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Ahmet Yaşar, Vice President of the Insurance Association of Türkiye and President
of Maher Holding Insurance Group: “We are striving to build resilient structures
for our country.”

Ahmet Yaşar, Vice President of the In- the earthquake. I am pleased to see that formation. In this transformation process,
surance Association of Türkiye and Pres- an urban transformation effort has long building completion insurance comes to
ident of Maher Holding Insurance Group, been underway in Kayseri. Because we the forefront.”
spoke at the Urban Transformation Sum- have a fault line here. We truly felt the
mit From Every Angle, held on October shaking. But of course, we must not stop. Emphasizing that people want access to
14, 2025, in Kayseri in cooperation with We must continue and even accelerate safe housing, Yaşar continued: “But they
the Metropolitan Municipality and the these efforts,” he said. want to reach this safely. Since 2018,
Urban Transformation and Urban Plan- with the infrastructure and model it has
ning Foundation. Yaşar stated that they We Are All Aware established, Quick Sigorta has been striv-
are striving to build resilient structures for ing to protect the risks in urban transfor-
the country.The insurance sector was rep- Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality May- mation projects or off-plan (pre-construc-
resented at the summit by Ahmet Yaşar, or Memduh Büyükkılıç said, “Two mag- tion) sales through building completion
Vice President of the Insurance Associa- ical words: urban transformation. We all insurance. Our goal is to ensure that our
tion of Türkiye (TSB) and Chairman of like the sound of it. It sounds pleasant to country gains resilient structures. At this
Maher Holding Insurance Group. everyone’s ears. However, once you get point, more than 1.5 million housing units
into the process, you see that it is not that need to be renewed in Istanbul alone.
The “Urban Transformation Summit easy. During the earthquake that affect- Kayseri and its districts also need urban
From Every Angle” was organized in co- ed 11 provinces—of which our Kayseri transformation. The only element that
operation with the Ministry of Environ- was significantly impacted—we, as a city, will pave the way for urban transforma-
ment, Urbanization and Climate Change, were practically tested. We all witnessed tion and ensure its rapid progress is build-
the Urban Transformation Directorate, the rightful outcome of the practices we ing completion insurance. At the events
Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality, and implemented with an uncompromising ap- we organize, we explain both the concept
the Urban Transformation and Urban proach. This shows that we must not com- of building completion insurance and its
Planning Foundation (KENTSEV). promise, we must not make concessions. role within urban transformation. “We
Held on 14 October 2025 at the Kayseri By facilitating processes for our citizens are striving to make our country a place
Kadir Has Congress Center, the summit and emphasizing the importance of com- of resilient structures,” he said.
brought together local governments, pub- plying with regulatory practices, we are
lic institutions, foundations, and sector all aware that we must move forward by KENTSEV President Dr. Haldun Ersen
stakeholders from all across Türkiye. The ensuring that buildings without occupancy also said: “We extend our sincere thanks
program was attended by Governor Gök- permits are addressed.” to the Maher Holding family and Quick
men Çiçek, Metropolitan Mayor Memduh Sigorta for their support of urban trans-
Büyükkılıç, the Ministry of Environment, Hakkı Alp, Head of Urban Transfor- formation. Quick Sigorta is working to
Urbanization and Climate Change Urban mation at the Ministry of Environment, establish building completion insurance
Transformation Director Hakkı Alp, dis- Urbanization and Climate Change, also — which is extremely important for ur-
trict mayors, and institutional representa- spoke: “Since the day of the disaster, in ban transformation — in Türkiye. As a
tives. At the summit, which Quick Sigorta the 11 provinces affected by the catastro- foundation, we follow developments in
sponsored, resilient cities and the Build- phe of the century, a total of 452,000 in- urban transformation and convey them to
ing Completion Insurance came to the dependent units have been under construc- the public and private sectors. Commu-
forefront. tion. Of these, 304,000 were delivered nication and sharing are very important
last month in a ceremony attended by our for urban transformation. We have been
President. The delivery of 304,000 inde- working in this direction for 13 years.
pendent units to our earthquake-stricken So far, we have held 17 summits, and in
citizens has been completed. By the end Kayseri, we organized the 18th one. From
of the year, all 452,000 independent units now on, we will continue under the ‘Kent-
will be delivered to our disaster-affected fast’ brand, which we will develop for city
citizens.” technologies and the infrastructure of cit-
ies,” he said.
We Are Striving To Build A Resilient
Built Environment For Our Country QC İnşaat General Manager Emin Mu-
rat Kan also stated: “Quick Sigorta had
Ahmet Yaşar, Vice President of the In- signed a building completion insurance
Speaking before the panel held as part surance Association of Türkiye and Pres- agreement in April for a 400-unit housing
of the summit, Kayseri Governor Gök- ident of Maher Holding Insurance Group, project in Kayseri. We are now carrying
men Çiçek said: “The places we think are said in his speech at the summit:“Türkiye out routine inspections. Is the construc-
safest can, if we fail to take precautions is an earthquake-prone country. To pro- tion progressing at the required quality?
or carry out work on buildings, become tect ourselves from earthquakes, we need Is the contractor fulfilling the terms of the
the cause of tragedy for our children and resilient buildings. And the way to achieve contract? We are conducting audits on all
loved ones. We were deeply affected by resilient buildings is through urban trans- of these,” he said.