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SOCAR Tower
“Best International Office Project”
Built in Baku, Azerbaijan by Tekfen Construction and officially inaugurated by Ilham
Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, on May 30, SOCAR Tower was selected by ENR (Engineering
News-Record) as the “Best International Office Building Project.”
Projects from 15 countries on 5 continents participated in the awards in 18 different cat-
egories at the 4
th
ENR Global Best Projects Awards, which will be presented at a ceremony in
New York on October 11. We once more congratulate the project team for making all of us
proud, and wish them success in the future.
This newsletter is a pull-out summary of
Tekfen Group Companies Bulletin No.34
TEKFEN GROUP NEWSLETTER, April-June 2016
Bulletin
TekfenConstruction - Doğuş Construction
Equal-Share Joint Venture won the tender
for the construction of the Afyonkarahisar-
Uşak Section and the Afyonkara
hisar Direct
Tekfen wins fast train tender
The attempted coup that took
place in Turkey on the night of July
15, Friday, targeted our democracy
and constitutional order as well as
our unity. This heinous act failed
thanks to the efforts, sensibility,
and will of our people along with
security forces and members of
the media, who saved our country
from a great catastrophe.
As the Tekfen family, we force-
fully condemn this abhorrent at-
tack on our fundamental values
and the supremacy of the rule of
law; our prayers are with those
who have lost their lives during
this attack, which aimed to un-
leash darkness upon our country;
we wish their families endurance
and extend them our condolences;
and for those who were injured, we
wish speedy recovery.
In these days when our need for
unity and reason is greater than
ever, our duty is to calmly continue
doing what we do best and to pro-
tect our democracy and values with
everything we have.
Pass Infrastructure Construction work of
the Ankara-İzmir Fast Train Project with a
total tender price of TL 879 million (app.
USD 293 million). The railroad will be
73.7 km long and will include 9 tunnels,
32 underpasses, 19 overpasses, 11 via-
ducts, and 7 bridges.
The targeted completion period of
the project is 36 months. This is Tekfen
Construction’s third railway project fol-
lowing the İstanbul Levent Metro Line
(2000) and the Bursaray Light Rail System
(2008) projects. We will continue report-
ing on this important new project, which
will make a significant contribution to
Turkey’s transportation infrastructure, in
our future issues.