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party because documents <strong>in</strong> court file were unsatisfactory and research could not be<br />

exam<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> detail.<br />

4. Fourth case; These acti<strong>on</strong>s were brought <strong>in</strong> order to compensate <strong>the</strong> damages caused<br />

by Narkent c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s and determ<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> those damages. These acti<strong>on</strong>s are<br />

discussed under “determ<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> acti<strong>on</strong>s” title. In <strong>the</strong>se acti<strong>on</strong>s, determ<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

damages <strong>in</strong> envir<strong>on</strong>ment and removal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se damages have been demanded. The<br />

acti<strong>on</strong> proceeded <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Civil Court <strong>of</strong> Peace (e.no:1996/1706), <strong>in</strong> order to determ<strong>in</strong>e <strong>the</strong><br />

damages <strong>in</strong> envir<strong>on</strong>ment caused by <strong>the</strong> C<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Narkent Hous<strong>in</strong>g Cooperative<br />

and Municipality <strong>of</strong> Narlıdere, is an example for those acti<strong>on</strong>s. It is known that,<br />

determ<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> procedure has been realized by <strong>the</strong> court, however <strong>the</strong> c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong> is not<br />

known because <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>accessibility to <strong>the</strong> data and documents <strong>in</strong> court file details.<br />

These four acti<strong>on</strong>s, as different from <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r acti<strong>on</strong>s, emphasize <strong>the</strong> lack <strong>of</strong><br />

c<strong>on</strong>trol <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> authorized bodies <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir <strong>in</strong>terferences <strong>on</strong> urban space and <strong>the</strong> risk <strong>of</strong><br />

liv<strong>in</strong>g occured as a result <strong>of</strong> lack <strong>of</strong> c<strong>on</strong>trol <strong>on</strong> urban space.<br />

In greater scale, ano<strong>the</strong>r example for c<strong>on</strong>trol, task and authority problem outside<br />

<strong>the</strong> spatial (physical) boundaries <strong>of</strong> this study is <strong>the</strong> acti<strong>on</strong> brought by a pers<strong>on</strong> whose<br />

relatives died <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> earthquake <strong>on</strong> August 1999 84 .<br />

In prelim<strong>in</strong>ary stage <strong>of</strong> this acti<strong>on</strong>, applicati<strong>on</strong>s were realized to Municipality <strong>of</strong><br />

Yalova, M<strong>in</strong>istry <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Interior and Prime-M<strong>in</strong>istry. In <strong>the</strong>se applicati<strong>on</strong>s and <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

court file; improved lands, development c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se lands, plann<strong>in</strong>g authorities<br />

and approval <strong>of</strong> plans, implementati<strong>on</strong>s, licenses, authorities, tasks and resp<strong>on</strong>sibilities<br />

<strong>in</strong> each stage were expla<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> detail. As a result <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se explanati<strong>on</strong>s, pla<strong>in</strong>tiff party<br />

has stated that “<strong>the</strong>re was negligence and abuse <strong>of</strong> tasks by improv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> land which<br />

should not be improved permitt<strong>in</strong>g development <strong>on</strong> this land and arrang<strong>in</strong>g c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong><br />

license <strong>on</strong> this land”. The answers from <strong>the</strong>se applicati<strong>on</strong>s are as follows: Municipal<br />

Council <strong>of</strong> Yalova Municipality has stated that <strong>the</strong>re was not any adm<strong>in</strong>istrative fault <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>ir <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>; <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se to <strong>the</strong> petiti<strong>on</strong>; Prime-M<strong>in</strong>istry expressed that,<br />

menti<strong>on</strong>ed applicati<strong>on</strong> would be transferred to <strong>the</strong> c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g authority. M<strong>in</strong>istry <strong>of</strong><br />

Interior and General Directorate <strong>of</strong> Local Authorities stated that <strong>the</strong>ir <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong> did not<br />

have any service fault legally, related local authority, not <strong>the</strong> M<strong>in</strong>istry, had <strong>the</strong> task and<br />

resp<strong>on</strong>sibility to make and approve development plans, to give c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> license and<br />

permissi<strong>on</strong> certificate accord<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> Acts No. 3030, 1580, 3194.<br />

84 All data c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g this case were obta<strong>in</strong>ed from <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternet page;WEB-16<br />

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