Türkiye regulations · 7 November 2026
Pendik completes first Orta-Dumlupınar phase, with draw for 2,028 units
The ministry reported completion of a first phase comprising 1,747 homes and 281 commercial units in Pendik. Minister Kurum announced a larger beneficiary discount and plans to turn Burla Biraderler Grove into a public garden.
Türkiye’s Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change announced completion of the first phase of the Orta-Dumlupınar neighbourhood urban transformation project in Pendik, Istanbul, in an article dated 5 November 2026. Minister Murat Kurum attended the allocation draw for 2,028 units. The announcement also covered payment arrangements and a local green-space project. [Source](https://csb.gov.tr/haberler/bakan-kurum-pendik-te-kentsel-donusum-kura-toreninde-konustu-307213)
Homes and commercial premises across 45 blocks
The first phase, coordinated by the ministry, comprises 1,747 homes and 281 commercial units across 45 blocks. The article states that construction work was completed and that beneficiaries attended the ceremony. The concrete development is completion of this phase and the allocation draw for its units. The source does not provide a separate key-handover date for these Pendik homes, so the draw should not be treated as confirmation of physical delivery. Source
Official source: Republic of Türkiye — Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change ↗Payment terms announced for beneficiaries
Kurum said project delays would not result in additional costs for residents. He described the contractual arrangement as a 40% discount on costs, with the remainder payable over 180 months, and announced that the discount would increase to 60%. He said an amount normally payable of TRY 2.5 million would fall to an average of TRY 1.9 million, citing a 180-month term and monthly instalments of TRY 10,000. These figures are reported as the minister’s statements; the article provides no detailed beneficiary-specific payment schedule. Source
Official source: Republic of Türkiye — Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change ↗Green-space plan for Burla Biraderler Grove
A separate announcement concerned the 23,000-square-metre Burla Biraderler Grove in Batı neighbourhood. Kurum said privately owned properties within the site had been expropriated and title registrations completed. He said the grove would become Pendik Merkez Millet Bahçesi, a public garden. The announcement presents the ownership procedures as completed, while describing the green-space conversion as work to be undertaken. It provides neither an opening date nor an implementation timetable for the garden. Source
Official source: Republic of Türkiye — Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change ↗The wider Istanbul transformation programme
In the same speech, Kurum reported that transformation of 1,298,000 homes had been completed across Istanbul, with work continuing on 291,000 units. He also reiterated that support under the Yarısı Bizden programme would be extended until 31 December 2027. These statements place the Pendik project within Istanbul’s wider transformation programme. The source is a ministry news article: the support period and financial terms are presented here as ministerial announcements, not as a newly enacted legal text. Source
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