Politics · Turkey · 12 hrs ago
Hatay resident moves into a rebuilt home on Antakya’s Atatürk Street
Bülent Artun has moved into a new home on Atatürk Street in Antakya, in Turkey’s Hatay province.
Hatay was badly damaged in earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş.
Artun said he had not imagined he would be able to return to Antakya after the destruction.
The street was rebuilt as part of a wider construction effort across 11 provinces, coordinated by the environment and urbanisation ministry with TOKİ and Emlak Konut GYO.
The work has completed 5,933 independent sections, including homes for people entitled to new housing.
Artun said he now lives in his home and described the city as having begun to live again.
The minister said the work is not yet finished.
Bülent Artun has moved into a rebuilt home on Atatürk Street in Antakya, Hatay.
The street was rebuilt under a government-led effort, in cooperation with TOKİ and Emlak Konut GYO.
The work included 5,933 completed independent units, with Artun among those who received a new home.
Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum shared footage of Artun and said reconstruction work was not finished.
Artun said he had not imagined he could return to Antakya and praised the state’s support.
- Who
- Bülent Artun, a Hatay resident, moved into the home.
- What
- He moved into a rebuilt home on Atatürk Street in Antakya.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- Atatürk Street, Antakya, Hatay, Türkiye.
- Why
- The home was rebuilt as part of the post-earthquake reconstruction effort.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Hatay was one of the cities where we put the most effort into the Century’s Reconstruction. Our work is not finished yet. But thankfully, our fellow citizens are now in their own homes.
I could not even imagine that one day we would be able to return to Antakya.
Thanks to the Republic of Türkiye, the city rose from the ground.
The state of Türkiye took us under its wing. It gave us a new life, new hopes, new beauties.
Hatay suffered heavy destruction, and Artun said the area was devastated after the rubble was cleared.
Atatürk Street in Antakya was rebuilt through work coordinated by the ministry with TOKİ and Emlak Konut GYO.
Artun had moved into a new home among the completed 5,933 independent units.
Minister Murat Kurum shared footage of Artun on social media.
- Resident
- Bülent Artun
- Street
- Atatürk Street
- City and province
- Antakya, Hatay
- Completed units
- 5,933 independent units
- Reconstruction partners
- TOKİ and Emlak Konut GYO
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