TÜROB Board of Directors Meeting held on Democracy and Freedoms Island...

The Board of Directors meeting of the Association of Turkish Hoteliers (TÜROB) was held on Democracy and Freedoms Island, which reopened to visitors on 27 May 2020 to mark the 60th anniversary of the 27 May coup.

Arif Parmaksız, President of the Nevşehir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who attended the meeting where the latest developments in the sector and the TÜROB Agenda were evaluated, provided information on tourism and investment opportunities in Nevşehir.

Work on the "Democracy and Freedoms Island" project began in 2015. Carried out under a build-operate-transfer model through the cooperation of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, TOBB, and Gümrük ve Turizm İşletmeleri A.Ş. (GTİ) with the aim of preserving and restoring the historically and culturally significant structures on Yassıada and Sivriada and opening these islands to public use, the project was completed in approximately five years.

The island features the 125-room Katre Island Hotel, 30 bungalows, the 600-capacity Adnan Menderes Congress Center, a mosque, and a library. The project also includes the "Democracy Lighthouse," which symbolizes the transition from darkness to light and sheds light on the future of Turkish democracy, the "Eternity Pier," the "Freedom Platform," the "Monument to the Martyrs of Democracy," a 27 May reenactment area, and exhibition halls. The indoor sports hall where the coup trials were held was also converted into a museum.