South Korean ambassador Jeong Yeondoo prefers YHT for Ankara trip

South Korea’s Ambassador to Ankara, Jeong Yeondoo, returned from Eskisehir to Ankara via Turkiye’s high-speed train (YHT) instead of a car after attending a tree planting ceremony.

According to information from the embassy, Jeong participated in the Eskisehir-Paju Friendship Park Tree Planting Ceremony at Eskisehir Kent Park on May 22.

Upon returning from the Eskisehir program, Jeong chose the YHT over a car for the journey back to Ankara.

During the trip, Jeong remarked in Turkish that the YHT was “comfortable, fast, clean, and very beautiful.”

The embassy shared Jeong’s Turkish message about the YHT on the embassy’s Instagram account.

Ambassador Jeong’s YHT journey took approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes

YHT

The high-speed train (YHT), also known as the Yuksek Hizli Tren in Turkish, is Turkiye’s premier high-speed rail service operated by TCDD Tasimacilik. As of 2022, the network covers 1,385 km (860.6 mi) and connects major cities such as Istanbul, Ankara, Eskisehir, Izmit, Konya, and Sivas. Ongoing expansions aim to extend the network to include Edirne, Afyonkarahisar, Adana, and Izmir by the end of the 2020s.