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Ayhan Kızıltan, ben@ayhankiziltan.com , Mersin, Türkiye 19.10.2025 " Within the framework of the series PROJECTS FROM MERSIN TO TÜRKİYE , I have authored this article to underscore Mersin’s pivotal role and influence on regional economic growth. " The most accurate way to understand a city is not merely to look within its administrative borders, but to perceive its influence extending far beyond them. Mersin is exactly such a city. This is because Mersin gains its true signif

Ayhan Kızıltan, ben@ayhankiziltan.com , İMECE Newspaper, Mersin, Türkiye – May 26, 2024 We support the Mersin-Adana High-Speed Train investment; it is a strategic project that will provide an incredible contribution to our regional economy. It must be extended to Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, and even further to other Southeastern Anatolian provinces, eventually connecting to the Railway Line within the planned Development Road Project  in the Middle East. The fact that t

Ayhan Kızıltan, ben@ayhankiziltan.com.tr , Mersin, Türkiye 20/03/026 What I Have Argued for Over the Years For many years, I have consistently made the same case: investments in Türkiye should no longer be concentrated in only a handful of established centers, but should instead be distributed across the country in a rational, balanced, and strategic way. Mersin and the Çukurova Basin are among the strongest candidates of this new era. For years, on my own website, I have ad