THE first modern light rail line in the Turkish city of Izmit was inaugurated on June 17, when Turkey’s defence minister Mr Fikri Işık, the governor of Kocaeli province Mr Hasan Basri Güzeloğlu, and the mayor of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Mr Ibrahim Karaosmanoglu attended the opening of the 7.2km east-west Akçaray line from Otogar to Seka ferry terminal.