organization:ministry of environment and urban planning

State intervenes in major İstanbul development project
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La Corne d’Or à Istanbul : nouvelle centralité du développement immobilier de l’Etat Turc...

The Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning has, alongside the Beyoğlu Municipality, taken control of a major urban development project in central İstanbul, according to a report in the Hürriyet daily on Tuesday.

Amplio Emlak Yatırım began building the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel in Beyoğlu’s Örnektepe neighborhood three years ago; however, the construction of the hotel led to the structural damage of various buildings in the surrounding area. The firm then announced that it planned to undertake an urban transformation project in the area with a TL 300 million investment. It subsequently reached an agreement with residents and began to empty apartment buildings and provide rent support for their former tenants, in preparation for the project, dubbed “Haliçenazır,” which translates to “overlooking the Golden Horn.”

However, the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning and the Beyoğlu Municipality have announced that they plan to widen the scope of the project in Örnektepe and Sütlüce and bring it under the realm of two public agencies. “We have dreams for the Golden Horn. The renewal area will be extended step by step. In such an important area of İstanbul it is more appropriate for such a project to be carried out by the public,” said representatives from the ministry.

The ministry will conduct the project in two phases. Residents will receive new homes elsewhere in exchange for selling their existing homes, which will be demolished in order to make way for 650 new residences and 150 commercial buildings within a 130,000-square-meter area. It announced that it will provide TL 5 million in rent support for current residents and supply an additional TL 50 million in financial support for the development project. The bid for the construction tender is expected to be conducted in the upcoming days

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#Immobilier
#AKP
#Istanbul

Construction regulations see radical changes
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La centralisation des politiques d’urbanisme se voit une nouvelle fois renforcée en Turquie suite à l’adoption de nouvelles régulations.

New regulations on spatial plans construction, which were published in the Official Gazette on Friday by the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning, have introduced an extensive overhaul of public improvement and zoning systems and the construction sector.

The new regulations, which include 40 articles and hundreds of subsections, have rendered obsolete and replaced the previous two sets of relevant regulations. One of the most significant changes brought by the new regulations include the abolishment of municipalities’ sole right to determine razing, downsizing or replacements in social and technical infrastructure. The Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning will have the last word in planning changes upon proposals from municipalities throughout the country, from small towns to metropolises. In other words, municipalities will still be able to do urban planning studies and prepare projects, but they will be under significant centralized control.

#Turquie
#Urbanisme
#Centralisation