Turkish State Railways

Summary

Turkish State Railways is a railway company^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Turkish State Railways was a member of International Union of Railways^[3].
• Turkish State Railways is in the country of Turkey^[4].
• Turkish State Railways's image is recorded as Ankara asv2021-10 img19 Railway station.jpg^[5].
• Turkish State Railways's instance of is recorded as railway company^[6].
• Turkish State Railways's instance of is recorded as government agency^[7].
• Turkish State Railways's headquarters location is recorded as Altındağ^[8].
• Turkish State Railways's headquarters location is recorded as Ankara Province^[9].
• Turkish State Railways's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134312601^[10].
• Turkish State Railways's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no94025804^[11].
• Turkish State Railways's child organization or unit is recorded as TCDD Taşımacılık^[12].
• Turkish State Railways's child organization or unit is recorded as TCDD Technic^[13].
• Turkish State Railways's child organization or unit is recorded as EUROTEM^[14].
• Turkish State Railways's child organization or unit is recorded as İZBAN A.Ş.^[15].
• Turkish State Railways's Commons category is recorded as Turkish State Railways^[16].
• Turkish State Railways's industry is recorded as rail transport^[17].
• +1929-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Turkish State Railways^[18].
• Turkish State Railways's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04nzyg^[19].
• Turkish State Railways's location of formation is recorded as Ankara^[20].
• Turkish State Railways's parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure^[21].
• Turkish State Railways's official website is recorded as http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/^[22].
• Turkish State Railways's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Turkish State Railways^[23].
• Turkish State Railways's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+35593'}^[24].
• Turkish State Railways's replaces is recorded as State Railways and Seaports Administration^[25].
• Turkish State Railways's replaces is recorded as Bursa–Mudanya Railway^[26].
• Turkish State Railways's replaces is recorded as Chemin de fer Cilicie – Nord Syrie^[27].

Body

Founding

+1929-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Turkish State Railways^[18]. Its location of formation is recorded as Ankara^[20].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları'}^[28] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The State Railways of the Republic of Turkey'}^[29]. Turkish State Railways's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'TCDD'}^[30].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Altındağ^[8], a district of Turkey^[31], in Turkey^[32], founded in 1953^[33] and Ankara Province^[9], a province of Turkey^[34], in Turkey^[35]. Turkish State Railways's parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure^[21]. Subsidiaries include TCDD Taşımacılık^[12], a railway company^[36], in Turkey^[37], founded in 2016^[38], headquartered in Ankara Province^[39]; TCDD Technic^[13], a railway company^[40]; EUROTEM^[14], a business^[41], in Turkey^[42], founded in 2006^[43], headquartered in Istanbul^[44]; and İZBAN A.Ş.^[15], a business^[45], in Turkey^[46], founded in 2006^[47], headquartered in Çiğli district^[48].

Industry

Turkish State Railways's industry is recorded as rail transport^[17].

Why It Matters

Turkish State Railways ranks in the top 7% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[49] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[50]