Erdoğan signs: Forest areas declared industrial zones

With the signature of President and AKP Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the forest status of certain areas in the provinces of Samsun and Zonguldak has been revoked. The decision was published in the Official Gazette and has entered into force.

With this change, new forest areas at least twice the size of the areas removed from forest boundaries will be allocated in their place.

NEW FOREST AREAS TO BE REFORESTED

According to the legislation, larger properties will be reforested to replace the regions where forest status was revoked, and these areas will be allocated to the General Directorate of Forestry.

The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change will transfer the areas in question to the General Directorate of Forestry and accelerate new reforestation efforts.

NEW PRIVATE INDUSTRIAL ZONE DECLARED IN BÜYÜKÇEKMECE

Another decision involved declaring an area located in Istanbul's Büyükçekmece district as the "Fırat Plastik Kauçuk Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ Istanbul Private Industrial Zone." This decision was also published in the Official Gazette via a Presidential Decree. Maps and coordinates regarding the relevant area were also provided as an annex to the decision.

News Source: 12punto