TMSF put Basmane Pit up for sale: Whose property are you selling to whom?

The Aegean World Trade Center land, known as the "Basmane Pit", which has been a wound in Izmir's urban memory for 40 years, was put out to tender by the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) on December 2 with an estimated price of 75 million dollars. Those who want to participate in the tender, which will be held by sealed envelope and auction method, must deposit a guarantee of 7.5 million dollars and submit their bids by December 1.

New planning; It includes office blocks, commercial units and an independent service building belonging to Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. In accordance with the protocol made between the metropolitan city, which owns 30 percent of the area, and SDIF, the company that won the tender will be obliged to build a municipal service building that is completely independent of the building that will be 84 meters high and have a maximum of 22 floors. The title deed of the building will be registered directly with the metropolitan city.

“CEMİL TUGAY'S ADJUSTMENT AS MAYOR IS ALSO ILLEGAL”

After the tender decision, the Kültürpark Platform reacted harshly to Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Cemil Tugay and the municipal council members, who joined the AKP, describing the process as "city crime". In the statement, it was stated that the details of the reconciliation text signed with SDIF were hidden from the public, and said, "The Basmane Çukuru land, which has belonged to the people of Izmir for 90 years, has not been able to be seized by the capital despite all its efforts for 30 years, and is only days away from becoming completely public property, is about to be sacrificed for profit with the signature of this person who has lost its legitimacy. The full text of this protocol and its annexes have been hidden from the public and the people of Izmir for more than a month. You are obliged to explain this dark contract! The people of Izmir." Cemil Tugay, who tendered his choice at the ballot box first to the capital and then to the central government, and gave away the public property, and the powers he received from the Parliament, are illegitimate. You are obliged to explain this dark contract! More than that, you should re-evaluate the decision you have made and immediately take back the authority you gave. What is expected of you is to mobilize all the legal possibilities of the municipality and defend the will of the people. "The court should have been expected to return the Basmane land to the municipality, that is, to the people, who are its real owner, in line with the expert reports in favor of the public," it said.