Ministerial Institution: 80 thousand of 500 thousand social housing has reached the stage of completion Environment

Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum answered the questions of the press members before the AK Party TBMM Group meeting.

When a journalist reminded New Party Chairman Özel's words towards him, Kurum said, "I don't think an opposition leader would be so unaware of the issues. Mr. Özgür is blatantly lying, slandering, engaging in slander politics. The project in Ayazağa, the proposal of CHP's Sarıyer Municipality, was implemented in 2022 with the approval of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. It is the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality that approved the project in question. Moreover, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is the partner of the project in question. "There is a partnership worth 1 billion 100 million worth of property arising from the land. Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is the partner of the project for which he accuses us," he said.

Explaining why the Ministry became a partner in the project, the Authority said that there were 950 eligible citizens in the project and that these people applied to the ministry due to the length of the licensing process.

Kurum, Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, said:

"We carried out the license process so that the victimization of our citizens would not be prolonged. We have demonstrated this will so that our citizens can find their homes as soon as possible. Mr. Özgür is pursuing a policy of trying to believe what he hears on the street. He is attempting to make politics by slandering and lying about what he hears, which we call the politics of perception. When we look at all the slanders he has made so far... They said, 'They made him sign a promissory note in the earthquake zone,' they said, 'The ministry is the cause of the flood in Ayazağa.' But what do we do at this point? We had our citizens sign a promissory note in the earthquake zone, nor are we the cause of the flood in Ayazağa. Our citizens have not yet gone to Ayazağa.

There, hundreds of our tradesmen's property and lives were damaged. We are going through a process where the reason for this is that the streams are not rehabilitated, the infrastructure is inadequate, and the necessary will is not put into this infrastructure. Municipalities are directly responsible for this. Instead of asking about the work that the municipalities did not do, they are trying to play politics by slandering and trying to create perception, when they should be held accountable. These initiatives will in no way cover up the corruption of their municipalities. This is the effort. I say it very clearly. "As always, we stand by our citizens under the leadership of our President."

Reminding that he went to Istanbul Ayazağa immediately after the flood disaster, Kurum said that they put forward a will to demolish the illegal buildings on the streams. Stating that the municipality should take this responsibility, Kurum stated that they provided all the necessary support to all victimized citizens under the coordination of AFAD and opened the urban transformation office.

"We gave good news to our citizens that we can carry out the urban transformation according to the approved plans, either with TOKİ or with the urban transformation directorate, and we are carrying out the process in great harmony together with our brothers from Ayazağ and our citizens of Istanbul. This harmony is what Özgür Bey is disturbed about. What Özgür Bey is disturbed about is the completion of 455 thousand houses in the earthquake zone in 2 years. What Özgür Bey is disturbed about is that the government and the opposition met with all the mayors and put forward a will on urban transformation, and this is the housing crisis that the whole of Europe is suffering from today. Our aim is to show our will regarding social housing, earthquake housing and urban transformation housing.

Source: TRT Haber Açık RSS (Gündem) (Open Press / Translated Full Text)