Saadet Party Edirne Provincial Leader and General Administrative Board Member Atty. Sinan Tekin party fire, flood, landslide etc. He stated that they proposed a law stating that the "forest area" status of forest areas damaged as a result of disasters cannot be changed, these areas cannot be opened for development and cannot be transferred to third parties.
Tekin said the following about the bill: “While our country has a significant wealth in terms of forest assets, our forest areas have been decreasing significantly in recent years. In Turkey, deforestation increased 2022 times in 2021 compared to 4, and a forest area the size of the country of Belgium was destroyed in just one year. In place of these areas, mines, hotels and reinforced concrete buildings were built. Our forests cannot be protected and unfortunately they are rapidly decreasing. Forest areas can be damaged as a result of disasters such as fire, landslide and flood, and the status of these areas can be changed and destroyed. We can list many examples where, especially as a result of fires, mines were established, hotels and reinforced concrete freak buildings were built in a short time in the burned area. All these examples strengthen the suspicion that fires are started consciously and forests are burned deliberately. In order to prevent attacks that may be directed towards forest areas; "Necessary controls must be carried out, legal investigation processes as a result of fires must be carried out with transparency, criminal sanctions must be increased and the forest area status of the damaged area must be protected." said.
