Does “Plastic Behavior” or “Elastoplastic Behavior” kill love?

There are two types of movement in engineering.

“Elastic Behavior” and “Elastoplastic Behavior”

No need to worry.

I am not here to give an engineering lecture.

I will write briefly and concisely.

These elastic-plastic-stress courses were the ones I struggled with the most during my student years anyway.

Imagine pulling a rubber band and letting it go,

If it returns to its original state, it is “Elastic Behavior”.

If it does not return completely, it is “Elastoplastic Behavior”.

Our topic is, of course, not these definitions.

Our topic is Engineering Economics.

We have been investing for years,

Thousands of residences, bridges, tunnels, airports, railways, highways, dams, sewage and drinking water lines,

And many more.

We kept building.

We spent billions of dollars.

Especially in urban projects, we pushed TECHNIQUE to the background and prioritized SPEED.

We put “Supervision-Control” systems on the back burner.

And we insulted those who warned us with mouthfuls of abuse.

We said we were in a hurry.

We said it over and over.

Until, with the February 6 “Earthquake Disaster”, thousands of our people were tragically torn from life, and 400 thousand of our residences became unusable.

Until our roads burst.

Until our water networks cracked.

Our “Residences and Infrastructure” fell apart after being subjected to the impact of “Dynamic Earthquake Stress” and could not return to their original state.

The power of the earthquake demolished everything, both our superstructure and infrastructure.

The “Elastic Behavior” expected from our buildings became a dream.

On the contrary, the movement became “Full Elastoplastic Behavior”.

Yet, our buildings were supposed to dance with the Dynamic Effect of the earthquake, not collapse.

We paid the price for our lack of discipline in calculation and implementation,

Our greed,

And our failure to heed those who warned us, with both our lives and our property.

Along with the loss of life that will never return, we also suffered a financial loss of more than 100 billion dollars,

That is number oooooone!!!!!

It seems we have 59 active airports.

In the book “The Rise and Fall of Planning in Turkey” written by Prof. Dr. Ergun Türkcan for Atila Sönmez, one of Turkey's first planners, it was stated years ago that most of these airports would not create economic value and that it would be more economical to connect regional airports by rail.

Despite this, we continued to build airports instead of railways.

They say we will continue to do so.

Let's say they do well, maybe they won't listen to us and will do the opposite.

Those who understand the business say that the Anatolian geography is more suitable for transportation via “Regional Airline-Integrated Railways” within the country.

Like RO-RO type maritime transport.

For a distance of one thousand to fifteen hundred kilometers by air, the door-to-door travel time takes at least 6-7 hours, is expensive, and is directly dependent on weather conditions.

With a high-speed train, this time would be more or less the same.

We are, of course, keeping international flights separate from this algorithm.

Regional Airports connected to surrounding cities by High-Speed Train create more economic value.

A “High-Speed Train Integrated Regional Airport” used by both the local residents and merchants of the region, as well as passengers, accelerates development.

Let's write it in English as “Fast Train Integrated Regional Airports” so that our friends in very high positions at the Ministry understand that we are not “Low-Life Columnists”.

For example, if the Samsun-Sarp High-Speed Railway connected to Trabzon Regional Airport had been built instead of the airports built to the east and west of Trabzon, the economic development of the region would have shown a logarithmic increase.

There is quite a lot of work being done on the projects we mentioned recently.

Attempts are being made to connect Antalya and İzmir to Ankara by rail.

But these projects, which would contribute to a savings economy, accelerate the sharing economy, and increase and spread prosperity, coincided with the crisis.

Costs increased 5-10 times.

The choices made before the crisis delayed the projects that would have saved us economically.

Instead of airports that are not used or have 3-5 landings and take-offs a day and are losing money,

If we had woven the country with iron nets,

And with the “Spider Web Model”

Had we long since connected Ankara to Antalya, Van, İzmir, Diyarbakır, Trabzon, Adana, and Istanbul by high-speed train, our economy would have shown “Elastic Behavior” rather than “Elastoplastic” in this crisis.

Our country would have danced with the economic crisis with this “Elastic Movement” and might have felt a little dizzy,

But it would not have been tested with poverty.

Why did the airline investments, which we prioritized despite being expensive and complex instead of railways, lead to “Elastoplastic Movement”?

The plane is from abroad,

Spare parts are from abroad,

Fuel is from abroad,

Also consider the training time, cost, and risk of a pilot.

The arithmetic of human biology is another detail.

Is the railway like that?

The entire system is almost domestic.

The duration of Conductor Training, which does not require high education and concentration, is much shorter and cheaper,

There is no need to be an artistic Tom Cruise with “Hawk Eyes” like pilots.

Instead of airline transportation, which is completely dependent on the outside and dominated by extremely strict international flight rules,

High-speed trains, which are much less risky, carry hundreds of people more comfortably, at a lower cost, faster, and safely, and do not have delays due to weather conditions.

There is no need to go up to 30 thousand feet and come down.

There is no need to worry about snow, fog, storms, or the plane being canceled and having to go back to the hotel.

There is no need to hear “take off your watch, take off your shoes, take off your socks, take off your belt, open your computer, take off your ring, take off your hair clip” for security reasons.

There is no need to be exposed to radiation.

There is no need to go to the Train Station, which is right in the heart of the city, 2-3 hours in advance because “there might be traffic on the road”.

There is no need to pay a fortune for a bagel and tea.

There is no need to worry about “whether the child might crave something at the airport”.

There is no need to be afraid of how much my suitcase weighs, whether it has exceeded the limit, or whether they will ask for an extra fee.

There is no need to think about whether they will allow the pickles bought to satisfy homesickness on the plane.

There is no need for a 6-7 hour ceremony for a 1-2 hour flight.

There is no need to be subjected to the harassing gazes of security guards as if to say “obey and be comfortable”.

There is no need to throw the water in our bag into the trash at the first security check and pay a fortune for a bottle of water inside.

There is no need to recite the “Kalima Shahada” or “Iqamah” or read the “Subhanaka” prayer out of fear of turbulence.

There is no need to pay 109.99 liras to be rescued from a plane that skidded off the runway.

That is number twoooooo!!!!!!!!

But the railway was a “commie” thing, right, sorry!!!!!