Head of Turkey’s housing agency replaced amid reshuffle in bureaucracy
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Karabel has been dismissed after three years at the helm of the Housing Development Administration (TOKİ), which has overseen the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government’s breakneck efforts to build housing units anywhere and everywhere.
AKP Istanbul Municipality Assembly member Mehmet Ergün Turan has replaced Karabel, according to an announcement in the Official Gazette.
Karabel’s name recently came to agenda when an audio recording alleged to be between himself and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was leaked on social media.
In the alleged conversation, a man claimed to be Erdoğan lashes out at another man thought to be Karabel for selling “valuable land” on the Asian side of Istanbul to another company outside of his knowledge. The prime minister orders Karabel to inform him about all acquisition opportunities, according to the tape