Balkan Express, koji su finansirale Turske državne željeznice i javni emiter TRT, vratio se u Istanbul 20. avgusta, gdje ga je dočekao ministar transporta Binali Yildirim, koji je pozdravio njegov "značaj" za "promoviranje historije regiona".
Funded by Turkish State Railways and the public broadcaster TRT, the Balkan Express was welcomed back to Istanbul on August 20th by Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim, who hailed its "importance" for "promoting the region's history".