Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, answered questions on NTV broadcast. Uraloğlu stated that with the super fast train project, the travel time between Istanbul and Ankara will be reduced to 80 minutes.

NTV correspondent Sibel Can directed questions about current issues to Minister Uraloğlu in a special interview held in Gaziantep.

Highlights from Minister Uraloğlu’s statements:

GOOGLE’S ALGORITHM CHANGE “We have a meeting scheduled, they insist they haven’t made any changes, but our Turkish users say they have been affected by the latest update, and that it’s not true. We have legal rights, we will follow up on this and support it, we are keeping an eye on the matter. Competition Board has already imposed fines. Discussions are ongoing.” WILL ROBLOX AND DISCORD BE REOPENED? Discussions are ongoing for Roblox and Discord, they have been closed by court order, and reopening them is a possibility with a new court order. After the court decision is made, we will act accordingly.

DELIVERY OF THE FIRST DOMESTIC SUBURBAN TRAIN We had started numerous productions in rail systems. We had built our electric train. Now, we will put the prototype of our train that will travel at 225 km/h on the tracks next year. We no longer have the possibility to meet urban traffic with rubber-wheeled vehicles. We need to return to rail systems. ANKARA-ISTANBUL SUPER FAST TRAIN We have started the project of the super fast train that will directly connect Ankara to Istanbul through Akyazı. It will travel at a speed of 350 km per hour. The transportation time between the two cities will be 80 minutes. I can say that it is top technology. Hopefully, we will make it domestic and national.