IMM President Ekrem İmamoğlu, Kadıköy He witnessed the destruction of Nurcan Apartment, built in 1972, on Hayrullah Efendi Street in Rasimpaşa Mahallesi. Saying, "There is an earthquake process in every moment," İmamoğlu said, "If this is the main motivation of every institution, believe me, Istanbul will turn into a construction site in a serious way. But this is not a renting site. It will indeed become a strengthening construction site of Istanbul. Everyone would be happy with that, too,” he said. Imamoglu, journalists said, “The relevant ministry said, 'We have identified one reserve area on the Anatolian side and two on the European side in Istanbul, we will move them there'. To the question of whether this is an area that can be dealt with with this solution, he replied, “This is a language of election promises. To which reserve area will 1,5 million residences be moved? Anyone know? So 4,5 million people. I do not know where such a reserve area is. This nation has a full stomach for these things. X party, Y party, Z party… It doesn't matter. This is how I look at the process. I did not understand anything from the words he said.”
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) continues the transformation of single structures. Kadıköy Nurcan Apartment, built in 1972 on Hayrullah Efendi Street in Rasimpaşa Mahallesi, is the city planning group companies of IMM; KIPTAS, Istanbul Reconstruction Inc. and BİMTAŞ, within the scope of the "Istanbul Renewing" platform. to destruction; IMM President Ekrem İmamoğlu, Kadıköy Mayor Şerdil Dara Odabaşı, Deputy Secretary General of IMM Dr. Buğra Gökce and KİPTAŞ General Manager Ali Kurt also testified.
“A LARGE PART OF OUR AGENDA IS THE EARTHQUAKE”
Making statements to the members of the press before the demolition, İmamoğlu said, “We are sharing a demolition with you here. I said, 'There is an earthquake process in every moment of us'. We will continue this unconditionally. I will pass from here to the Islands, for example. I have visited three structures in the Islands. In an area we previously rented from the Ministry of Forestry, we are actually making a facility earthquake resistant by strengthening and renovating it. Again, unfortunately, we are renovating a mosque that has completely turned into a risky structure. I will go to its construction. There is also the restoration and renewal of a historical building called Taş Mektep. In fact, this is an example of the earthquake-related process I described yesterday. In other words, my four visits to the field today, maybe three of different projects, are actually still a part of the fight against earthquakes, although not in the form of destruction like this one or the way we have described it before your eyes. In the issue of 'What are you doing about the earthquake', which is widely discussed, in fact, this is a big part of our agenda.”
“WE ARE ENTERING THE AREAS WHERE KİPTAŞ'S HANDS FEEL THE POWER OF ITS ASSURANCE”
Pointing out that most of the buildings in the demolished area are buildings close to the end of their life, İmamoğlu said, “Therefore, we are active in such places. Why are we active? The reason is this: People can't get along. They cannot be trusted. Sometimes they can't believe the contractors and so on. Here, we enter the areas where the hand and assurance of KİPTAŞ makes you feel the power. When is this our decision? He is a character that we have actually pressed the button since last year and put forward as 'Istanbul is Renewing'. Here we actually want to be an icon. So what we're talking about; The number my friend said, 'We will have 1 thousand 1,5 buildings in 2-300 months', this ability we have demonstrated in 3-3,5 years, although this many buildings have not been demolished even in the past 20 years, that is, 'old, risky building'. It was demolished and a new building was not built, but I said yesterday in my statements how small numbers these numbers are and how small they are.”
"WE CAN SUCCEED"
Repeating the information that 19 different institutions are authorized in Istanbul and Turkey on zoning-related issues, İmamoğlu said, “In other words, if everyone pulls on one side, if everyone manages the process with different perceptions, this process will not really be successful. The motivation of the building sector, the motivation of the finance sector, the motivation of the district municipalities, the Metropolitan Municipality... If this is the main motivation of every institution, believe me, Istanbul will turn into a construction site in a moment. But this is not a renting site. It will indeed become a strengthening construction site of Istanbul. Everyone is happy with that, too. Healthy measures are taken. I express that this job is possible when the principles are conveyed to people in a healthy way, and as a person who has devoted his years to this job; we can do this,” he said.
“THEY CONTINUE TO FOLLOW US ON OUR 'ISTANBUL IS STRENGTHENING' PAGE”
İmamoğlu said in his statement, “Do you know what actually means when you say 2 thousand 300 independent sections with the number my friend just said, 'We compromised, we emptied, we are evacuating'? When you look at the average of Turkey or the average of Istanbul, the majority of which are family homes, 10 thousand people actually. In other words, what we went through in our 10 provinces when, God forbid, they caught 10 thousand people in such structures in an earthquake, what tragic environments we faced; in the middle. Therefore, I find these moves very important. Let them continue to follow us on our 'Istanbul Getting Stronger' page. Let them accompany our 'Istanbul is Renewing' campaign. We're going to move very quickly on quick scans of their builds. We will definitely make this work most effective in the field by increasing our teams as fast as we can. Of course, we will not be satisfied with this. We will also do the following: We will mobilize the sectors of Istanbul and make a joint decision on the earthquake-resistant time zone together. We care about this job. I say, I hope we will succeed together to get rid of human life, earthquake, this threat to our Turkey and Istanbul.”
"RESERVED AREA" QUESTION
İmamoğlu, who came from journalists, said, “Please specify, there are very old buildings here and the people living here have been living here for many years. Kadıköylu. What kind of path should be followed regarding the transformation of this place? Because the relevant ministry said, 'We have identified one reserve area on the Anatolian side and two on the European side in Istanbul, we will move them there', said the people living in risky buildings. Is this an area that can be dealt with with this solution? How quickly should this transformation be achieved? He gave the following answer to the question "Is the reserve area a solution here?"
“THIS NATION IS FULFILLED FOR THESE JOBS”
“While I was talking about earthquake-related issues in this process, I have repeatedly conveyed that people should not turn this job into an election promise language. Now this is the language of election promises. To which reserve area will 1,5 million residences be moved? Anyone know? So 4,5 million people. I do not know where such a reserve area is; One. Latter; For God's sake, let alone the district, which district have you moved so far? In other words, show a neighborhood that you have taken from one place and carried to another place in Istanbul - let alone 1,5 million - for 20 years. So, stop these words. Mr. Minister is an experienced person. He's a technical person. In other words, let him move 1,5 million independent sections, let him carry 6 million items from house to house, let's see how many years it will carry. Or what about other districts when he carries it? Talking about moving another 1,5 million people to Istanbul? There are so many question marks about the zoning. I say, 'Let's talk about these issues together.' Look, we're at that table. I said yesterday: Let's come together in Ankara or Istanbul, at any table we are invited to. Call, let's come running. Let's talk together and put this beyond the issue of election promises. Let's make rational statements. 200 million houses, 250 thousand houses, 20 thousand houses… This nation is full of these jobs. We lost our people. Including those regions, we have been talking about the earthquake together for XNUMX-odd years. Despite this, we experienced this tragic situation. Let's learn, talk and think together. For example, when we come arm in arm, is the Minister doing a demolition somewhere? I will go to him. Let me accompany him. Let me give him strength. I'll make a demolition somewhere tomorrow; let him come too. Or here's our county mayor. Let me go to him, give him strength. X party, Y party, Z party… It doesn't matter. This is how I look at the process. I didn't understand anything from what he said."
HOW DID THE DESTROY PROCESS ACHIEVE?
Kadıköy The residents of Nurcan Apartment in Rasimpaşa Mahallesi applied for a single building to istanbulyenilenen.com on October 12, 5 to renovate their building, which consists of 2021 independent units and was declared a risky building on May 19, 2021. The demands of the citizens were listened to and the project was prepared. On September 19, 2022, a compromise was reached with the beneficiaries and the eviction proceedings began.
18 thousand 163 RENEWAL REQUESTS HAVE COME
Launched on July 5, 2021, the Istanbul Renewal platform has attracted great interest since its opening. The requests to istanbulyenilenen.com were as follows:
A total of 18 applications have been received so far to the system, where the renewal applications of single buildings are taken into consideration shortly after it was put into use. These applications are; It covers approximately 163 million 39 thousand 641 people in 379 districts, 214 neighborhoods and 346.827 thousand 32.387 independent units (1 Residences, 387 Commercial Units). For single buildings, there are 309 applications covering approximately 201 people in 589 independent units (184.021 Housing, 17.568 Commercial Units). This corresponds to 736 percent of the total applications.