Abstract:

Logistics villages play an important role in the country’s economy. Logistics villages provide optimization in the transport and distribution of products and services, providing advantages to both manufacturers and consumers. The State Railways of the Republic of Turkey (TCDD), taking into account the strong geographical position that Turkey has, has predicted that Turkey will be a logistics center in the world and has launched a project for the establishment of logistics villages. This study aims to gather information about the objectives, development of the logistics village project in Turkey, the state of the centers implemented and still in the project phase. In the theoretical framework of this aggregation work, the logistics and logistics villages concepts have been discussed, the current situation of logistics activities in Turkey and the development of logistics villages have been discussed in detail. In Turkey, 25 logistics villages are planned and 12 logistics villages are completed. When logistical villages are established, the most important shortcomings to be considered is that the villages have multiple transport infrastructures and are placed in the right place. To the goal of Turkey to become a global logistics center, the lack of logistics villages that have completed the organization must be removed, the development must be achieved; the completion of logistics villages that are still in the project or planning phase must be given great importance.

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