XINHUA NEWS AGENCY, ANKARA, JANUARY 8 (REPORTER XIONG SIHAO) PRESIDENT ERDOGAN OF TÜRKIYE SAID ON THE 8TH THAT TÜRKIYE WILL ACHIEVE HIGH-SPEED RAIL ACCESS EVERYWHERE AND IS DETERMINED TO MAKE TÜRKIYE AN IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY HUB.ERDOGAN SAID WHEN ATTENDING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF KONIA KARAMAN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY LINE IN KONIA, A CITY IN CENTRAL TURKEY, THE SAME DAY: "WITH THE OPENING OF KONIA KARAMAN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY, WE HAVE OPENED A NEW ERA." HE SAID THAT THIS 102KM LONG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY LINE IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN AXIS OF THE PLANNED TÜRKIYE RAILWAY NETWORK, AND THE JOURNEY FROM KONIA TO KARAMAN CAN BE SHORTENED TO 50 MINUTES AFTER OPENING.ERDOGAN SAID THAT TÜRKIYE IS BUILDING THE KALAMAN ULUKESHLA HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY LINE, WHICH WILL EXTEND TO GAZIANTEP AND OSMANIYA IN THE SOUTHEAST IN THE FUTURE.AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY, ERDOGAN TOOK A TEST RIDE ON THE KONYA KARAMAN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY TO INSPECT KARAMAN PROVINCE.