Dursun Gece, Chairman of the Board of Alp Özler International Transport, evaluated Turkey's potential in the international transportation and logistics sector. Saying that Turkey is an important and advantageous transit point due to its geographical location, Gece stated that Turkey can become a logistics base with the planning and investments to be made.
Stating that the importance of the logistics and transportation sector has emerged with the developing world order, Dursun Gece said, “Logistics and transportation directly affect 8 billion people in the world. It offers a serious service infrastructure to all sectors. After the global crises such as the recent pandemic, how important it is has been understood even better.”
Underlining that Turkey has a great potential in this field, Gece said, "Due to our location, we are a transit country for North Africa and Central Asia, apart from the connection to Europe and Asia. When we look at the number of vehicle parks across Europe, the number of vehicles in Turkey is higher than all other countries in Europe. The fact that we are surrounded by sea on three sides and that we have busy ports makes us stand out.”
“Investment should be made not only in machinery, but also in people”
Indicating that Turkey's reputation in logistics and international transportation is high in the world and especially in Europe, Dursun Gece said:
“Our country can become a logistics base with the investments to be made in this field. We are an important actor that can provide professional service in every field, both at home and abroad, in sea and airways. However, the human factor should not be forgotten. It is especially important to train trained and competent personnel. We have a project called “Driver Academy” related to this subject. We have started our preparations to bring this project to life as soon as possible. In order to develop and grow, investment should be made not only in machinery, but also in people.”
