speed ▁railway . ▁Const ruction ▁on ▁the ▁An k ara – K ony a ▁high - speed ▁railway ▁began ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁and ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁Under ▁the ▁strateg ic ▁a ims ▁published ▁by ▁the ▁Transport ▁Ministry ▁while ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m ▁was ▁in ▁office , ▁the ▁government ▁planned ▁over ▁ ▁of ▁high ▁speed ▁lines ▁by ▁the ▁year ▁ 2 0 2 3 , ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁A K P ' s ▁' 2 0 2 3 ▁vision ' ▁for ▁the ▁cent en ary ▁of ▁the ▁Turkish ▁Republic . ▁The ▁' fast ▁train ' ▁services ▁were ▁however ▁met ▁with ▁criticism ▁that ▁the ▁government ▁had ▁refused ▁to ▁listen ▁to ▁scientific ▁concerns , ▁with ▁the ▁project ▁coming ▁under ▁heavy ▁fire ▁following ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁Pam uk ova ▁train ▁der ail ment ▁despite ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m ' s ▁ins istence ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁scra pped . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁national ▁rail ▁infrastr ucture , ▁several ▁sub urban ▁and ▁inner - city ▁rail ▁and ▁met ro ▁systems ▁were ▁inaugur ated ▁by ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m . ▁These ▁included ▁the ▁ İ stan bul ▁Kab ata ş – T ak sim ▁fun icular ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁both ▁the ▁ İ z mir ▁comm uter ▁rail ▁( İ Z B AN ) ▁and ▁the ▁Ad ana ▁Metro ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁ İ