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711,545 houses, 103,659 workplaces were demolished throughout the
country. 766,849 independent units, including 702,593 residences and 64,256
workplaces, were built to replace the demolished independent units (TBMM
2023: 633). Moreover, with this Law, 123 buildings were reinforced throughout
the country and approximately 39.8 billion TL, which is 89.9 billion TL with
the current value, was spent for transformation projects. Public Housing
Administration is one of the entities that has undertaken an important task
in this process. During this period, 203,979 housing units were produced by
TOKİ within the scope of urban transformation. (TOKİ, 2023).
Renovation areas can be announced within the framework of Law No. 5366
on the Renovating, Conserving and Actively Using Dilapidated Historical and
Cultural Immovable Assets Many projects have been initiated within the scope
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of this law. An area of 2.97 hectares in the İmaret, Lala Sinanpaşa, Tahtalı, Şazi
and Aliefendi neighborhoods of the Bolvadin district in Afyonkarahisar are
being renovated. (TBMM, 2021:213).
Other renovation examples in this scope are Hacıbayram Mosque area,
Hergelen square in Ankara, Aziziye and Şükran Neighbourhoods, Mevlana and
Altın bazaar in Konya, Alipaşa- Lalebey in Sur district in Diyarbakır, Yakutiye
Hacıcuma in Erzurum, Camikebir (Suriçi) Neighbourhoods in Melikgazi district
in Kayseri, Citadel area, Cevizlibağ-Esentepe- Üçgüzeller in central Nevşehir,
city square in central Sinop, Taşhan in central Sivas, Çapanoğlu Mosque area
in central Yozgat.
In the scope of Article 73 Of Municipal Law No. 5393 , urban regeneration
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and development areas can be also declared. With this legislation, a large
number of projects have been implemented, especially in cooperation with
the Municipalities and TOKİ. For example, an area of 11.25 hectares in Kale
neighbourhood in central Muş was declared as the urban regeneration and
development project area upon the decision of the Council of Ministers,
and 715 residential buildings and 107 commercial units were constructed in
cooperation with the Municipality and TOKİ (TBMM, 2021: 210).
4.Housing Applications After the Disaster

Houses are being built within the framework of legislation for disaster
victims whose houses have become uninhabitable or considered risky to live
after disasters such as earthquakes, floods and fires. In these studies carried
out within the scope of the ”Regulation on the Determination of Rights
Holders Due to Disaster”, the procedures for determining the right holder are

8 Law No. 5366 dated 16/6/2005, Article: 2
9 Law No. 5393 dated 3/7/2005, Article: 73

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