Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu made a written statement regarding the latest status of the Turkey Card project.
Noting that the project is being implemented by PTT under the coordination of the ministry, Uraloğlu said that with the Turkey Card project, which will combine public transportation cards in 81 Turkish provinces into a single card, the confusion of different cards in each city will be ended and a single public transportation card will be valid throughout Turkey from Edirne to Kars.
Minister Uraloğlu pointed out the importance of cooperation with municipalities to spread the project to 81 provinces, and stated that they have made Turkey Card available in pilot provinces such as Konya, Kayseri, Gümüşhane, Yozgat and Istanbul’s Gayrettepe-Yeni Airport metro line.
Noting that citizens showed great interest in the application of Turkey Card in the five pilot provinces, Uraloğlu said: “Turkey Card was sold to 47 thousand 265 people in a short time in these five pilot provinces, and 118 thousand 273 trips were made using Turkey Card.”
Uraloğlu stated that they aim to increase the number of provinces included in the system to 18 by the end of the year and made the following assessment: “We aim to open the Turkey Card application to use in Marmaray in Istanbul, Başkentray in Ankara, İzban in İzmir, as well as Rize, Kocaeli, Aksaray, Tokat, Karabük, Uşak, Kahramanmaraş, Nevşehir, Kilis, Çorum and Gaziantep by the end of the year.”
Noting that Turkey Card can be purchased at PTT’s offices, Uraloğlu said: “We are introducing this project that will provide ease of transportation to our citizens for a nominal fee. Our citizens who want to purchase Turkey Card from PTT offices will pay a symbolic fee of 40 liras for the “plan-free” Turkey Card and 60 liras for the “debit” and “prepaid” Turkey Cards.
The minister added: “We are continuing to negotiate with the Ministry of Family and Social Services regarding the cards that will be granted to special categories such as relatives of martyrs, veterans and people over the age of 65.”
