Konya Container City established in Hatay

Konya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Uğur İbrahim Altay has announced that 349 containers have been placed in the first phase of the Konya Container City, currently under construction in Hatay.

The construction of container cities, which will be established in two different regions in Hatay by Konya Metropolitan Municipality in collaboration with Konya's chambers and district municipalities, is continuing at full speed.

Konya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Uğur İbrahim Altay stated that they mobilized all resources in Hatay to heal the wounds of earthquake victims from the first day of devastating earthquakes that mourned the whole country on February 6th, and announced that the first phase of container cities consisting of a total of one thousand containers is nearing completion.

Mayor Altay mentioned that the water and sewage infrastructure has been completed in the first phase of the container city, and landscaping and sidewalk works are still ongoing. He stated that they have reached an important stage in the efforts to meet all kinds of human needs such as infrastructure, logistics, water works, mobile kitchens, communication, and energy supply in the earthquake zone. He also said that they will place a total of 487 containers in the first phase of container cities, which they are continuing to set up with Konya Chamber of Commerce, Konya Chamber of Industry, Konya Commodity Exchange, and Karatay, Meram, and Selçuklu Municipalities. Currently, 349 of these containers have been placed and the remaining 138 containers will be completed as soon as possible and earthquake victims will be placed there.

Mayor Altay emphasized that work is also continuing for the second phase container city in Hatay, and that KOSKI teams have largely completed the infrastructure works there as well.