As @ Sanchez has already pointed out, both Bosporus Bridge and FSM bridge had generated billions of dollars and paid themselves off years ago.
They are still generating huge amounts of cash for the Turkish State Treasury.
To sell the operation rights to a foreign entity now means, quick cash injection in to state coffers and possibility of creating the likely opportunity for cream-skimming for some elite bureaucrats. An unnecessary and a damaging move for the taxpayers.
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge (Third Bosphorus Bridge) since it’s opening in 2016, has not paid for itself. The bridge has consistently failed to meet its daily traffic volume guarantees, resulting in substantial, ongoing payments from the Turkish Treasury to the operating company, rather than generating enough revenue to pay for it’s own construction costs.
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Osman Gazi Bridge opened in 2016 too, has not paid for itself through user tolls either; instead, it remains a significant financial liability for the Turkish Treasury. Despite high usage, the government's guaranteed payments for low traffic volume to the operating consortium continue to cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
These two will turn in to another Yavuz Sultan Selim and Osmangazi Bridge case.
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