Politics · Turkey · 3 hrs ago
Erdoğan calls for urban renewal in Istanbul after Maltepe building collapse
Turkey’s cabinet met under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential Complex.
The meeting lasted three hours and 20 minutes, and Erdoğan said it was the cabinet’s 73rd meeting.
He said ministers reviewed regional developments affecting Turkey and a fund issue that had recently drawn public attention.
Erdoğan also spoke about a building collapse in Istanbul’s Maltepe district, where five people died.
He said the deaths showed why urban renewal matters in Istanbul, which faces earthquake risk.
He urged people not to let political disputes delay efforts to renew the city’s buildings.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for an urban renewal drive in Istanbul after a building collapsed in Maltepe, killing five people.
He said the collapse showed the importance of urban renewal and warned against delaying or ignoring Istanbul’s earthquake risk.
Erdoğan criticised people who describe urban renewal as “rent-oriented transformation.”
He made the remarks after a Cabinet meeting that lasted 3 hours and 20 minutes.
- Who
- President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for urban renewal.
- What
- He urged an urban renewal drive in Istanbul after a building collapse that killed five people.
- When
- After the Cabinet meeting reported on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Maltepe, Istanbul; Erdoğan made his remarks after a Cabinet meeting at the Presidential Complex.
- Why
- Erdoğan said the collapse highlighted the importance of urban renewal and Istanbul’s earthquake risk.
Erdoğan
Critics who call urban renewal “rent-oriented transformation
Purpose of urban renewal
Erdoğan
Erdoğan said it is important for public safety and addressing Istanbul’s earthquake risk.
Critics who call urban renewal “rent-oriented transformation
They describe it as rent-oriented transformation, according to Erdoğan.
Approach to earthquake risk
Erdoğan
Erdoğan said delaying or ignoring the risk would be a betrayal of Istanbul.
Critics who call urban renewal “rent-oriented transformation
Not stated beyond their criticism of urban renewal as rent-oriented.
A building collapsed in Maltepe, killing five people.
Erdoğan made remarks calling for urban renewal in Istanbul.
- Deaths
- 5 people killed in the Maltepe building collapse
- Location
- Maltepe, Istanbul
- Cabinet meeting
- 73rd meeting; lasted 3 hours and 20 minutes
- Remarks reported
- October 12, 2026
What people are saying
This event has once again shown how important urban renewal is in Istanbul.
To postpone, ignore or sacrifice the reality of earthquakes in Istanbul to daily political disputes would be a betrayal of Istanbul.
We are tired and fed up with some people calling it rent-oriented transformation every time we talk about urban renewal.
We see our Istanbul as the capital of the urban renewal mobilization.
Sources
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