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In an announcement he made on Facebook, Bozcaada Mayor Hakan Can Yılmaz has stated that tenders to be initiated for Sulubahçe and Habbele bays are cancelled.
The Ministry of Environment and Urbanization had announced that tenders will be initiated on November 21-22 for Bozcaada and Sulubahçe bays to be rented to private sector.
The attempt had drawn reactions from Bozcaada and social media, and a petition was launched.
It is not the first cancellation
Hosting many archeological, natural and urban sites, Bozcaada is at the same time the third biggest island of Turkey.
The Ministry had earlier put Beylik bay out to tender and given the tender to a civil servant. The tender was cancelled in January 2015 due to the reactions of islanders. (YY/TK)
