We were planning a fairly large plot of land we had acquired years ago.
There were about a hundred of us friends.
White-collar workers employed at similar institutions.
Everyone was getting a villa, and there was quite a bit of garden space as well.
A villa for every parcel, a vegetable patch on one side, and a gazebo on the other.
So we could drink tea as the sun set.
The barbecue area wasn't forgotten either.
While the projects were being approved according to our plans, one of us objected to the plans.
He wanted to shrink the gardens a little.
He suggested we build an apartment building on the plot left over from the shrunken gardens.
All the members of the cooperative objected.
No one wanted their garden to shrink.
In particular, it was hindering the friends' dreams of growing tomatoes and cucumbers.
This contrarian friend of ours resisted, even though he was left alone.
Some even suggested we make a decision and expel him from the membership.
Despite this, our friend did not give up.
He tried to convince the other members that a small apartment building, even if it only had 20-30 units, should be built.
"Friends, look, this place is far from the city.
Our houses are very large.
No one from the city will be able to come to clean these houses.
We won't be able to find a doorman, a caretaker, a garbage collector, or a gardener," was his argument.
"Come on, let's build social housing somewhere on the edge of the land, even if it's small, let's build staff quarters or rent them out so we can easily obtain these services."
The code had been cracked.
Let the servants live nearby.
The gardens were shrunk.
A parcel was designated for the apartment building.
It seems that social housing is being built around the beautiful lands where foreigners will settle for similar reasons.
Otherwise, God forbid, how would the Turks come all the way from Sultanbeyli to collect the trash?
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