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The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure is authorised and responsible for preparing noise
maps of the main highways, railways, airports and sea ports under its responsibility and trans-
mitting the results of these maps to the relevant Municipality to be used in the strategic noise
action plan studies of the provinces.
Within the scope of environmental noise control and management, strategic noise maps are
required to be prepared for all provincial centres and areas with a population density of more
than 1,000 people per square kilometre. In this context, within the scope of national and inter-
national projects carried out by the MoEUCC, noise maps were prepared for the residential areas
of 66 provinces and action plans for 22 provinces were completed. In addition, strategic noise
maps of 49 airports have been prepared.

By the end of 2023, provinces for which noise maps for residential areas have been prepared are
İstanbul, Bursa, İzmir, Ankara, Kocaeli, Antalya, Konya, Malatya, Adana, Adıyaman, Balıkesir, Elazığ,
Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Manisa, Mersin, Sakarya, Samsun, Sivas,
Trabzon, Diyarbakır, Bolu, Afyonkarahisar, Amasya, Aydın, Batman, Bingöl, Çorum, Denizli, Edirne,
Hatay, Karabük, Karaman, Kütahya, Mardin, Muğla, Ordu, Rize, Şanlıurfa, Tekirdağ, Tokat, Uşak, Van,
Kars, Zonguldak, Düzce, Aksaray, Isparta, Ağrı, Yozgat, Çanakkale, Giresun, Osmaniye, Kırıkkale, Er-
zincan, Siirt, Kastamonu, Kırşehir, Şırnak, Nevşehir, Yalova, Niğde, and Kırklareli. The number of
provinces that need to prepare a noise map is 15.
Strategic noise maps of 49 airports have been prepared: İstanbul Atatürk, İstanbul Sabiha Gök-
çen, Ankara Esenboğa, Antalya, İzmir Adnan Menderes, Kayseri, Kahramanmaraş, Batman, Van
Ferit Melen, Elazığ, Erzurum, Diyarbakır, Sivas Nuri Demirağ, Balıkesir Merkez, Trabzon, Gaziantep,
Adıyaman, Samsun Çarşamba, Balıkesir Koca Seyit, Konya, Kocaeli Cengiz Topel, Amasya Merzi-
fon, Hatay, Muğla Dalaman, Muğla Milas Bodrum, Nevşehir Kapadokya, Şanlıurfa GAP, Tokat, Ada-
na, Çanakkale, Isparta Süleyman Demirel, Bursa Yenişehir, Erzincan, Malatya, Tekirdağ Çorlu, Uşak,
Ağrı, Mardin, Siirt, Bingöl, Şırnak, Denizli Çardak, Hakkari Yüksekova Selahattin Eyyubi, Iğdır Şehit
Bülent Aydın, Kars Harakani, Kastamonu, Muş Sultan Alparslan, Ordu-Giresun and Sinop Airports.

The General Directorate of Highways has prepared noise maps of certain sections in their area
of responsibility.

Noise maps have also been prepared for some ports located within the borders of Samsun
(Samsun Port), Istanbul (Haydarpaşa and Ambarlı Ports) and Kocaeli (Rota Port).

Regarding the noise action plan studies carried out under the coordination of the MoEUCC, ta-
king into account the results of the strategic noise map, environmental noise action plan of the
provinces of Konya, Bursa, Mersin, Kayseri, Sivas, Manisa, İstanbul, Kocaeli, Antalya, Bolu, Balıke-
sir, Tekirdağ, Gaziantep, Eskişehir, Kahramanmaraş, Trabzon, İzmir, Kütahya, Uşak, Ankara, Sakarya
and Denizli was finalized.
Training Programmes on “Basic Acoustics, Noise Mapping, Action Plans” have been prepared in
order to meet the need for trained and experienced personnel in the competent authorities, as
well as in the industry, universities, institutions and private consultancy firms in order to stren-
gthen the technical infrastructure on noise and to ensure specialisation throughout the country.

References
Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change

General Directorate of Forestry

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