The state of property development in Turkey: facts and comparisons

Abstract

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Promoting Construction Industrialisation with Policy Interventions: A Holistic Review of Published Policy Literature

“…Based on fuzzy cognitive maps, Gan et al [ 63 ] concluded that strengthening intervention strategies yields the strongest whole effect in promoting CI. The construction industry grew rapidly in Turkey between 2002 to 2006, mainly supported by state interventions [ 60 ]. The Singaporean government started to enforce the buildability score regulation in 2001, in which a minimum buildability score in building designs is required, aiming to accelerate the diffusion of CI into the private sector [ 11 ].…”

“…Housing Policy, such as ‘measures of Beijing on the reward for industrialized housing (IH) residential Projects’ which was issued in 2010 [ 69 ] and other measures about introducing the CI into the current construction system in Romania [ 70 ] and the USA [ 71 ], as well as adjusted rents and the focus rearrangement from hiring to ownership in the Czech Republic [ 72 ], are dedicated to proactively encouraging the popularization of CI. The law on land development plans and control in Turkey made the procedures for acquiring building permits more simplified, thus promoting property development [ 60 ]. Actually, land supply regulation is an intermediate step, which serves for improved real estate policy [ 68 ].…”

“…Public Procurement Law The Public Procurement Law in Turkey, which has been modified extensively in recent years (2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014), has limited the powers of the Public Procurement Authority to adjust the public land sales and other building-based government procurements after the revisions, at the same time, these reforms impeded the transparency of the procurements in the real estate development sector [60], thus hindering the development of CI. The absence of governmental mandatory policies and regulations is identified as one of the top three barriers in China for CI development [5].…”

“…Based on fuzzy cognitive maps, Gan et al [63] concluded that strengthening intervention strategies yields the strongest whole effect in promoting CI. The construction industry grew rapidly in Turkey between 2002 to 2006, mainly supported by state interventions [60].…”

Building a Competitive Authoritarian Regime: State–Business Relations in the AKP’s Turkey

“…More specifically, the AKP connected TOKI to the Office of the Prime Minister and transferred the control of all public lands from the abolished General Directorate of the Office for Land to TOKİ, 73 which was kept exempt from land tax. 74 Two features of TOKİ are particularly critical for the purposes of this paper. First, TOKİ joined in partnerships with private contractors on public land to which it has free access.…”