Most public estate in Antalya

ANKARA - Anatolia News Agency

Turkey’s southern province of Antalya is a world-famous tourism destination.

The Turkish Treasury owns more land in the southern province of Antalya than anywhere else in the country, according to data released April 3 by the Finance Ministry’s National Real Estate Authority.

As of April 3, the Treasury owns 3.7 million pieces of real estate in Turkey, 157,162 of which are in Antalya.

The southern province is followed by the Central Anatolian province of Konya at 149,404, Istanbul at 131,133 and the Central Anatolian province of Sivas at 129,385. 

In terms of size, Sivas ranks first. Out of the province’s 28,600 square kilometers of land, 11,300 square kilometers belongs to the Treasury, according to the data. Antalya follows Sivas with 8,900 square kilometers of Treasury land. The Treasury owns 44.6 percent of the buildings and the properties in Istanbul, 21.7 percent of the properties in Ankara.