Many of the survivors from the 11 provinces affected by the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş migrated to different cities. Ankara was one of the cities that experienced the most this wave of citizens who chose this city to relocate after the earthquakes.
However, with the arrival of earthquake victims in the city, a high rise in house rents began. Many people complained, claiming that some landlords and real estate agents, who took advantage of the arrival of earthquake victims in the city, made extraordinary increases.
The Office of the Chief Public Prosecutor of Ankara launched an investigation regarding the increase in rents and sales of apartments, following the findings of the Provincial Directorate of Commerce in this regard. In this framework, data was collected from all the sites where real estate sales and rental ads were posted.
The data is analyzed one by one and the prices before and after the earthquake are analyzed. The teams are examining the complaints made to the Ministry of Trade, Ankara General Prosecutor's Office and 112 one by one.
Those who are found to have caused price increases as a result of analyzes and determinations, will be investigated for the criminal offense of 'price influence', according to Article 237 of the Criminal Code of Turkey, and a lawsuit may be filed against them, where a request for imprisonment from 1-3 years is also submitted.
While the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while speaking at the meeting of the National Disaster Protection, said that no compromise will be made for the horizontal architecture with which the new houses will be built after the earthquake.
According to him, the buildings will be 3 or 4 floors, while he added that they will be in the form of 3+1 flats with land, plus 3 or 4 floors.