The largest Turkish metropolis is the place where the debate about the risk of earthquakes is most intense, especially after the February events. In addition to the already existing nationwide program for the transformation of cities, the issue of not just moving citizens, but also the transfer of a number of buildings from risky areas to safer ones has also begun to be discussed in Istanbul.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change has already prepared a risk map covering a total of 39 districts of Istanbul. The transformation of a total of 695 000 residential residences that needed urgent repairs and strengthening has already been completed, but this is a fairly small part of the necessary work.
Well, recently the details of a new large-scale project became known, which the media wrote about a little earlier. Namely, the creation of reserve "cities" on both sides of the Istanbul Canal being laid. Their population will be about a million people: 500 000 on each shore. Accommodation in these cities will be available only to those who move from emergency housing.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan also clarified that such a project of "reserve cities" is likely to spread to other areas where the risk of earthquakes is high. First of all, in the provinces affected by tremors in winter.
Recently, the area of standard apartments that are being built in Istanbul within the framework of the urban transformation project (transformation of cities) has also become known.