Turkey’s First Project of Earthquake Transformation Field Getting on in Zeytinburnu
Turkey’s first project of earthquake transformation project is getting on in the District of Sümer in Zeytinburnu. Works of Urban transformation with references to earthquake going on for long in Zeytinburnu chosen as pilot region In the framework of Earthquake Master Plan have come to an end.
First stage of Project of Urban Transformation, which has been told by Mayor Murat Aydın and İsmet Yıldırım, the general manager of KİPTAŞ to the residents of the District of Sümer one by one has been introduced in a meeting held.
The opening of Sale Office of Urban Transformation in the District of Sümer in Zeytinburnu, which is due to the introduction of the project, has been proceeded with a ceremony. Kadir Topbaş, the president of İBB, Mayor of Municipality of Zeytinburnu Murat Aydın, İsmet Yıldırım, the General Manager of KİPTAŞ and many invited persons and citizens have joined in the ceremony. Kadir Topbaş, who has told the project with company of Mayor of Municipality of Zeytinburnu in the meeting of introduction, refers that ‘approximately 1 million 600 thousand buildings have the risk of earthquake in the city. Topbaş, who says that ”İstanbul has the risk of earthquake seriously’ states that their aim is to make the buildings that were built casually have no risk of earthquake by the help of urban transformation.
Topbaş, who records that İstanbul is subject to 12 million immigrants for the last 50 years and that since there are no city plans there is skewed urbanization, says that a project with the cost of 17,5 billion dollars is being prepared to be able to reinforce the risky buildings at the amount of 1 million 600 thousand of İstanbul locating in the line of earthquake and the problem of supplying funds will be solved out by giving importance to urban transformation.
Topbaş, who reminds that they start the works to reestablish a city by wedging the risky areas of the District of Sümer says that ‘we are getting on Turkey’s first project of earthquake transformation field in the District of Sümer in Zeytinburnu’. Topbaş states that residents of the district owning houses of 100 square meters will be provided with the houses of 75 square meters, and that they will not victimize anybody and they desire nothing but to make people live in strong structures.
