AKP Antalya Provincial Chair Çetin has been using school land as a warehouse since 2016

AKP Antalya Provincial Chair Ali Çetin has been using a 5,100 square meter plot of land in the Kızıltoprak neighborhood of Muratpaşa district, owned by the Foundations Regional Directorate and designated as a 'primary school area' in the city plan, as a warehouse under his company Arel Beton Restorasyon Yapı Malzemeleri İnşaat İzolasyon Boya Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti. The land has been left amid marble and waste since 2016. The issue was reported by Cumhuriyet newspaper.

It was learned that Çetin leased the land in question in 2016 through a tender. The monthly rental fee remained at 1,520 lira between 2016-2019; it was set at 1,881 lira in 2019, 2,198 lira in 2020, 2,574 lira in 2022, 6,000 lira in 2023, 13,500 lira in 2024, 21,399 lira in 2025, and 32,000 lira in 2026. It was learned that the average monthly rent for a 100 square meter apartment in the region starts at 30,000 lira; the rental amount paid for the 5,100 square meter public land is considered to be well below market value.

It was also claimed that there are multiple unlicensed structures on the land. In this area where population density and school needs are high, the commercial use of land allocated for education has raised questions about public interest. It was noted that the Ministry of National Education and Muratpaşa Municipality have not intervened in the matter for years, despite the land being recorded as a school area.