150 Demolitions Ordered At Oludeniz

[KKOB]

http://www.landoflights.net/local-news/decision-taken-for-demolishment-of-150-buildings-at-oludeniz-4139.html

[brianthegardener]

interesting article.....but of course Olu Deniz Municipality does cover all of Olu, Hisaronu and Ovacik....be interesting to see what happens next...as the deputy mayor states they, the council, have to carry out the order as its instructions from Mulga, if not council officials could face up to 5 years in prison. ...a worrying time for all concerned.

[stoop]

"The time is up now. I hope we shall not be obliged to carry out the demolishment, because approximately 150 buildings are involved, which means that Ölüdeniz will be in ruins"

Sounds awful and not unlike what has been happening in parts of Spain for years - local councils give planning permission (sometimes retrospectively) and then regional government knock the buildings down.

In my mind the local councils have to take more responsibility for this mess as surely not all checks were made correctly before allowing these buildings to be erected (have they got Tapu?). Yet it's the owners who have to foot the demolition bill.

What next - touristic land with the wrong buildings erected?

Worrying times for locals and foreign home owners alike.

[Old Daffodil]

A small Turkish house has already been demolished near me. It was in the garden of a larger house and was a one storey building,looked a bit like a garden shed.The owner rented it out to a British couple who found it comfortable and they had four days notice to leave.The owners family arrived in two dolmus's and took all the couple's belongings to a nice apartment which is where they are now.

The area where the building once stood is now back to being a garden.

[Ian]

It looks like they are adopting a tougher approach?

I found this link on a Marmaris forum as we had been there in October and we heard that they had knocked down a lot of buildings where we stayed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqokTB19_eY

Ian

[mercury]

Hi Ian. You tube is banned in Turkey so we can't watch your link. You will have to get used to this sort of thing!! Is it still snowing??

[KKOB]

If you want to view Youtube in Turkey without using a proxy it's very simple to make a couple of adjustments to the settings on your PC

[Ian]

Sorry Anne - forgot - it is pretty sad footage of an area of the promenade just after the bulldozers had finished.

Ian

[stoop]

That's unbelievable! If it's 10% of that in Olu then it will be devastated. Anyone seeing that won't bother with Marmaris this year.

[c1]

surley the lacal government are complicite? if they are charging and taking local taxes stc from the builders, and these buildings have not just jumped out of the ground like snowdrops have they so the local authority should foot the bill, I thought all new builds had to meet standardsfor earth quakes ie solid metre thick base and have approval.or is this just another case of Mugla getting at the Mayor who was elected for the second term by the people.