The World Bank is providing $2bn in funding for the Istanbul North Rail Crossing Project (INRAIL) project, a 127-km railway bypassing Istanbul metropolitan area and crossing over the Bosphorus from…

An architectural team of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), MVRDV and Snøhetta have unveiled designs for Ion Riva, a new neighbourhood with 969 homes, 100,000-sq-m of green space and a new…

UK-headquartered architect Foster + Partners has unveiled the design for a retail plaza on the north bank of Istanbul’s Golden Horn estuary. Located close to many of Istanbul’s historic landmarks,…

The main dome of the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul is to undergo the most extensive restoration in its 1,488-year history. One of the main aims of the work…

China is considering investing $60bn to upgrade Turkey’s rail network, South China Morning Post reports. Burak Dağlıoğlu, president of the Invest in Türkiye agency, said the work could include a…

Work has been completed on Kohn Pedersen Fox’s (KPF’s) design for the headquarters of Ziraat Bank in Istanbul’s International Financial Centre. The project consists of two towers, 46 and 40-storeys…

Preliminary design work on a 1,200km motorway between Iraq and Turkey – known as the “Development Road” – has been completed, World Highways reports. It’s intended to support an economic…

Turkish contractor Metag Holding has signed an agreement to expand the ancient Somali port of Hobyo, Kenyan newspaper The Star reports.  Metag’s deal with the Hobyo Investment Company will see…

An international design team involving UK architect Foster + Partners and engineering consultant Buro Happold has unveiled a masterplan for restoring the ancient Turkish city of Antakya – Antioch in…

French engineer Alstom has acquired Duray Ulasim Sistemleri, a manufacturing plant in Bursa, northern Turkey. Some 200 staff work at the site, which makes components for rail systems that are…

Turkish officials anticipate an agreement with Chinese EV and battery maker BYD to build a $1bn plant near Izmir in the west of the country, Automotive News Europe reports. Recep…

Transport ministers from Iraq, Turkey, UAE, and Qatar met on Monday to sign a memorandum of understanding on Iraq’s “Development Road”. It’s envisaged as a 1,200km motorway, rail link and…

Construction machinery maker Doosan Bobcat donated €800,00 last year to help small businesses in Turkey get going again after violent earthquakes struck in February. They destroyed or damaged some 240,000…

Export credit agencies from the UK, Italy, Poland, and Austria have joined Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) to secure €1.247bn to build a high-speed railway in Turkey. Turkey’s Ministry of…

Turkish contractor Limak gave GCR a tour of the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, which links Asia and Europe across the Dardanelles Strait. Completed in 2022 after four years, the bridge has…

In its ongoing project to renovate FC Barcelona’s home stadium, Spotify Camp Nou, Turkish contractor Limak told GCR that it had now removed the old stadium’s third and top seating…

Bidding has opened for a 1,200km motorway and rail link that will connect southern Iraq with Turkey, the World Highways website reports. Iraq approved the “Development Road”, as the project…

UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK government’s export credit agency, has underwritten €781m of financing for a 286km high-speed railway across southern Turkey. Its Buyer Credit Facility will help contractor…