Politics · Turkey · 16 hrs ago
Turkey opens Nizip junction and road to Syrian border
Turkey opened two road projects in Gaziantep province: a junction in Nizip and a road linking Nizip with Karkamış near the Syrian border.
The junction, including its connecting roads, is 4.2 kilometres long, while the Nizip-Karkamış road runs for 30.5 kilometres to the Karkamış-Cerablus border crossing.
The projects are expected to save 314.5 million lira each year, including 113.5 million lira from the junction and 201 million lira from the road.
They are also expected to cut carbon emissions by 2,976 tonnes a year.
The new junction is intended to improve access to Nizip courthouse and nearby public services, while the road strengthens links to the border area.
Turkey says it has invested more than 177 billion lira in Gaziantep’s transport and communications infrastructure over the past 24 years.
Work continues on the Dülük tunnel and connecting road, which is intended to ease traffic between the D-400 highway and the ring road and improve access to the industrial zone.
Turkey opened the Nizip Adliye Junction and the 30.5-kilometre Nizip-Karkamış Road in Gaziantep province.
The road runs from the Karkamış turnoff on the Nizip-D-400 State Road to the Karkamış-Cerablus border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border.
Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said the projects are expected to save a combined 314.5 million lira a year.
The junction is 4.2 kilometres long, including its connecting roads, and is expected to save 113.5 million lira a year.
The projects are also expected to reduce annual carbon emissions by 2,976 tonnes.
- Who
- Turkey’s Transport and Infrastructure Ministry, led by Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, opened the projects.
- What
- The Nizip Adliye Junction and the 30.5-kilometre Nizip-Karkamış Road were opened to traffic.
- When
- 14 November 2026.
- Where
- Nizip, in Gaziantep province, Turkey; the road extends to the Karkamış-Cerablus border crossing.
- Why
- The projects aim to improve road access and traffic flow, and are expected to save travel time and fuel.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Construction began on the Dülük-OSB Tunnel and its connecting road through cooperation between Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality, the Gaziantep Organized Industrial Zone administration and the General Directorate of Highways.
Abdulkadir Uraloğlu opened the Nizip Adliye Junction and Nizip-Karkamış Road.
- Road length
- 30.5 kilometres
- Junction length
- 4.2 kilometres, including connecting roads
- Expected annual savings
- 314.5 million lira combined
- Junction’s expected annual savings
- 113.5 million lira
- Expected annual emissions reduction
- 2,976 tonnes
What people are saying
Nizip is one of the important stops in this abundance and activity.
We opened this route, extending from the Karkamış turnoff on the Nizip D-400 State Road to the Karkamış-Cerablus Border Crossing on the Turkey-Syria border, as a divided road with hot-mix bituminous surfacing.
With this project, we will save a total of 113.5 million lira annually, including 100.5 million lira in time and 13 million lira in fuel.