05.09.2025 11:25
A citizen who paid 8,000 lira at the Merkezefendi Municipality Social Facilities found the meal they had eaten heavy on their stomach. When the same order was placed at a tourist resort, the family left the table after paying 4,800 lira, expressing their dissatisfaction with Merkezefendi, which claims to practice social and populist municipalism.
C.C., who came to Denizli for a family visit from Istanbul, had a meal with the family he was visiting at the Merkezefendi Municipality Ornaz Valley Social Facilities. C.C., who was presented with a bill of 7,930 lira for a meal for 8 people in a facility that was supposed to be cheap, was suddenly at a loss for what to do.
THE MEAL SAT HEAVILY IN HIS STOMACH
Having no choice but to pay the bill, C.C. found the meal he ate sat heavily in his stomach. A few days later, C.C. and his family, who were heading to Muğla for their holiday program, took a break at a rest area on the Denizli-Muğla highway, one of Turkey's important tourism routes.
HE WAS RIGHT TO BE SUSPICIOUS
C.C., who could not get the 8,000 lira bill he paid at the Merkezefendi Municipality Ornaz Valley Social Facilities out of his mind, ordered the exact same products again to make a comparison. This time, at a rest area that should have been more expensive, C.C. paid a bill of 4,790 lira, proving he was right to be suspicious of the municipality's prices.
THEY EVEN CHARGED FOR THE "FREE" MEZES
C.C., who paid two very different amounts for the same order, one at a municipality-owned social facility and the other at a tourist rest area in Denizli, expressed his frustration: "When we placed our order at the Merkezefendi Municipality Ornaz Valley Social Facilities, we were told that the mezze would be served as a compliment. I had to pay a bill of about 8,000 lira at a facility that was supposed to be more affordable than the market. When I looked at the receipt and saw that they even charged for the mezze that were supposed to be complimentary, I was upset, but there was nothing I could do. I just couldn't get this bill I paid at the Merkezefendi Municipality's facilities, which claims to be social and just, out of my mind. That's why, on my way to Muğla, I placed the same order at a rest area. The amount I paid was almost half of what the social facility charged. Those who claim to implement social projects for the struggling public are apparently just trying to deceive us. I recommend that anyone who wants to use the Merkezefendi Municipality's facilities first ask about the prices," he expressed his reaction.