Good Friday message made tender rich

Cem YILDIRIM

During the AKP's rule, public tenders were also won by individuals close to the AKP. The tender for the 800-bed city hospital to be built by the Ministry of Health in Van was won by Nesma, a company owned by AKP member Mehmet Zeki Peker, with a bid of 8.283 billion Turkish Lira. Peker, a prospective candidate for parliament for Bitlis, made headlines with his announcement of a mosque being built in Bitlis and his post, "Don't listen to what a man says, look at what he eats. Happy Friday." Eleven companies participated in the tender, held on May 5, 2025, by the Ministry of Health's General Directorate of Health Investments (SYGM). The lowest bid for the hospital was submitted by a joint venture between Nesma Construction Inc. and MBD Construction, with an estimated cost of 10.34 billion Turkish Lira.

WON A TENDER WORTH 12.7 BILLION TL

Peker's family company, Nesma Yapı, most recently won the TOKİ (Housing Development Administration of Turkey) tender for the construction of 1,266 residential units in the Kırıkhan district of Hatay in 2025 for 3.434 billion Turkish Lira. Nesma Yapı also undertook the construction of the Gaziantep Nurdağı Emergency Hospital for 650 million Turkish Lira, while a 1.125 billion Turkish Lira contract was signed with the company in 2023 for the landscaping of Antalya City Hospital. The total value of the tender contracts the company has won since 2020 is 12.761 billion Turkish Lira.