The new Kışla service road, running parallel with the new, wider D400 road, on the coast side. This new road will run from town, through Kömürlük, going as far as Kışla. In doing so, it will pass through several parcels of privately owned land. Where required, pieces of land will be expropriated.

They then spoke about a small number of recently built villas, on land with uninterrupted views of Kalkan Bay.  The Belediye would normally designate these properties an address on the adjacent Caddesi, however, there is some kind of planning issue, concerning the land that was built on, which needs to be resolved first.  Whilst the properties were identified in the meeting, KTLN has decided not to publish details in this report.

The meeting briefly mentioned the forthcoming relocation of the Jandarma station, to a position on the right hand side of the D400, as you head in the direction of Fethiye, just past the traffic lights. The timing of this move was not discussed.

Belediye staff
A matter was discussed regarding the minimum length of time that some members of Belediye staff have to serve in a job grade, before they can be considered for promotion to a higher grade. Currently in Kalkan, it is 3 years, however in light of what happens in other municipalities, where the minimum term is 2 years, the Belediye agreed to reduce the qualifiying period.

This was the end of the formal agenda. Comments and questions from the audience followed.

The Mayor was asked what the Kent Konseyi has been working on. The Mayor replied that he would prefer not to discuss their work without the Chairman of the group being present.

A Turkish resident of Kalkan told the meeting about an incident at a Kalkan hotel, where a couple on holiday had a disagreement with the hotel, and were very badly treated. He observed that the Belediye has a committee for planning matters, which is obviously an important subject. However, he went on to say that the Belediye should have a department responsible for tourist matters, as clearly tourism is an important part of the Kalkan economy. Tourists should have somewhere to go for help and assistance if they have problems with local businesses.

The subject of black flies and mosquitos cropped up. In a part of Kalkan where there are some co-operative houses, there were reports of lots of these insects, causing problems. The Belediye responded by sending out someone to look at the problem, and subsequently a number of depots were sprayed. It was said that some depots were extremely dirty and unhygenic - "worse than rubbish bins".

Spraying may be a temporary solution, but it is up to people to keep their own property in a reasonable state of cleanliness. The Mayor reminded everyone that they had recently bought 310 new rubbish bins, of various types, and that we all share a responsibility to keep Kalkan clean.

A local property developer asked for guidance on when construction work will be permitted over the Kurban Bayram period. The Mayor said that no work must take place over the Bayram period, starting on Monday 15th November. 

Also, no construction work can take place on Wednesday 10th November, out of respect for Atatürk, who died on that date in 1938. 

He reminded everyone that during the construction season noisy work is only permitted between the hours of 8am and 8pm.

Someone ssuggested that consideration should be given to stopping construction on Sundays, as this is a family day for many people.

The construction season in Kalkan will end some time in April 2011.  The Belediye will hold a meeting at the beginning of March 2011, to decide the exact date.

The person who was involved wth the running of the previous Belediye Çay Bahçe, behind the town beach raised the subject of the problems that had arisen when the new Mayor took over in April 2009. He claimed that the way it was handled was "very wrong".

For information, there are free copies of the Kalkan Belediye Bulletin in the reception area of the Belediye building.  They describe in words and pictures what the administration has done since it came into office, in April 2009.

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