hasn’t been on the agenda for a while Regarding Intercity Istanbul Park There are new developments. According to reports, an evacuation decision has been made.
Regarding Intercity Istanbul Park Today spokesman published a news. According to the news, an evacuation decision was made for the Istanbul Park Circuit, which was built in 2003 and where the first Formula 1 races were held in 2005, in the Akfırat location in the Tuzla district of Istanbul. General Directorate of Foundations was established on July 18, 2003 by Formula Istanbul Investment Inc., whose major shareholders are TOBB and Istanbul Chamber of Commerce. He signed a 20-year lease agreement with (FIYAŞ). After the Formula 1 Turkish Grand Prix was not included in the 2012 race calendar, FIYAŞ, the operator of Istanbul Park, rented the track for 10 years. The operation of the Istanbul Park Track was carried out by the Intercity company. Pointing out that the operation period of Istanbul Park ended on July 18, 2023, it was learned that the General Directorate of Foundations started the evacuation process on July 24, 2023. According to the document obtained by SÖZCÜ, the contractor company FIYAŞ was asked to evacuate the property and deliver it empty to the General Directorate of Foundations. It was stated that FIYAŞ stated that it will deliver the real estate empty as of December 31, 2023, by paying the usage fee until the evacuation process. It was learned that after the evacuation process of Istanbul Park is completed, a new tender will be held for the track in 2024.
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All the details about this Here Following the mutual harsh statements and accusations we have included, Intercity Istanbul Park management immediately published the following statement: “Although their actions and discourses indicate the opposite, there has been a need to make a statement regarding the perception efforts based on slander and insult, carried out in recent days by the Turkish Automobile Sports Federation (TOSFED), which is essentially a public legal entity according to the relevant legislation, with the sole purpose of misleading the public.
First of all, we would like to point out that; As Intercity Istanbul Park, which we have undertaken the management of since 2013 with the tender organized by FIYAŞ, in which many companies participated and won by our company, our main goal since the first day is to ensure that this facility, which is one of the best tracks in the world, serves automobile sports, Turkish athletes and the automobile industry. To ensure that the facility and all the structures on it are protected in a healthy manner by using them in accordance with the purpose for which they were built, with the awareness of patriotism and foundation culture, by paying millions of dollars of material and great moral costs.
For this purpose, we are proud to have spent half of the construction cost of the facility. We also experience the happiness and justified pride of seeing that we have achieved these goals with great success and in strict accordance with the tender specifications and our contract during the 11 years we have spent at the facility. In addition to achieving these goals, it has been a source of joy for us to introduce our people to our track and provide them with the opportunity to spend time with their families.
TOSFED, on the other hand, continues to make unfair accusations against us by canceling our races and saying “Look, the race is not being held” with the logic of “A bad thief suppresses the host”. However, they know very well that all our work was blocked by them personally, races were not allowed to be held in our facility, races were canceled at the last moments and taken to Greece, and the races that could be held were only held with the decisions of the Arbitration Board.
Despite all these obstacles, you can follow some of the important organizations and activities held in our facility, especially the Formula 1 races, which we held in 2020 and 2021 with our own financial means, from the link below.
http://intercitypark/
At this point, TOSFED management, as in the past 11 years, is adding a new one to its attempts to “collapse” the facility by taking advantage of the chaos they themselves created and using their relatives’ relations.
Intercity Istanbul, which has spread over such a large area in Istanbul, one of the most important cities of the world, without seeing the deplorable state of the Gulf Circuit they manage, has organized many different international and national races for 11 years, and operates the facility professionally, properly, in accordance with the contract terms and purpose. Their efforts to denigrate the park management and take over the track are related to their personal egos and interests.
We have full faith that neither our great state nor our supreme judiciary will allow this distinguished facility to become idle and left to rot by handing it over to an institution that cannot even pay the facility’s electricity costs for a month. Best regards, Intercity Istanbul Park.