WESTERN BLACK SEA REGIONAL PLAN ZONGULDAK I KARABÜK I BARTIN WESTERN BLACK SEA DEVELOPMENT AGENCY WESTERN BLACK SEA REGIONAL PLAN ZONGULDAK I KARABÜK I BARTIN TO BE A REGION THAT HAS BROKEN ITS DEPENDENT ECONOMIC STRUCTURE AND RAISED ITS LIFE QUALITY ©2013, BAKKA All rights reserved. This work, or any part thereof, may not be used in any way or by any method by way of processing, reproducing, distributing copies, selling, renting, lending, representing, presenting or transmitting via wire/wireless or other technical, digital and/or electronic means without first obtaining written permission of the right holder, in accordance with Article 52, pursuant to the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works. All rights associated with the prepared work belong to Western Black Sea Development Agency. Quotations from this work, which has been prepared by Western Black Sea Development Agency personnel, may be used, provided that reference is made to the source. SEPTEMBER, 2013 1 WESTERN BLACK SEA 2014-2023 REGIONAL PLAN ZONGULDAK I KARABÜK I BARTIN WESTERN BLACK SEA DEVELOPMENT AGENCY HIGH COUNCIL OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOLUTION STATING THAT THE TR81 WESTERN BLACK SEA REGIONAL PLAN (2014-2023) HAS BEEN APPROVED Resolution No. 2014/1 Resolution Date: 30.12.2014 The first two volumes of the TR81 Western Black Sea Regional Plan (2014-2023) have been approved with the resolution dated 12/30/2014 and numbered 2014/1, issued by the High Council of Regional Development, which was created under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister pursuant to the Statutory Decree on the Organization and Duties of the Ministry of Development, no 641, Article 23/A. 2 3 WESTERN BLACK SEA 2014-2023 REGIONAL PLAN ZONGULDAK I KARABÜK I BARTIN WESTERN BLACK SEA DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INDEX PROLOGUE................ .........................................................................................................................................................................................6 2.3. INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN THE WESTERN BLACK SEA REGION ....................................................................................58 PREPARATIONS FOR THE WESTERN BLACK SEA REGIONAL PLAN, METHODS AND PARTICIPATION ................................10 2.3.1. PUBLIC INVESTMENTS ................................................................................................................................................58 PROCESS OF 2014 – 2023 WESTERN BLACK SEA REGIONAL PLAN ..............................................................................................11 2.3.2. DIRECT FOREIGN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS ...........................................................................................................62 VISION AND DEVELOPMENT AXES ..........................................................................................................................................................16 2.3.3. SME ACTIVITIES .............................................................................................................................................................64 DOCUMENTS FORMING THE BASIS OF THE WESTERN BLACK SEA REGION PLAN .................................................................16 2.3.4. FUNDAMENTAL SUPPORT MECHANISMS ...........................................................................................................65 GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE REGION ....................................................................................................................................................17 2.3.5. WESTERN BLACK SEA REGION ORGANIZED INDUSTRIAL ZONES ...............................................................67 THE LOCATION OF THE REGION IN TURKEY..........................................................................................................................................21 3. DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC STRUCTURE .................................................................................... 68 GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE REGION’S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE ......................................................................24 3.1. DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE ...................................................................................................................................................68 3.1.1. MIGRATION TRENDS IN THE WESTERN BLACK SEA REGION .........................................................................69 VOLUME 1 - CURRENT STATUS ANALYSIS REPORT ............................................................................29 3.2. SOCIOECONOMIC STRUCTURE ..............................................................................................................................................70 1. ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ................................................................................................................................... 29 3.2.1. HEALTH ............................................................................................................................................................................70 1.1. MINING.............. .............................................................................................................................................................................31 3.2.2. EDUCATION ....................................................................................................................................................................70 1.2. IRON AND STEEL..........................................................................................................................................................................32 3.2.3. HUMAN CAPITAL ..........................................................................................................................................................71 1.3. ENERGY INDUSTRY .....................................................................................................................................................................34 3.3. SPATIAL TRENDS AND URBANIZATION ................................................................................................................................71 1.3.1. RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES ..............................................................................................................................34 3.4. SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................................................71 1.3.2. EXHAUSTIBLE ENERGY SOURCES (COAL) ............................................................................................................36 3.4.1. GENERAL STATUS .........................................................................................................................................................71 1.4. FURNITURE AND FORESTRY PRODUCTS SECTOR ............................................................................................................36 4. TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................................. 72 1.5. TOURISM SECTOR .......................................................................................................................................................................39 4.1. GENERAL STATUS ........................................................................................................................................................................72 1.5.1. TYPES OF TOURISM THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED IN THE WESTERN BLACK SEA REGION ......................40 4.2. LAND ROUTE AND RAILWAY ...................................................................................................................................................72 1.6. BUILDING INDUSTRY..................................................................................................................................................................43 4.3. SEAWAY AND PORTS ..................................................................................................................................................................72 1.6.1. CEMENT ...........................................................................................................................................................................43 4.4. SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS ON A REGIONAL SCALE ............................................................................................................73 1.6.2. PLASTER ..........................................................................................................................................................................43 4.4.1. FİLYOS VALLEY PROJECT ...........................................................................................................................................73 1.6.3. LIME INDUSTRY ............................................................................................................................................................44 1.6.4. READY-MIXED CONCRETE .........................................................................................................................................44 VOLUME 2 - DEVELOPMENT AXIS, PRIORITIES AND MEASURES REPORT ...................................75 1.6.5. CONCRETE AGGREGATES ..........................................................................................................................................44 5. PRIORITIES AND MEASURES ...........................................................................................................................