Lake Salda Tender Postponed

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The Housing Development Administration (TOKİ) announced on Monday (July 29) that it will put out a tender for the construction of recreational facilities around Lake Salda in the southwestern province of Burdur.

The tender was postponed after a meeting yesterday (July 31). Gülizar Biçer Karaca, an MP from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), said that the TOKİ postponed the tender for a week because of more than one firms participated in the tender and for the evaluation of the bids.

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Lake Salda, with its turquoise water and white beach, is known as "Turkey's Maldives" and has been a popular destination for tourists in recent years.

The CHP's Burdur organization held a protest demonstration against the tender on the beach of the lake on Tuesday. (PT/VK)