A historical overview of the development of highways in Turkey

In this study, the highway transportation system which currently became the dominated transportation system in Turkey is examined. The development of this system between the foundation of the Republic and the present is investigated periodically. According to the results of this study the transportation policies for the highway transportation had been seen as a system integrating with the railway transportation until 1950s. However, after 1950s, the railways had been nearly ignored and the highways construction by Marshall aids became the main practice. As a result of the highways dominated transportation policies of the planned period, the highway transportation has become the main transportation system in Turkey. Today the highway transportation is made in the % 97 of the passenger transport and % 89 of freight transport in Turkey.