Uraloğlu: The contract phase has been reached for the 'railway connection' project to Filyos Port.

In a written statement, Minister Uraloğlu stated that the tender process for the construction of a branch line connecting Filyos Port, one of the Black Sea's most important logistics centers, to the national railway network was completed on April 29th. He said, "Our branch line connecting Filyos Port and the Filyos Industrial Zone will be 7.17 kilometers long. Thanks to this line, cargo arriving at Filyos Port will be transported uninterrupted to inland areas and industrial centers via the national railway network. Thus, we will ensure that the entire cargo potential at Filyos Port, our country's gateway to the Black Sea, is integrated into our national railway network."

Uraloğlu noted that the railway connection line project is strategically important for increasing Türkiye's logistics capacity and transforming Filyos Port into a global trade center, saying, "The project has a design speed of 60 kilometers per hour. As part of the project, we will expand the existing Gökçeler Station. The project will also include a 387-meter-long, 13-meter-wide, and 11-meter-high railway bridge spanning the Filyos Stream. This investment constitutes one of the most important components of the 'Railway Logistics Development Project,' financed by the World Bank."

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Adem Gül, a July 15 veteran who serves as the chief clerk at the Ankara Courthouse's 2nd High Criminal Court, took to the streets to defend democracy during FETÖ's July 15, 2016, coup attempt. Coming to the General Staff Headquarters with his brother, Gül was wounded in his right and left arms, wrist, and finger by the putschists' gunfire. Adem Gül, who lost his right little finger after four surgeries, regained his health. However, due to the risk of surgery, the shrapnel in his arm could not be removed. Gül, a July 15 veteran, has been living with eight shrapnel pieces in his body for nine years.

Gazi Adem Gül stated that when the events began on the night of the coup, he and his friends, who had just left the mosque, were sitting in the courtyard. Initially, they couldn't figure out why the planes were flying low. However, when they returned home, they realized it was a coup attempt after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's statements on television. Gül explained that he acted without hesitation after the call, saying, "That night, my brother and I performed our ablutions and left our house to do whatever we could to prevent the coup. Actually, our first goal was to reach the social complex. But the traffic had become so chaotic. We drove towards Kızılay. When our car stopped moving in the Kızılay center, near the Çankaya Municipality building, we parked there. Then we arrived at the Kızılay Shopping Center, where citizens had gathered. That's when we saw the tanks coming at us with a vengeance."

Adem Gül stated that during the coup attempt, people held flags in protest, but when the salutes were recited, they began to move as if fear had been removed from their hearts. He said, "As we approached the General Staff Headquarters, they began firing at us from the roof and windows. We lay down on the ground, under police vehicles, to protect ourselves from the fire. When the firing stopped and we got up, two helicopters began flying above us. These helicopters, as we later learned in the case files and during the hearings, fired armor-piercing artillery shells at us. Just think: we had no weapons, our goal was to protect our homeland, to stop the coup attempt, and yet, seeing that we had a flag, they fired armor-piercing shells at us. I was injured there by shrapnel."

Gül, who stated that he had 8 shrapnel pieces in his body but that these points could not be treated because they caused tissue loss, said, "That's why none of the shrapnel pieces on my left side could be removed. I am currently the chief clerk at the Ankara Courthouse. I was previously a court clerk. As you know, the job of a court clerk is to type with all 10 fingers without looking. With this finger in this condition, I lost the ability to type quickly. Therefore, I encountered many difficulties later in the profession I loved. Thankfully, our superiors and chiefs at the time assigned us to positions that were a little more suitable. But of course, it is a little sad when a person cannot do their own job. But still, may the motherland endure. In the end, the traitors did not achieve their goals. Our motherland will endure, God willing. This motherland has never been in an easy geography. We will do our best to keep our motherland and our flag flying in a sacred way until our last breath. May God never let another tragedy like July 15th happen to this country again." "May he not experience any disaster," he said.

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