake, there is no room, the fields will not be touched.

Those who opposed the third bridge yesterday are those who try to deceive our brothers in Rize Ikizdere with their lies.”

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The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, announced that public transportation has become free for pharmacists and workers in the pharmaceutical sector, In light of the procedures and measures taken to provide all necessaries for healthcare workers working to defeat the Coronavirus.

Imamoglu said in his tweet on Twitter, “In the context of providing free transportation for health care workers, starting from Wednesday, pharmacists and workers in this field will be able to benefit from free public transportation, as long as they have an identification card from the pharmacists room”

Turkey is working to take all possible measures to limit the spread of the Coronavirus by supporting the health and services sector and other preventive measures that are fully in the interest of the entire Turkish people.

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