The Kalkan Belediye is currently working to find a solution to a long standing problem, concerning local disaster emergency land.

We mentioned this briefly, in our recent Belediye Board meeting report.

Here we tell you a bit more about this issue.

The current Belediye believes that this area is not suitable, and they have been trying to come to an arrangement to swap this for another piece of land.  It was announced quite recently, that an agreement had been reached, however this turns out not to be the case.

The national disaster authority appears intent on having this land, and in theory they could build faalyet homes on there, if they so wish.  But for now, they are insistent that this land should be kept clear.

In fact, this authority and the Turkish forestry commission, have been critical of Kalkan Belediye for the unauthorised planting of a small number of saplings on the land.  The Belediye says it was only trying to make the land look nicer.

What happens next?
If agreement cannot be reached, it appears likely that the matter will go before the courts.  In the short term, it is unlikely that you will notice anything different - although it remains to be seen whether the forestry commission will insist on the trees being taken out.  Hopefully not.