A 478-metre strip of land in Şile that its owner, who states it holds all thirteen parcels, intends to consolidate and plan as a single estate. The plan offers two alternative routes: a hotel, or a low-density group of houses.
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Orbit the real terrain around the thirteen parcels, switch between the capacity tests, and move the sun through a day on the Şile coast.
Terrain: GEDTM30 bare-earth model (30 m) and the Copernicus water mask; parcels: land registry (TKGM); forest: registry parcel 0/809; roads: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Heights ×1.5; storey heights assumed (hotel 4.5 + 3.5 m, houses 3 m); trees and the moonlight after dusk are illustrative; sun position computed for Şile.
Full potential
Follow the valley down to the sea: the land as recorded, the ground beneath it, what the plan allows and what our capacity tests fit. Every figure is read from the survey, the plan notes and the test fits on this page.
13historical parcels, all recorded as arsa (plot) in the land registry
13,650m² registered title area
Confirmation requiredMerging the parcels into one (tevhit) is the owner's intention; it is not yet registered.
≈36m of fall along the strip, from ≈63 m at the southern tip to ≈27 m at the northern end
≈7% average gradient, along the floor of a shallow valley
From 30 m global elevation models: the landform only. Levels and drainage still need a topographic survey.
Kot farkı does not add counted floor area on either route. On the hotel route the plan lets one inhabited first basement stay outside emsal if all parking is on the parcel — and the fall of the ground can bring daylight into it.
4,090m² lower floor under the hotel buildings (H1-B), ≈1,900 m² of it daylit on the downhill side
Two readings: the stricter one is the safer basis
Under the national 30% cap, which plans cannot override
≈8,750m² usable
lower floor outside emsal at most ≈2,050 m², shared with other emsal-free areas, so this total is an upper bound
If the municipality confirms otherwise
≈10,790m² usable
≈6,700 m² counted + 4,090 m² lower floor
Residential route: inhabited basements count toward emsal, so the slope only moves part of the 4,095 m² into a daylit lower floor. Measured on a 30 m elevation model: up to 5.6 m of fall across a building; a survey decides real levels.
Tourism route
6,825m² counted floor area, at most
Emsal 0.50 · TAKS 0.50 · up to 2 storeys
or
Residential route
4,095m² counted floor area, at most
Emsal 0.30 · low-density houses
Alternatives on one parcel: a scheme follows one of them, and the two figures are never added.
≈90hotel keys in 6 buildings, plus a service building
≈6,700 m² counted floor area: 98% of the 6,825 m² tourism ceiling.
Another layout tested (Hotel core with villa-type guest suites, a route with an explicit condition): about 90 keys, 94%.
Preliminary capacity test, not a design
13detached houses with gardens
≈3,800 m² counted floor area: 93% of the 4,095 m² residential ceiling.
Another layout tested (Paired houses, a route with an explicit condition): 18 homes, 92%.
Preliminary capacity test, not a design
Ceilings are worked on the 13,650 m² title area, which the owner states is the net area (cessions already made); the consolidation is not yet registered. The two routes are alternatives.
Six things an investor asks first, each with how we know it.
On the Black Sea side of Şile, east of the town centre, with forest on both sides and the mapped coastline about 120 m beyond its northern end, in a straight line.
These are straight-line measurements, not driving distances or times. They say nothing about legal road access, which still has to be established, and the mapped coastline is not the official shoreline boundary.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extract of 28 September 2026.
Drawn from the 2018 application survey. Switch between the thirteen historical parcels and the single parcel the owner intends to create.
Measured outline, not georeferenced
Documented land information Thirteen historical parcels, 535–547, as recorded in 2018.
distance from the southern tip, m
distance from the southern tip, m · height above sea level, m
Planning-informed concept From global elevation models at 30 m resolution: the land falls about 36 m towards the sea, roughly 7% on average, along the floor of a shallow valley whose sides stand about 10 m higher. This describes the landform only. Levels, drainage and any watercourse will be confirmed by a topographic survey.
Documented land information Geometry transcribed twice, independently, and checked against the survey's own measurements at 51 points (largest difference 5 mm). The shape is fitted to the public land-registry parcel geometry (average difference about 0.4 m, largest about 0.7 m).
Planning-informed concept Surroundings as shown in the 2018 plan annex: forest on both sides, a park at the north end, a car park allocation at the south end and a cadastral road strip along the west. Shown schematically.
| Parcel | Title area, m² |
|---|---|
| 535 | 3,219 |
| 536 | 719 |
| 537 | 625 |
| 538 | 625 |
| 539 | 625 |
| 540 | 625 |
| 541 | 3,606 |
| 542 | 601 |
| 543 | 601 |
| 544 | 601 |
| 545 | 601 |
| 546 | 601 |
| 547 | 601 |
| Total | 13,650 |
Planning-informed concept The TTA designation offers two alternative routes. On one parcel a scheme follows one of them, and their figures are never added together.
A tourism facility such as a hotel, built as separate, stepped buildings.
Low-density houses in separate blocks with gardens.
The ratio applies to the net parcel area that remains after road or public allocations. The owner states those cessions have already been made, so the title area is the net area; the plan records show no road, park or car park on the parcels. It is a total for all counted floors, not a figure per floor.
Arithmetic on the 13,650 m² title area, which the owner states is the net area. These are ceilings, not a permit: the zoning statement confirms them.
One route or the other. The two results are never added.
On a single parcel the tourism route allows no independent homes, and the residential route does not provide for a hotel. Combining them conflicts with an identified rule.
Five AI concept films of what the land could become, followed by four short explanations drawn directly from the measured survey, the elevation model and the plan figures on this page.
The four films below are motion graphics generated from the project data. The five concept films above are AI-generated from our capacity model, with drone photographs supplied by the owner (location still being verified) as look references. None of them is a photograph of the site or of a built scheme, a rendering of an approved design, or an approval.
Four routes are being worked through with their conditions. Choose one to see what it means and how it could sit on the land.
Legal screening: Supported route, subject to conditions
Preliminary capacity test on the 13,650 m² title area: massing only, not a design or a permit drawing. Contours from the GEDTM30 30 m model (indicative; a survey decides levels). Storey heights assumed: hotel 4.5 + 3.5 m, houses 3 m.
Further routes are under study and are not presented here:
On one parcel this conflicts with an identified rule. A structure with separate parcels is being investigated; it is not offered as an option.
Every route depends on the same steps. None of them is complete yet.
An imar durumu for the consolidated parcel, confirming the TTA designation shown in the municipal GIS.
OpenTevhit of the 13 parcels recorded at the land registry. A tourism scheme needs at least 2,500 m² and 20 m frontage and depth.
OpenThe 2018 record states that no building permit can be issued until a cadastral road connection exists.
OpenAn opinion from the forest administration for parcel 535 and the southern parcels 542–547. The digital master plan lists forest areas there, while the forest administration’s own stand map shows the whole strip as a non-forest opening; the legal forest cadastre decides.
OpenCessions are complete according to the owner; the small strips of public land to be added to the plot (ihdas), if pursued.
OpenAn approved geological and geotechnical study.
OpenApproval of the avan proje (preliminary design) with the related level and alignment documents.
OpenConfirmation of whether a parselasyon (land readjustment) is needed before the parcels can be consolidated.
OpenA topographic survey and an İSKİ/DSİ enquiry on whether the valley floor carries a watercourse, protection band or flood risk that would shape the layout.
OpenConfirmation of the approved shore edge line (kıyı kenar çizgisi) near the northern tip, and that the 100 m coastal band in which building is restricted does not reach the parcels.
OpenConfirmation that the new implementation plan started in November 2025 for parts of Çavuş, Balibey and Çayırbaşı leaves the site’s designation unchanged, and the outcome of the objection round awaiting İBB.
OpenWe are opening conversations about how the estate is taken forward. There are no fixed terms yet; we would rather shape them together with people who know this kind of land.
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