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Turkey plans 247-kilometre smart transport corridor around Ankara
Turkey is planning a 247-kilometre smart transport corridor around Ankara as part of its connected and autonomous vehicle work.
The planned route includes the Ankara Ring Road, the Gölbaşı-Oğulbey section and sections near Polatlı.
Project work is under way, but the corridor has not been described as built.
The plan follows a roughly 40-kilometre test corridor between Hasdal and Istanbul Airport, where 5G-supported transport systems are being tested.
These systems let vehicles exchange information with roadside equipment and control centres.
In Ankara, the aim is to test connected and autonomous vehicles over a wider area and link transport infrastructure with communications systems.
The technology could help improve traffic management, road safety and travel information, while project planning continues.
Turkey is planning a 247-kilometre smart transport corridor around Ankara, with project work ongoing.
The proposed route covers the Ankara Ring Road, the Gölbaşı-Oğulbey section and sections near Polatlı.
Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said the corridor is intended to expand testing and use of connected and autonomous vehicle technologies.
The project aims to integrate smart transport infrastructure with communication systems.
Turkey is also testing 5G-supported smart transport technology on a roughly 40-kilometre corridor between Hasdal and Istanbul Airport.
- Who
- Turkey’s Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced the plans.
- What
- Project work is continuing on a 247-kilometre smart transport systems corridor.
- When
- The reports were published on November 8 and 9, 2026. The project timeline is not stated.
- Where
- The planned corridor covers the Ankara Ring Road, Gölbaşı-Oğulbey and Polatlı sections.
- Why
- To test and apply connected and autonomous vehicle technologies over a wider area and develop vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-control-centre communications.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Turkey established its first cooperative intelligent transport systems test and application corridor between Hasdal and Istanbul Airport.
5G-supported smart transport technologies are being tested along the roughly 40-kilometre Istanbul corridor.
Work is continuing on the proposed 247-kilometre Ankara corridor as the second phase of the cooperative intelligent transport systems programme.
- Total planned corridor
- 247 kilometres
- Ankara Ring Road
- 166 kilometres
- Gölbaşı-Oğulbey section
- 22 kilometres
- Polatlı sections
- 59 kilometres
- Istanbul test corridor
- About 40 kilometres between Hasdal and Istanbul Airport
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What people are saying
We aim to create a total 247-kilometre intelligent transport systems corridor covering the 166-kilometre Ankara Ring Road, the 22-kilometre Gölbaşı-Oğulbey section and the 59-kilometre Polatlı sections, along the Polatlı-Gölbaşı-Ankara Ring Road route.
We aim to take connected and autonomous driving technologies to a wider route in Ankara, drawing on the knowledge and experience gained from our first application.
With this corridor, we aim to test and apply connected and autonomous vehicle technologies over a wider area.
On our highways, we use signalling systems, variable message and traffic signs, meteorological information stations, camera and monitoring systems, vehicle and incident detection systems, electronic toll collection systems and tunnel control systems.