Former Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Melih Gökçek admits to land sales: 'I sold the plots I developed'
Former Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Melih Gökçek accused current mayor Mansur Yavaş of 'not developing land' and stated that he himself sold plots during his tenure.
12punto
In a television program he attended, former Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Melih Gökçek accused Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Mansur Yavaş of failing to develop land, and explained how he sold plots during his own term.
Gökçek stated the following:
“Mansur Yavaş has not developed a single piece of land during his term. You develop it; I developed a lot and I sold the plots I developed. You acquire the land, and after you acquire it, you do the planning. If the value of the land is 30 liras, it becomes 1500 liras. And then you generate revenue for the municipality by selling that land. I did this a lot.”