Urban development

The Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Ministry has recently launched an effort with the goal of transforming 2 million homes in all 81 cities, with an annual target of 400,000 homes over a five-year period, with a focus on risky areas in 59 provinces and reserve building zones in 65 provinces.

The importance of cities for the global economy is growing and this is connected to the phenomenon of urbanization

Ahead of more heavy rain, residents of several neighborhoods in the devastated Brazilian city of Petropolis were called to evacuate Thursday, just two days after flash floods and landslides killed 117 people.

Turkey's state-run aid agency opened a children's library on Sept. 23 in the southern port city of Karachi, Pakistan, aiming to support children's education in the slum areas.     

Turkey will renew 1.5 million houses in five years across the country as part of an urban renewal project of the government, the environment and urbanization minister said on Sept. 12.         

The government will take firm steps toward the demolition of buildings at risk without having to wait for the approval of the buildings' residents, Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum has said.

Turkey's Environment and Urbanization Ministry will evaluate ongoing constructions in Istanbul and make sure relevant precautions are taken if they see any risks.

Turkey's Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum has issued a circular to all municipalities to determine the most risk-bearing buildings and report their findings to the ministry, in a bid to accelerate urban transformation works.

The Environment and Urbanization Ministry aims to renew 300,000 dwellings each year in Turkey as part of urban transformation projects, Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum has said.

In Basmane, a district of ?zmir where refugees from Iraq, Somalia and mostly Syria reside, ruined houses have turned into cheap dormitories for migrants who flocked to the city in attempt to escape to Europe and left on the streets due to lack of accommodation.