Inhabitants at high hazard because of low leases in run-down Istanbul neighborhood
Several structures at high hazard that have been emptied as a result of an arranged urban change venture in Istanbul's Fikirtepe neighborhood are being leased by outsiders and Turkish residents because of low costs.
Turkey, which straddles seismic separation points and is inclined to quakes, has some high-chance structures which despite everything hope to profit by urban change ventures.
In the city Istanbul's destitution stricken Fikirtepe structures, with no seismic tremor obstruction and have a high danger of crumbling, are being utilized by outsiders - who came to Turkey for work purposes - and devastated inhabitants of the city.
The explanation behind their basic living arrangement at unsafe structures come from the living arrangements' low rental costs.
"The property holder left, and we needed to settle when we discovered that it was unfilled," he said.
Another occupant, Ahmet Ulucak, said that he has been living with the dread of death "each and every day."
Ulucak said that he leased a condo in his structure yet "has on his inner voice" when gathering the lease.
"Be that as it may, my inhabitant is urgent also. What other place will he locate a home for [500 Turkish Liras (about $84)]? He would not have remained right now in the event that he had another decision," Ulucak said.
As per data assembled from nearby realtors, the rents of these condos vary from 400 liras to 800 liras. (about $67 to $134). Be that as it may, in recently manufactured condos, rents can go up to 4,500 liras (around $754).
Satılmış and Güler Aktaş, a couple living in Fikirtepe, said that they cleared their home, which was vigorously harmed in light of new developments, yet moved to another loft on a similar road.
"We can't go to a more secure spot in view of financial conditions. We said 'yes' to [urban] change with dreams of solid houses however have been turned untied," they included.
Despite the fact that individuals who lease old structures are significantly Uzbek, Afghan and Turkmen, Turkish residents remain in these inhabitants also.
A few outsiders in the area even rent the condo and afterward lease the rooms to others, in an offer to win some cash.
As indicated by Engin Akgüzel, the representative for Leke Fikirtepe Platform, exactly 60,000 individuals in the area have been defrauded because of an unenlightened, yet guaranteed, urban change venture, just as contractual workers who failed.
"A lion's share of Fikirtepe inhabitants needed to leave their homes because of dangers. Individuals who made some hard memories paying rent either came back to their old homes or leased their old lofts," Akgüzel said.
Approximately 25,000 individuals as of now live in "dread" in structures at high danger of falling, he included.
"The states of the homes are grievous; blasted sections, disintegrated dividers… Let alone the normal ground-breaking Istanbul tremor, the circumstance of these individuals - who are scared of homes falling in any event, when vehicles go through the road, in the [city's] focus is tragic," he pushed.
