Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum officially announced the relocation of buildings located in the most dangerous areas of Istanbul from a seismic point of view.
After the February earthquake in Kahramanmarash, the largest metropolis, in which serious tremors are already predicted in the future for several years, is receiving increased attention. More precisely, Istanbul real estate. There are a lot of old - and therefore especially dangerous - buildings in the city.
The process of "assessing" buildings for earthquake resistance has intensified; Murat Kurum clarified that the inhabitants of houses recognized as risky will be temporarily relocated. And as soon as possible.
By the way, the residential buildings themselves will be "relocated": "We will move 1.5 million risky residential buildings in Istanbul to two protected areas chosen by us, both on the Asian and European sides of the city", the minister explained.
Well, tens of thousands of buildings that are either already badly damaged or do not stand up to criticism in terms of earthquake resistance (as it turned out) will be demolished. In particular, a decision has already been made to demolish 60,000 houses in Hatay province; residential buildings to be liquidated in other provinces are also being counted.
Earlier it was said that after the earthquake, the outflow of population from Istanbul increased.
But in the affected areas, the construction of more than twenty thousand new, capital residences have already started.