Railways
total: 8,607 km
standard gauge: 8,607 km 1.435-m gauge (2,131 km electrified) (2001)

Highways
total: 382,059 km
paved: 106,976 km (including 1,726 km of expressways)
unpaved: 275,083 km (1999 est.)

Waterways 1,200 km (approximately)

Pipelines crude oil 1,738 km; petroleum products 2,321 km; natural gas 708 km

Ports and harbors Gemlik, Hopa, Iskenderun, Istanbul, Izmir, Kocaeli (Izmit), Icel (Mersin), Samsun, Trabzon

Merchant marine
total: 553 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,674,099 GRT/9,108,819 DWT
ships by type: bulk 138, cargo 239, chemical tanker 45, combination bulk 5, combination ore/oil 2, container 27, liquefied gas 6, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 45, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 27, short-sea passenger 10, specialized tanker 5
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Belize 1, Cyprus 1, Denmark 2, Greece 1, Italy 1, Thailand 1, United Kingdom 11 (2002 est.)

Airports 120 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 86
over 3,047 m: 16
2,438 to 3,047 m: 30
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 6 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 34
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 24 (2001)
914 to 1,523 m: 8

Heliports 6 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Turkey on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Turkey Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Turkey Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.