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Inauguration Date Announced for Ordu Ring Road Turkey’s Biggest Companies
Türkiye / 09.12.2018 Fortune Türkiye – 01.07.2018

The first 10.7-kilometre stage of the 21.4 kilometre Ordu In the list of “Turkey Fortune 500” prepared by Fortune Magazine, Nurol İnşaat
Ring Road, whose construction was initiated in 2012, ve Ticaret A.Ş. is the 101st, FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.Ş. is the 255th, Otoyol
has just passed 98 percent completion. The first stage of Yatırım ve İşletme A.Ş. is the 349th and Nurol Makina ve Sanayi A.Ş. is the
the road starts at the Perşembe Intersection of the Fatsa- 415th.
Altınordu Ring Road and passes through the Terzili District
to link with the coastal motorway that skirts the Black Sea.
The section includes three tunnels with a total length of 6.5 The Bridge Between Land and Sea
kilometres, a 44-metre long bridge, five double-bridges Güneş / 28.12.2018
with a total length of 2.5 kilometres, and six intersections,
two of which feature bridge crossings. The asphalting has A vehicle that gives Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) units the ability to safely
largely been completed for the tunnels and viaducts of the traverse rivers and streams and which is often likened to a “transformer”, the
ring road, although recent landslides between the exit of Otter continues to serve commendably as the very first indigenous design and
the Öceli Tunnel and the Öceli-1 Viaduct on the already- development project of the Turkish defence sector. FNSS, the company that
completed parts of the Ordu Ring Road have delayed the conducted the Otter’s project, and as one of the few companies boasting this
road’s inauguration. type of vehicle in its product range, is aiming to begin exports of the vehicle in
the coming period. Despite being a complex system composed of thousands of
pieces, the Otter can be easily operated thanks to its straightforward interface.
In water, it can be navigated with a joystick and can move 360 degrees in any
direction. By linking 12 of the indigenously-designed Otters, a 150-metre bridge
can be formed within 25 minutes, allowing vehicles to cross from one river bank
to the other. As one of the fastest assault bridges in its class, the different sections
of an Otter system can disconnect from one another within five to six minutes
and move ashore un their own power.

Last Stage of Motorway to be Completed in 2019
Dünya / 28.12.2018 Zafer Emerges Triumphant from First Testing in
Desert Conditions
Otoyol Yatırım ve İşletme, a company involved in motorway Akşam / 03.12.2018
projects and management, will complete the final stage of the
Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir Motorway Project in 2019. Yavuz Batum, Sarp-Zafer, one of the latest weapon systems developed
CEO of Otoyol Yatırım ve İşletme, stated that the final section of by Aselsan, was put through its paces for the first time
the project, linking Saruhanlı and Bursa will, according to plans, in Qatar. The system successfully passed its field firing
be opened to traffic in October 2019, marking the completion of tests, performed under desert conditions integrated with
the motorway that has a total length of 405 kilometres. “The final Nurol Makina’s Yörük 4x4 armoured combat vehicle.
stage of this project, which has involved a total investment of The system has the ability to be loaded from within
$8 billion, will be opened to traffic by November 2019, running the vehicles, meaning that personnel do not have to put
between Izmir and Saruhanlı and featuring seven intersections, themselves at risk by exiting the vehicle when the ammo
two viaducts, 52 bridges and the 1.6-kilometre Belkahve Tunnel. runs out. The field tests in Qatar are expected to serve
The 2.2-kilometre Bornova Viaduct incorporated into this as a significant reference for the targeted high-volume
motorway is Turkey’s longest,” Batum said. contracts. Nurol Makina has already received substantial
purchase orders from Qatar for its Ejder Yalçın and Yörük
platforms, and these orders also cover various weapons
systems, including Sarp-Zafer, being both Yörük 4x4’s
and Sarp-Zafer’s first export successes.

Premiere Night Held for Documentary “Treasures of Troy”
Önce Vatan / 26.11.2018
A premiere screening has been made of the documentary “Treasures of Troy
- A Century of Longing”, which focuses on the archaeological treasures
of Troy that were stolen by amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann
and were taken first to Greece and then to Germany in 1873. Speaking
to members of the press before the screening at the Kanyon Shopping
Centre, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Minister of Culture and Tourism, said that the
documentary “Treasures of Troy - A Century of Longing” will effectively
mark the successful completion of the “2018 Year of Troy”. Noting that
the theft of Troy’s treasures had deeply wounded the heart of the region,
Bülent Turan, Group Deputy Chairman and Deputy from Çanakkale of the
AK Party said that the lasting impact of the documentary had given them
the opportunity to recount the story of the theft of the treasures through
a cinematic experience. Nihal Ağırbaş, the producer and director of the
documentary, said “The scenario was penned based on Schliemann’s Brother Kaan, we’re already paying the price
memoirs, excavation notes, books and the views of the academicians we for it since then, and we see that Nurettin
consulted. The Ottoman archives were also examined during the making of Çarmikli was really a person of integrity, such
the film, and to make it more captivating for the audience, we shot the film that he chose to resign. It seems that at the
as a docudrama. We’re actually speaking about a film that is 60 -70 percent
cinema and 30 percent documentary.” Emphasising that every detailed time, people were less glued to their chairs.
covered by the film is true, Ağırbaş said, “I would like to express my infinite
tanks to Bülent Turan, Group Deputy Chairman and Deputy from Çanakkale
of the AK Party, who has stood by us since the very first day I spoke to him
about this film with great enthusiasm. I would like to thank Minister Nuri
Ersoy and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism for their support of this film,
as well as our main sponsors Nurol Holding and TÜMAD Madencilik for
giving us the necessary means to shoot this film.”

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