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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 December 2022)
The latest in "Welcome" mats.
The dispute between landlord and lawyer Ali Topuz and the renters in
his "Avcı" apartment building in the Arapsuyu neighborhood of
Konyaaltı, Antalya, has taken on tragicomic overtones. The seven
renters claim that when they didn't agree to vacate when Topuz told them
to he took them to court, cut off the building's electricity, removed the
iron gate outside the building and even jackhammered the walkway and
staircase. (!)
Renter Gülsen Adanır lamented that "the landlord kept telling us that he
was going to build a hotel here so we had to vacate. And although the
court proceedings are continuing, he's bothering us with telephone calls
and physical discomfort. Two months ago he cut off the electricity and
had the outside iron gate removed, indifferent to our security needs.
Then we saw him have the walkway and staircase jackhammered! If
the police hadn't come to stop it the entire staircase would have been
destroyed. The landlord has sent other lawyers to our doors many times.
Now he says that all the work being done is for repairs and upkeep but
it all started concurrently with our eviction notices. Does it take two
months to replace an iron gate?!"
Another renter, who did not want to be named, said that "the landlord
came to us and said that because Russians and Ukrainians have started
coming to Antalya, a hotel would be more profitable. After that, we
began to live like the scenes in the Kemal Sunal movie "Kiracı"".
As for Topaz, he asserted that "the building's electricity was cut off
because the account was put in someone else's name. The iron gate
was removed for repairs. The walkway was broken up so I can make
it marble to prevent problems during rainstorms. There is no question
of me trying to get the renters out sooner than would be appropriate.
They're living in a nice place like Konyaaltı and only paying 2,000
($1,071) TL a month in rent. And am I not allowed to maintain my
own building?! I think the renters are trying to prevent me from
raising the rent but, nevertheless, I'll go to them again and explain my
good intentions." (!)
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