Türkiye regulations · 22 October 2026
Kurum: Around 80,000 homes nearing completion in 500,000-home programme
Minister Kurum reiterated the 2028 social housing delivery target and described post-flood assistance and urban transformation work in Ayazağa.
Around 80,000 homes in Türkiye’s 500,000-unit social housing programme are nearing completion, Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum said, according to a ministry announcement dated 21 October 2026. Speaking to journalists at parliament, he said procurement for the remaining homes was proceeding in stages, with delivery targeted for 2028. [Source](https://csb.gov.tr/haberler/bakan-kurum-500-bin-sosyal-konutun-yaklasik-80-bini-bitme-asamasina-geldi-307064)
Programme covers 81 provinces
Kurum said the Ev Sahibi Türkiye programme would provide 500,000 social homes across 81 provinces. The approximately 80,000 figure refers to homes approaching completion, not homes already completed and handed over. He reported that tenders for other homes were continuing in stages. The announcement does not provide a province-by-province breakdown of those stages, individual delivery dates or detailed information about the construction status of each stage. [Source](https://csb.gov.tr/haberler/bakan-kurum-500-bin-sosyal-konutun-yaklasik-80-bini-bitme-asamasina-geldi-307064)
Official source: Republic of Türkiye — Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change ↗Delivery commitment for 2028
The minister reiterated his commitment to deliver the social homes to residents in 2028. He also described reducing rental burdens and rent increases as objectives of the housing work. These are forward-looking commitments and policy goals: the announcement supplies no measurement demonstrating an achieved effect on rents. Kurum separately said earthquake housing had been completed and handed over. That statement is distinct from the progress update on the social housing programme. [Source](https://csb.gov.tr/haberler/bakan-kurum-500-bin-sosyal-konutun-yaklasik-80-bini-bitme-asamasina-geldi-307064)
Official source: Republic of Türkiye — Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change ↗Post-flood work in Ayazağa
Kurum also addressed the response to flooding in Ayazağa. He said the ministry had visited the area, illegal structures over streams had been demolished, and affected residents had received assistance coordinated by AFAD. An Urban Transformation Office had also opened, he reported. Kurum linked the flooding to inadequate stream improvement and infrastructure, but the source contains no independent technical assessment substantiating that account. Statements about causes and responsibility therefore remain attributed to the minister. [Source](https://csb.gov.tr/haberler/bakan-kurum-500-bin-sosyal-konutun-yaklasik-80-bini-bitme-asamasina-geldi-307064)
Official source: Republic of Türkiye — Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change ↗Two routes for urban transformation
According to Kurum, urban transformation in Ayazağa could proceed under approved plans through either TOKİ or the Urban Transformation Presidency. He said the process was being conducted with local residents. The announcement does not specify detailed application requirements, financing terms or a completion timetable for these options. It reports ministry statements on housing progress, post-flood support and transformation work; it does not announce a new law or an enacted regulatory change. [Source](https://csb.gov.tr/haberler/bakan-kurum-500-bin-sosyal-konutun-yaklasik-80-bini-bitme-asamasina-geldi-307064)
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