Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Prime Minister The Pamukova train derailment was a fatal railway accident which occurred in 2004 at Pamukova district of Sakarya Province in northwestern Turkey when a higher speed train derailed, at which 41 passengers were killed and 80 injured.

In the early 2000s, a project was started to construct higher-speed rail lines in Turkey, at first between the highest-populated cities Istanbul and Ankara.

[6] At the time of the opening of the line one month before, experts had warned the government to modernize the infrastructure before putting higher-speed trains in service.

[1] Immediately after the accident, Binali Yıldırım, the Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication, was criticized harshly in the public square, and his resignation was demanded.

[8][9][10] Ten years after the accident, the court found the two engineers of the train guilty of negligence causing death.