13.10.2026 09:53
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Cemil Tugay, who joined the AK Party last week, announced the first mega project he prepared for the city. Tugay, who announced that a railway tube passage will be built between Karşıyaka and Konak passing under the Gulf, gave the good news of an uninterrupted metro on the Mavişehir-Gaziemir line.
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Cemil Tugay, who made his mark on the political agenda by joining the ranks of the AK Party, announced to the public his first giant project that will radically change urban transportation. After the badge pinning ceremony, Tugay, who accelerated the investments planned for Izmir, shared the details of the railway tube passage project that will connect Karşıyaka and Konak under the sea.
UNINTERRUPTED METRO FROM MAVİŞEHİR TO GAZİEMİR
After his meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Tugay met with Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu and stated that they received positive feedback for the line that will pass under the Gulf of Izmir.
Emphasizing that the project will be a milestone in urban transportation, Tugay used the following statements:
"I attach great importance to the railway tube passage project that will pass under the Gulf between Karşıyaka and Konak. When this line is integrated into Üçyol, we will have a completely uninterrupted metro line extending from Mavişehir to Gaziemir. We discussed the details of the project with our Honorable Minister, and he also approached this investment very positively."
FIRST STEP AFTER THE BADGE THAT STIRRED POLITICAL CIRCLES
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Cemil Tugay joined the AK Party with the badge pinned by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the ceremony held on October 7. After this transfer, which caused a wide reverberation in political circles, the first step of the mega projects planned to be brought to Izmir with government support was taken with the Gulf tube passage.