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The authority of the newspapers and kiosks for the sale of products affiliated to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) was granted to Istanbul Kültür ve Sanat Ürünleri Ticaret AŞ with the decision taken by the IMM Council. IMM specified that in the new contract, the rents of the newspaper kiosks in Istanbul will increase by up to 560 percent and an invoice of up to 80,000 to 300,000 will be issued as a renewal fee. It was indicated that the concessionaires that did not sign a new increase contract until September 21 will be tendered until October 1. The merchants who run the buffet stated that IMM President Ekrem İmamoğlu was misinformed and asked them not to be able to pay these fees and to stop this practice.
UP TO 560 PERCENT
According to the Hürriyet report, Istanbul Tekel and the President of the Chamber of Newspaper Distributors, Ferihan Karasu, said: “We have 176 newsstands in Istanbul. We are signing a contract with Kültür A an, an affiliate of IMM. The decision is made. adopted on August 17. Then we had a meeting with the general manager of Kültür A.Ş. He told us that he would change the buffets in these areas and that the product range would be expanded. He accepted that we do not make money from the newspaper and AKBİL. A week later, he called all the concessionaires and delivered a draft contract between 6 and 15 thousand TL. They said that the rents would go up. We see that the hike increased to 560 percent. “
Speaking about building new kiosks, Karasu stated that after the new kiosks are made, profits will be seen and new rentals can be determined this way. Ferihan Karasu, “This is our only request. The worst thing is: I give you a week, they say that if you can’t pay, I will turn off the kiosks. The dealers stay in the middle. They say either forty lines or forty mules. O ‘Come on, Stay unemployed, stay hungry, all summer. ” You didn’t work, you took a loan, I don’t mind paying them or looking for them from where you can find them, looking for that money and bringing them to me. ‘They want the impossible,’ he said.
FROM 3 THOUSAND TO 15 THOUSAND TL …
Karasu claimed that they are newspaper distributors and not food and drink distributors, saying: “We are newsstands. We are not those distributors who sell doner food and drink. But all the photos in this release that they give to the press are doner kebabs. “Kiosks that sell sausages. Our rents are between 2 thousand and 3 thousand TL. But for now, 15 thousand are requested from the buffet that pays 3 thousand lira”, he said.
Karasu pointed out that the price was determined between 80 thousand TL and 300 thousand TL as the cost of renovation of the buffet buildings, “They have determined 12-month installments for the money of the new kiosks. But they will deliver the kiosks after 12 months. after 12 months and it will expand the product range. How are we going to pay the fee for a TL buffet now? How are we going to pay these high rents before moving on to these profits? “he said.
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‘OUR PROFITS ARE LOW, OUR SITUATION IS BAD’
Muhammet Köroğlu, buffet manager at Bahçelievler: “We have been operating for 13 years. Our rent was 1410 lire. They increased it to 5 thousand lire. They also asked 90 thousand lire for the buffet. We already work with small profits. In the pandemic, the business It was cut in half. We are still in a bad situation. It says that it accepts this contract or leaves the key until October 1. Anyway, it does not come out above 60-65 years 5. Now consider if new ones are paid income with this money. Anyway, this is not a raise, an instruction to leave. “
Murat Yanbeyi, who runs a kiosk in front of the Bakırköy metro: “They have not received rent from us since January because the contract has not been renewed. Now they want them all collectively. And also, they have increased the rent. My rent was 1700 TL , now they want 8 thousand TL. 100 thousand lira kiosk (kiosk building). They have established a brand called Bufe Istanbul, for that brand, they ask for the operating fee of 100% of the rent as a nominal price every month. I mean. They label them as proponents. How can I get that money? No toast, no hamburgers. Akbil, cigarettes, we sell newspapers. This is not a revenue gate, but the municipality sees it that way. There is no way we will pay. “
WE SAVE IF YOU DO NOT WIN IN COURT
Yasin Keklik, manager of a kiosk in Cevizlibağ: “We have been operating this kiosk for 15 years. That money is never paid in this market. The market is very stagnant. Buffets were closed for 3-4 months. Debts overlapped. We took out loans. Now the rent is 9 thousand. It was 1,830 lire. ” We gave it to the court, we left it if we didn’t win. They demand 100,000 lire for the new buffet. Nor were the schools opened. Our income came from the schools. There are no students in the dormitories. We go to bed, then there is no work. He took care of the fishermen in town with us now. You are the president of the IMM and go do other things. Why are you playing with the nation’s bread?
‘EVEN WE CANNOT SELL TEA’
Zafer Tekin, who runs a kiosk in Ataköy: “I have been operating this kiosk since 91. Now, people do not go out due to the pandemic. We want to sell tea, we are not allowed. We say we sell food in closed packages. They are doing it. when they owe. He takes the money from the building, he did not give us his title deed. We give support because everything is going to be fine, but everything is going to get worse. They say they pay it on October 1. I call our dear president, the elders have a word, the age is certain but do not cut mercy. They hit the fall with a kick. The buffet managers have no political connection. “
PRESENTED THE MUNICIPALITY WITH INFLATION DIFFERENCE
Following IMM’s 500 percent increase, AK Party councilors claimed the app was illegal, while IMM defended this increase as an inflation difference. In the statement made by the IMM, it was noted that since the beginning of 2020, until the decision of the parliament, no rental fee was charged to the kiosks and said: “Until this period, no extra increase was made for the months of March, April and May, just when the inflation difference was added. Our kiosk businesses, which renew their contracts, will pay a 25% discount on the rent in June, July, August and September, the prices determined were made taking into account the difference between the newsstand and the food vending buffet. The location and characteristics of the kiosks are evaluated according to pedestrian and vehicle traffic, workplaces, markets, parks. “
NO LEGAL FOUNDATION
Muhammet Kaynar, Head of IMM Parliament’s AK Party Legal Commission, stated that the rents of existing buffet operators are automatically extended every year and that IMM cannot request a rent increase or evacuation by sending a letter , in relation to the increase applied by IMM Kultur AŞ to kiosk operators. He said: “If the rental rate is low, you can file a ‘rent increase case’ according to Article 344 of the Code of Obligations. You cannot increase the rent price by sending a letter. Especially, you cannot demand money from them by sending a letter to the current tenant. Merchants are required up to 300 thousand lira under the cost of reorganization and design, IMM gives an example of this design and the person cannot do it himself, if the operator of the buffet does it himself, up to 30 thousand lire. Who is being transferred the money for the 300 thousand lire demand for the design that will not cost him. he owes. “
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