It has been 8 years! Melih Gökçek still has not vacated municipal housing

It has emerged that former Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek continues to reside in four duplex municipal housing units, despite having resigned from his post on October 28, 2017.

According to a report by Deniz Ayhan from Sözcü newspaper, the current value of the housing units in question is stated to be 63 million TL. Despite an eviction order and the Supreme Court of Appeals upholding this decision, Gökçek and his family have not vacated the premises.

THE HOUSING WAS SOLD VIA TENDER

During Gökçek's tenure in 2017, a tender was held for the sale of the municipal housing. It is alleged that the tender was won by Nevin Gökçek, the wife of the then-Mayor Gökçek, in violation of the law.

Although mayors and their relatives are prohibited from participating in municipal tenders after leaving office, the sale transaction was carried out during the term of AKP Mayor Mustafa Tuna.

COURT RULED FOR THE RETURN OF THE HOUSING TO THE MUNICIPALITY

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality (ABB) Mayor Mansur Yavaş filed a lawsuit regarding the sale of the housing units, citing irregularities. The court ruled that the housing units, which were sold for 7 million 900 thousand TL in 2018, should be returned to the municipality. Following the court's decision, the Supreme Court of Appeals upheld this ruling in July 2025.

Following the Supreme Court of Appeals' decision, Gökçek had stated that he had purchased the housing legally but had lost the case, and he had committed to vacating the homes.

However, it is alleged that despite this, he has not left the housing units in question and continues to live there.