INRAIL: Türkiye's railway that will reshape global trade routes

The global system is now being reshaped not only through military balances but also through trade routes, logistics networks and infrastructure projects. This transformation, accelerated by the war in Ukraine, has become particularly evident with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict. This situation makes it imperative to interpret states’ geopolitical power through maps. Türkiye’s Istanbul Northern Railway Corridor Project (INRAIL) is at the heart of this new era. The project garnered attention when Türkiye and the World Bank signed a financing agreement for the INRAIL Project on April 15.