The Antalya 2nd Administrative Court has canceled the sales decision of the Antalya Demre Municipality for the lands consisting of two parcels of 24,834 square meters in Çevreli Neighborhood with a world-famous Kekova view.

The 24,834 square meters of land belonging to the Demre Municipality in Çevreli Neighborhood was sold in November 2024 with two tenders attended by a single person. Of the plots consisting of two parcels, parcel 799 was sold for 7,636,000 TL and parcel 794 was sold for 22,253,000 TL. Mevlüt Sarıca, who lives in Çevreli Neighborhood, filed a lawsuit demanding the cancellation of the tender and the suspension of its execution.

ONLY ONE PERSON ATTENDED THE TENDER

In the lawsuit filed to the Antalya 2nd Administrative Court by lawyer Funda Tolunay Kocakaya on behalf of Mevlüt Sarıca; it was stated that the municipality council's decision regarding the sale of the real estates in parcels 794 and 799 in block 101 in Çevreli Neighborhood was contrary to the procedure and the law, that it was not possible to hold the tender based on this decision, that the tender should be held by open bidding, that even the village headman was unaware of the tender, that the tender was not announced in the necessary places, that both real estates remained with a single participant, Fahri Tokgöz, without the formation of competitive conditions, that the tender was not conducted transparently, and that the tender specification was not given to him. For these reasons, the cancellation of the tender and the suspension of its execution were requested.

RIGHT OF APPEAL IS AVAILABLE

In January, the Antalya 2nd Administrative Court decided unanimously, with no possibility of appeal, to suspend the execution of the transaction subject to the case, which was clearly unlawful in the decision text stating that the tender should be held by closed bidding, as it could cause irreparable damages if implemented. At the hearing on March 26, the Antalya 2nd Administrative Court canceled the sale of the lands, with the right to appeal to the Council of State.