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Housing crisis deepens for students in Turkey

Housing crisis deepens for students in Turkey

The economic crisis has exacerbated housing challenges for students, driving up prices amid government reluctance to provide adequate housing solutions.

26 August 2024 Pınar Öztürk

Thirteen people killed in landlord tenant disputes in a year in Turkey, says MP

Thirteen people killed in landlord tenant disputes in a year in Turkey, says MP

The housing crisis is undermining social harmony, a CHP deputy has warned.

Turkey tops global ranking of housing price inflation in Q1 2023

Turkey tops global ranking of housing price inflation in Q1 2023

The three largest cities of the country stood out as the cities with the most significant spikes in housing prices.

Turkey's National Security Council discusses repatriating Syrian refugees

Turkey's National Security Council discusses repatriating Syrian refugees

In the council's inaugural meeting following Erdoğan's win, they emphasized Syrian refugees' safe and dignified return to their homes.

Turkey considering prison sentence to tackle excessive rent increases, says minister

Turkey considering prison sentence to tackle excessive rent increases, says minister

President Erdoğan had promised to solve the problem after the May elections.

Minister: Earthquakes left over 164,000 buildings collapsed, severely damaged in Türkiye

Minister: Earthquakes left over 164,000 buildings collapsed, severely damaged in Türkiye

The ministry has inspected 1.25 million buildings consisting of 4.5 million independent sections in 11 cities, Kurum has said.

23 February 2023

Subletting surges in İstanbul amid housing crisis

Subletting surges in İstanbul amid housing crisis

Renting their rooms or entire apartments for short periods of time is profitable but psychologically demanding, tenants say.

17 November 2022 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Erdoğan's 'at least three children' request now condition for housing support

Erdoğan's 'at least three children' request now condition for housing support

The government will provide financial support to women who lost their husbands but only to welfare beneficiaries who have at least three children.

24 October 2022

Erdoğan unveils social housing project amid record-high housing prices

Erdoğan unveils social housing project amid record-high housing prices

With the project, the government plans to build 500,000 housing units in five years.

13 September 2022

Buy now, probe later? Buyers from Russia snap up Antalya property, raising prices and eyebrows

Buy now, probe later? Buyers from Russia snap up Antalya property, raising prices and eyebrows

The rising demand, combined with a depreciating Turkish lira, high inflation and broader global dynamics, has seen real estate prices grow dramatically throughout the country. Some landlords raised prices so much on tenants from Russia and Ukraine that some of them left Türkiye without paying their rents.

22 August 2022 Diego Cupolo

House sales to foreigners further increase in Turkey

House sales to foreigners further increase in Turkey

Citizens of Russia, Iran and Iraq bought the highest number of residential properties in April, according to TurkStat.

House sales to foreign citizens in Turkey jump 45 percent in a year while home ownership rate drops

House sales to foreign citizens in Turkey jump 45 percent in a year while home ownership rate drops

Citizens of Iran bought the highest number of properties with 784 and were followed by citizens of Iraq 741 sales and of Russia with 547 sales in the last month, according to TurkStat.

Average rent price in İstanbul exceeds minimum wage

Average rent price in İstanbul exceeds minimum wage

Flat sharing is becoming more popular among the working population as living costs in the city continue to increase.

Increase in housing prices hit a new record-high in Turkey in December

Increase in housing prices hit a new record-high in Turkey in December

The prices of new houses increased by 66.6 percent when compared to last December, according to the Central Bank. The prices of the houses that were not new also saw a 57.7-percent annual increase in December 2021.

16 February 2022

İYİ Party’s Akşener: 35 percent of dorms belong to foundations, associations

İYİ Party’s Akşener: 35 percent of dorms belong to foundations, associations

“Even the number of private dormitories manifests how the government forces our students to stay in the dorms of some associations and foundations,” says opposition İYİ Party Chair Meral Akşener.

19 January 2022

University students protest security guards’ violence

HOUSING PROTESTS AT İTÜ

University students protest security guards’ violence

The students of İstanbul Technical University have protested the private security guards who intervened against the students keeping a watch at their campus to protest the lack of vacancies in dormitories: “We are insistent on our demands.”

22 October 2021

'We want dormitories that don't make profit out of students'

STUDENT HOUSING PROTESTS

'We want dormitories that don't make profit out of students'

Like in many other places across the country, students at İstanbul Technical University have been protesting the housing problems. They faced attacks from the school's private security guards.

21 October 2021 Ceday Avcı

Students walk along İstanbul’s İstiklal Avenue in blankets to protest housing problem

Students walk along İstanbul’s İstiklal Avenue in blankets to protest housing problem

Unable to find a place to stay due to lack of vacancies in dorms and high housing prices, students have walked along the İstiklal Avenue in Taksim in blankets.

Opposition’s Parliamentary inquiry into housing problem rejected by AKP, MHP

Opposition’s Parliamentary inquiry into housing problem rejected by AKP, MHP

The Parliamentary inquiry submitted by the main opposition CHP and HDP has been rejected by the ruling AKP and MHP MPs. AKP Spokesperson Çelik has argued that “they have taken revolutionary steps” about the issue of dormitories.

‘We cannot live’: Koç University students protest for housing rights

DORMITORY PROBLEMS

‘We cannot live’: Koç University students protest for housing rights

Lale from the Koç University Solidarity has spoken to bianet about the dormitory problem at the campus and their requests for solving the problem.

29 September 2021 Dilek Şen

20 state dormitories closed in Turkey in a year

HOUSING PROBLEM AT UNIVERSITIES

20 state dormitories closed in Turkey in a year

Amid university students’ protests for affordable housing, the Social Democracy Foundation Youth Organization (SODEV Youth) has released a report on state dormitories in Turkey: “There are 32 students per bed in İstanbul and 11 in Ankara.”

28 September 2021

‘Those who govern the country are after unearned income’

STUDENTS PROTEST HOUSING PRICES

‘Those who govern the country are after unearned income’

What do the university students who have been staying the night at parks for days want? What can the government and the opposition do? “The university students at the park” are giving the answers.

24 September 2021 Dilek Şen

University students protesting high housing prices in Turkey prevented by police

University students protesting high housing prices in Turkey prevented by police

Police have intervened against the students staying the night at parks in different cities across the country in protest against the high dormitory fees and house rents. Students have been taken out of the parks; some students have been detained.

23 September 2021

Students spend night at park protesting high housing prices

Students spend night at park protesting high housing prices

As the academic year starts, university students struggle to find livable and affordable housing.

20 September 2021

Students face 'housing crisis' as universities about to open

Students face 'housing crisis' as universities about to open

After nearly two years of online education, universities will resume in-person classes. Having to move to the cities where their schools are, students face exorbitant housing prices.

16 September 2021 Sakine Orman

HDP demands parliamentary inquiry into excessive increase in housing prices

HDP demands parliamentary inquiry into excessive increase in housing prices

Turkey is the country with the highest increase in housing prices in Europe, according to Eurostat data, the MPs have noted.

14 September 2021