The new zoning plan has been approved on the Canal Istanbul route: 12 neighborhoods will be affected

Another development plan was approved in the Canal Istanbul project area, which AKP President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described as a "crazy project".

According to the news in Birgün; In the announcement made by AKP's Arnavutköy Municipality, it was stated that "The zoning application work within the borders of Yenişehir Reserve Building Area (Kanal Istanbul Project Region) was approved by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change and was suspended on the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change bulletin board and the website of the provincial directorate for 15 days on 11.11.2026."

According to the information in the project file, Başakşehir as well as Arnavutköy will be affected by the project. Kayabaşı and Şamlar neighborhoods of Başakşehir and Yeniköy, Yassıören, Tayakadın, Sazlıbosna, Haraççı, Hacımaşlı, Dursunköy, Çilingir, Baklalı and Boyalık neighborhoods of Arnavutköy are included in the project.

HE WAS MOVED TO THE ASSEMBLY

NEW Party Deputy Gökan Zeybek asked the Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, Murat Kurum, about Arnavutköy Municipality's sale of real estate along the Canal Istanbul route.

"It is seen that the Arnavutköy Municipality is putting the municipal real estates around the Canal Istanbul route for sale one after another," said Zeybek, adding: "The total price of the real estates that the Municipality put up for sale only in 2024 reached 1 billion 471 million 702 thousand 789 TL. Finally, a total of 15 real estates, 1 in Bolluca and 14 in Haraççı District, It was put up for sale with an estimated price of 232 million 977 thousand 190 TL.”

Zeybek asked:

"What is the total area of the real estate that Arnavutköy Municipality put up for sale in 2022, 2023 and 2024? How many of these real estate are located within the Canal Istanbul route or sphere of influence? Within the knowledge and approval of your Ministry. Has any planning or coordination work been carried out regarding the sale of municipal properties on the Canal Istanbul route?"

Murat Kurum left these questions unanswered.

HOUSING CONFESSION

Murat Kurum, Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, responded to Özgür Özel's criticism of Kanal Istanbul after the flood disaster in Istanbul last month:

"Only social housing projects are being built on the Canal Istanbul project. 1 million 700 thousand houses have been built."