Gul to witness start of turkish leg of Baku-Tbili-Kars railway

President Abdullah Gul will attend a ceremony in Kars tomorrow marking the beginning of construction of the Turkish leg of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, also known as the " Iron Silk Road ." Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili will also attend. Gul is expected to hold bilateral talks with the visiting leaders, and to host a luncheon in their honor. He will later proceed to Istanbul to attend the graduation ceremony of the War Academies. When the railway is eventually completed, planned to coincide with completion of the Marmaray tunnel beneath the Istanbul Straits, it will provide an continuous link from China to Europe.