On Boxing Day afternoon the Jandarma toured the Kaya Valley delivering Demolition Orders issued by the Governor's Office in Mugla to over 160 property owners, ourselves included.
In short, these orders are for occupiers of the properties to vacate them by the 5th January 2009 in preparation for the properties to be demolished on the grounds that they were built illegally.
On completion of the demolition, the property owner will receive a bill for the cost of the work carried out. However, if the owner demolishes the property themselves, there will be no costs involved.
The strangest part about these actions are that the Jandarma advised one of our neighbours, a surgeon at the Devlet hospital, that once the properties had been demolished, they could be rebuilt and would then be legal .
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