Urban transformation statement in Istanbul from the Minister Institution: We will finish it in 5 years



Murat Kurum, Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, said, "We have 1.5 million risky houses in Istanbul. It is about twenty-five percent of what needs to be transformed urgently, and we need to transform these 1.5 million houses quickly. Of course, someone is making calculations on our behalf. "If you have built 1 million 200 thousand houses in 20 years, then this will take 50 years, like 100 years. But if this state, this strong will, can start 100 thousand houses in 75 days under the leadership of our President, it will make this transformation within 5 years," he said. used. Minister Kurum said, "Our President will have good news for our citizens. He will share it on the first day of the feast."

Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister and AK Party Istanbul 1st Region Deputy Candidate Murat Kurum met with media executives at iftar dinner at Istanbul Finance Center, where the heart of economy and trade in Turkey will beat, completed under the coordination of the Ministry.

Here are the headlines from the Minister's statement:


The future of our country is very important for our children, for our children. On the one hand, our work in the earthquake zone, on the other hand, the May 14 elections... Our work due to the elections clearly shows how critical this process is for our country and our future.


Yesterday, we took an important step on behalf of our country, on behalf of Istanbul, in order for our Istanbul to become an economy and finance city. Here, we are working to create a project that will directly provide employment for 50 thousand and indirectly 100 thousand citizens and brothers, which our president has just stated. Despite the epidemic and the deterioration in the supply process in the world, despite the fact that we experienced a disaster in this process, we opened this project yesterday and brought it to our dear Istanbul. Of course, the fact that Istanbul is a financial center is an issue that concerns not only our country but also our nearby geography. On this occasion, the fact that it is close to the Middle East and in a position to serve Europe will increase its value in this sense. Employment areas in it are important both for the financial sector and for the infrastructure of finance. With its schools, social facilities,

"CURRENT INVESTMENT COST OF THIS PROJECT 65 BILLION TL"


It will also reduce The Traffic density in the region with its parking lot with a capacity of 26 thousand 500 vehicles, and it will be a structure where our citizens and employees can park in the area. While designing the project, there is also a metro line and metro station on this route. I think it fell under the Ziraat Bank towers. In other words, 50 thousand of our employees will get on the metro from here, if they want to connect to the line in the direction of Çekmeköy, they will be able to use the metro line on one side, and if they want to connect to Kadıköy, on the other side. Hopefully, with the project, the financial value of our Istanbul will increase many times over. May this project be beneficial for our Istanbul and our country. The current investment cost of this project is 65 billion TL.