The Historic Peninsula Transport Action Plan was reviewed at Artİstanbul Feshane.
Müberra Eresin, President of the Association of Turkish Hoteliers (TÜROB), attended the review meeting on the “Historic Peninsula Transport Action Plan,” held at Artİstanbul Feshane and hosted by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, which aims to improve transport infrastructure while preserving Istanbul’s historical and cultural heritage.
Speaking at the opening of the meeting, TÜROB President Müberra Eresin noted that the Historic Peninsula is one of the most valuable cultural and touristic areas not only of Istanbul but of Türkiye. Eresin stated that they consider the action plan—which addresses the region’s transport problems with a holistic approach and aims to preserve the historical heritage while improving the visitor’s travel comfort and experience—extremely valuable, and on behalf of the tourism sector she thanked all the institutions and officials who contributed to the work.
As part of the meeting, a detailed presentation on the Historic Peninsula Transport Action Plan was delivered by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality officials. In the presentation, the plan’s objectives, the transport strategies to be implemented and the benefits it would bring to the region were shared with the participants. In the question-and-answer session following the presentation, the participants’ views and suggestions were gathered and mutual assessments were made.
The meeting was attended by İBB Deputy Secretary General Pelin Alpkökin, Head of the Culture Department Tolga Volkan Aslan, Tourism Branch Manager Hüseyin Gazi Coşan, Transport Planning Branch Manager Melda Horoz, Public Transport Services Branch Manager Osman Kılıçarslan, TÜROB Secretary General İsmail Taşdemir, Board Member Ayhan Hacıbektaşoğlu, Advisor to the President Ali İmdat Uçar, and representatives of TÜROB-member hotels operating in the Historic Peninsula.
