Republican People's Party Bursa Provincial Chairman İsmet Karaca stated that the public attention was drawn to the incredible planning errors and delays in the Bursa High Speed Train Project with the Bursa Train Walk, which was held with the participation of 9 deputies from the CHP and 4 members from the Party Assembly. He evaluated the official statement made by the Ministry as a confession. Pointing to the statement in the written statement made by the Ministry on April 6, “…the Balıkesir-Bursa-Yenişehir-Osmaneli High Speed Train Line, whose tunneling works continue, is aimed to be completed in 2 years”, Karaca said, “They said it will end in 2016, but Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the 2018 elections. He promised in the presidential election manifesto that it would be finished in 2020, but it did not end in 2020 either. The last time they were talking about 2023, we came to April of 2022. We learned from the last official statement of the Ministry of Transport that the line is expected to be completed in 2 years, that the high-speed train is also a dream in 2023”.
KARACA: “NOW BAD CONFESSIONS ARE COMING INSTEAD OF HOLLOW GOODWILL”
Reminding that the news of the “train good news to Bursa” has been published in the newspapers since 2008 by the ruling deputies and the AKP Ministers, CHP Bursa Provincial Chairman İsmet Karaca said, “Since 2008, there was no project yet, the good news flew every day, it is basic, but in 2012. was also thrown. They have been telling tales to Bursa residents morning and evening since 2012. Every interested or irrelevant AKP member became a high-speed train herald, but no one can believe anymore. The language of AKP supporters had to change as they poured out the good news that was like a bogus check. It is no longer empty good news from the AKP wing, but bitter confessions.”
“According to ESGIN, AKP's SPEED TRAIN LIES WERE SINCERE”
The headlines from the written statement made by CHP Bursa Provincial Chairman İsmet Karaca, who stated that the Train Walk carried out by the CHP in Bursa, achieved the purpose of bringing the issue to the agenda on behalf of Bursa and Bursa residents, are as follows:
“We toured the Bursa High Speed Train project site, which the AKP built in 10 years, in only 6 hours. In the middle there is only a stabilized road for laying the rails. Making statements to a local newspaper after our march, Bursa Deputy of the AKP, Mustafa Esgin, who is responsible for the good news, claimed that the CHP march was aimed at the show and said that he did not find it sincere. So we understand that; The high-speed train news and lies that AKP has told so far have been very sincere… But revealing these hollow good news and saying 'we want service, keep your word now, bring the high-speed train to Bursa' is insincerity towards the show. Unfortunately, Bursa and Turkey have been entrusted to this political mentality for years.”
“A TOTAL OF 6 METERS OF EXCAVATION IS DONE EVERY DAY IN 25 TUNNELS”
“In the same statement, AKP's Mustafa Esgin emphasized that 6 meters of excavation is carried out per day in 25 tunnels on the high-speed train line, and this will increase to 50 meters per day in the coming days. The ambiguous statements make it seem as if each tunnel is excavated for 25 meters per day. The truth of the matter is, an average of 4 meters of excavation is carried out per day in each tunnel, and a total of 6 meters of excavation is carried out in 25 tunnels per day. If you enter the tunnels from two directions, you will dig a total of 6 meters per day in 50 tunnels. We think that correct information should be given to the people of Bursa without twisting the numbers and without misleading anyone.”
“MINISTRY NO LONGER SAY HIGH SPEED TRAIN”
“As for the statement of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure; The name of the project is now called as Balıkesir-Bursa-Yenişehir-Osmaneli High Speed Train Line and it is stated that it is aimed to be completed in 2 years. The Ministry no longer uses the term 'High Speed Train'. In short, we set out by saying High Speed Train, we were sentenced to High Speed Train.”
“WHO IS THE DEBT OF THE EUR 1 BILLION 238 MILLION LOAN?”
“There is not a single line regarding cost items in the explanations. We demand that these figures be disclosed with full transparency. Our Chairman, Mr. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, brought it to the agenda, but a clear answer could not be given. In the statement made by the Ministry, there is no answer to our questions, only printed project information is shared. Why was the 2018 billion lira tender in April 2,5 cancelled? Why is the same tender given to 9,5 invited companies such as Kalyon, Kolin, Limak and İçtaş for 5 billion liras this time? How many foreign loan agreements have been signed for this business? The equivalent of the 2,5 billion 9,5 million 1 thousand Euro loan used for this address-delivered tender, which was tendered for 238 billion liras after the cancellation of the 422 billion lira tender, is approximately 20 billion liras at today's exchange rate. Is there any public harm in this business or not? Moreover, the debtor of this loan is not the companies that took the tender, but the Ministry of Treasury and Finance. What is this work, what does it serve? Stop telling tales to Bursa, the people of Bursa, and answer these questions!”
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