{"id":33798,"date":"2025-08-27T07:28:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=33798"},"modified":"2025-08-27T07:28:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:28:54","slug":"turkey-to-build-bomb-shelters-across-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/turkey-to-build-bomb-shelters-across-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey to build bomb shelters across the country"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Turkey <\/a>has started building bomb shelters in all 81 provinces, a source familiar with the plans told Middle East Eye.<\/p>\n

According to the source, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan approved the project during a cabinet meeting in June.<\/p>\n

At the time Iran and Israel were at war, with Israel<\/a>\u00a0hitting Iran with air strikes and Tehran responding with ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n

The Turkish Housing Development Administration (TOKI) has been tasked with carrying out the construction.<\/p>\n

Last month\u00a0a report prepared by the Turkish National Intelligence Academy on Israel\u2019s 12-day war with Iran\u00a0recommended<\/a> that the government establish early warning systems and build well-equipped shelters.<\/p>\n

The report suggested making use of underground metro stations in major cities and implementing measures to minimise civilian casualties in the event of a regional conflict.<\/p>\n

Turkish officials were particularly struck by Israel\u2019s extensive network of bomb shelters in major cities, which allowed civilians to take refuge during bombardments.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, Turkish broadcaster NTV reported<\/a> that the goal of the initiative is \u201cto create safe areas where civilians can be protected in case of possible wars or disasters\u201d, including nuclear threats.<\/p>\n

The channel noted that Turkey currently lacks adequate shelter infrastructure and that existing facilities fail to meet basic requirements.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Urbanisation has also studied international examples such as Japan and Switzerland, NTV reported, adding that construction has already begun in certain cities, including the capital, Ankara.<\/p>\n

Turkey\u2019s Shelter Regulation, enacted in 1987, requires shelters in buildings above a certain size. In practice, however, the regulation has often been ignored, with many designated shelter areas being used instead as parking lots or storage spaces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Turkey has started building bomb shelters in all 81 provinces, a source familiar with the plans told Middle East Eye. According to the source, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan approved the project during a cabinet meeting in June. At the time Iran and Israel were at war, with Israel\u00a0hitting Iran with air strikes and Tehran responding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33835,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33798\/revisions\/33835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}