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identifies the areas that pose a risk, initiates the transformation process, can
directly use the powers and responsibilities granted to it by Law, or transfer
the authority to local governments or other institutions and organizations
for various processes. It was first aimed to achieve successful and fast results
within the scope of transformation, and, with the entry into force of Law No.
6306 and Article 6 / A, transformation processes underwent many changes
and successful results are started to be achieved.

4. Disaster Preparedness Process with Urban Transformation Applications
in İstanbul
Before the Law No. 6306, urban transformation applications in certain
regions of İstanbul were conducted by the Public Housing Administration,
the Governorship and local governments in the scope of the Anti-Squatting
Law No. 775 and the Article 73 of Municipal Law No. 5393. These practices
have been inefficient in completing the transformation processes due to
the presence of gaps in the relevant laws of the period and the inability
to adequately respond to the problems that may be encountered in the
intervention areas.
Since 2012 when Law No. 6306 entered into force, District Municipalities
were assigned for performing the transformation activities for 48 out of 68
high risk areas, and Metropolitan Municipality for 8 high risk areas, TOKİ
for 1 high risk area; while District Municipalities were authorised for 139 out
of 217 reserve building areas, Metropolitan Municipality for 4 and Private
Organisations for 3 and TOKİ for 2 reserve building areas in order to construct
disaster-resilient buildings and create a liveable and qualified environment.
Within this scope, urban transformation projects have been completed or
are ongoing in a total of 87 areas, including 73 projects performed by the
Ministry and 14 projects in cooperation with Ministry and the Private Sector
in 39 districts of İstanbul in the 10-year period (Ministry of Environment,
Urbanization and Climate Change, 2023).
Considering the annual process in İstanbul, 27.044 buildings have been
transformed on turn-key basis by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization
and Climate Change, beneficiaries and private sector, transformation of totally
800,152 independent units were completed including 8,135 independent units
regenerated out of the scope of Law No. 6306 and 764,973 high risk buildings
that were transformed. On the other hand, as for the works ongoing at site,
totally 165,732 independent units are still under the transformation process
performed together by private sector, 114.351 of which is conducted by the
Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change including 100,681
buildings under project designing process, 4.745 buildings under tendering

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