Nasıl Bir Ekonomi Newspaper
July 3, 2023
On Saturday, we embarked on our journey from our residence in Esenyurt. Utilizing the Northern Marmara Highway and crossing the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, we encountered an unusual sight – traffic coming to a halt on the Osmangazi Bridge. The next day, I sent a text to Oğuz Çarmıklı, Vice Chairman of Nurol İnşaat, saying, “We’ve never witnessed the Izmir-Istanbul Highway this congested before. Traffic came to a standstill for nearly half an hour just before the tunnel on the Balıkesir-Bursa stretch. It’s quite likely a record-breaking period for vehicle crossings in recent times.”
Oğuz Çarmıklı responded as follows: “Indeed, on Friday, June 23, 2023, we had 99 thousand vehicles crossing. Then, on Saturday, June 24, the number of vehicles passing through surged to 117 thousand. These figures mark record-breaking crossings.”