"Claim of 'Chinatown' in Manisa: Statement from the Mayor"

The Chinese company BYD and the Ministry of Industry and Technology signed a contract last July, and infrastructure works have begun in an area of 160 hectares within the boundaries of the Manisa Organized Industrial Zone for an investment of approximately 1 billion dollars. It is stated that the factory will provide employment for 20,000 people, and it is also expressed that 2,500 Chinese families will settle in Manisa.

"WE WILL ESTABLISH A NEW LIVING AREA INCLUDING A CHINESE STREET"

Manisa Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ferdi Zeyrek, who made statements to Egedesonsöz regarding BYD's investment, said, "I am trying to create new living areas, including a Chinese street. I am an architect, and I have a profession that can reach a solution."

"ANOTHER VESTEL IS COMING"

Zeyrek also stated, "I need to keep BYD's money in Manisa. In fact, another Vestel is coming to Manisa. We are talking about an area where approximately 20,000 people will work. With this, the sub-industries are starting to come as well. I am directing the incoming industrialists to the new OSB areas. To develop Soma and Kırkağaç."

“We are trying to establish a logistics center related to this. Alsancak Port has now reached its limits. We are considering reaching Aliağa and Çandarlı ports via Soma. We need to spread the city to the new logistics center with a new rail from TCDD,” he said.