The Ministry was also unable to stop the earthquake

Although there are still hundreds of thousands of housing needs in the region after the earthquakes of February 6, the General Directorate of Construction Works, attached to the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, continues to sign million-dollar contracts for constructions such as parks, zero-waste complexes, town mansions and museums. The General Directorate of Construction Affairs will build a Zero Waste and Climate Museum in Ankara at a cost of 58 million 176 thousand TL. While the cost of the third stage of the Gölbaşı Sevgi Flower Park is determined at 35 million 245 thousand TL, the construction of the settlement of the Konya Bozkır dam, the mosque, the complex building and the library will cost 23 million 912 thousand TL.

MOSQUE, VILLAGE MANSION…

The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change announced that it will tender the third phase of the Gölbaşı Sevgi Flower Park on February 6, 2023, when the earthquake occurred. The tender was not canceled despite the earthquake. On March 13, 2023, a contract worth 35 million 245 thousand TL was signed. The tender for the settlement of the Konya Bozkır dam, mosque, complex building, village mansion and library construction was held on January 20, 2023. Despite the earthquake, it was not cancelled. On March 2, 2023, a contract worth 23 million 912 thousand TL was signed.

Hundreds of thousands of residences and workplaces are needed

On February 24, 2023, the tender for the construction of the Garden Health Center of the Başkent Nation, carried out by the General Directorate of Construction Affairs, was held at the Zero Waste and Climate Museum. On March 24, 2023, a contract worth 58 million 176 thousand 304 TL was signed. While the earthquakes centered on Kahramanmaraş negatively affected 13.5 million people, they also disabled thousands of residences and workplaces. It has been reported that hundreds of thousands of new homes and workplaces are needed in the region.