'Calekondu' cleaning started in Sinop Castle

The approximately 2-kilometer-long walls of the 25-meter-high Sinop Castle, built in the 7th century BC, on UNESCO's World Heritage Tentative List, are being saved from their "kalakondu" burden and bad appearance.

Within the scope of the work carried out by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, the demolition work of 4 of the buildings on the city walls, whose expropriation procedures have been completed, has started.

Governor Mustafa Özarslan, who inspected the area where the demolition work was carried out, said that a very important step was taken to unearth historical buildings in Sinop.

Stating that action has been taken with the support of the Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, Murat Kurum, to eliminate the bad view created by the buildings called "kalekondu" on the historical walls, Özarslan said, "With the budget of 17 million lira sent by our Ministry to the Special Provincial Administration, we have started the process of demolishing the buildings adjacent to our walls, which are a burden on our castle walls."

Emphasizing that they aim to carry a rare historical building dating back from past to present to future generations, Özarslan said: "Unfortunately, there have been such wrong practices in the past. There are such structures that spoil the aesthetics and appearance of our castle. There are residences adjacent to our castle on 28 parcels. We continue to remove and clean them. Thanks to this work, when the things that should not be there are eliminated, its naturalness will emerge. We will contribute to the brand value of our city. We will transfer this work from the past together from generation to generation."