Comments on: A Relic From An Ancient Past

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:33:00 +0000

Thanks Acili for your insightful comments. Local council planning laws are indeed enforced haphazardly in Mersin (and Turkey in general).

I remember when the council, early morning, demolished the tea houses and other buildings along Mersin's coastline as they were too close to the sea. Funnily enough, they didn't demolish the Hilton Hotel or Mersin Tennis Club which were also closer than allowed by law.

By: Acılı Birbuçuk

Acılı Birbuçuk — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:35:00 +0000

This buildings construction stopped way way before the 2001 crises. I used to live in the apt right in front of it. There is only a few feet separation between the two! AFAICR they didn’t have a building permit to go so high, and had to stop, or bribe the local officials more. You can still see the date of the permit on the sign 28-2-1992. I think there were more influential people at that time in our building and in the next apt over to kill it. Activity stopped like within a year or two.

By: Emre Kızılkaya

Emre Kızılkaya — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:54:00 +0000

Hey, great, this reminds me of Ballard stories. Surprisingly inspiring…