Türkiye is advancing the $1.615 billion Eastern Türkiye Railway Infrastructure Development Project (ETMIC), which will modernize the Divrigi–Kars–Georgia line with electrification, signaling, and advanced traffic management to boost freight and regional growth. Ankara is also planning the Samsun–Trabzon–Sarpi high-speed line linking central Türkiye with Georgia, and Georgia is constructing a new Batumi–Türkiye highway—jointly strengthening the Middle Corridor trade route. These projects deepen Türkiye’s regional connectivity ambitions, potentially aligning with Russian interests in reopening the Abkhazian railway, which could one day link Turkish and Russian rail systems through the South Caucasus.
Turkish Transport Projects Reshape South Caucasus Connectivity – Jamestown
