Life is not just about our responsibilities to us. We also have responsibilities towards our environment and the world we live in. In this regard, our region fulfills its missions in all areas related to the environment, people and life. Later on, we aim to provide more benefits to the environment and society by adding new ones to our social responsibility areas.
Despite Ankara's arid climate, we are working to green our region. Because we are making efforts to make Ankara a nature-friendly city as well as making it the capital of the industry.
In this sense, we have allocated a total area of 499,635 square meters as green areas within the zoning plan of our region and afforestation works have been completed in 219,809 square meters of these areas.
In our green areas, there are 40,000 trees of different types and varieties that have been planted, 779 walnut trees planted within the scope of fruit trees, and 16,500 square meters of grass area.
Our region organizes tree planting events with the participants at regular intervals, we hope that today's small saplings will be a shadow to our future.
In addition to the improvement of our region by planting trees, regular irrigation, soil tillage, hoeing, pruning, fertilization, spraying, weed control and grass cutting works of existing trees and saplings have been continued to provide with continuity in the green area of 219,809 square meters.
Baskent Industrialists Association (BASAD) was established in 2006. BASAD, which was established to prepare the necessary environment for the development of the Baskent Organized Industrial Zone, to lead the sector and to ensure cooperation, continues its devoted works without slowing down. They contribute to our region with their support for the education of the youth.
We Protect the Environment with Clean Energy
Electricity generation from renewable energy sources matter to reduce Turkey's dependence on foreign energy and to contribute to closing the current account deficit. Baskent OSB was started its Solar Power Plant investment, which is known as one of the cleanest energy sources, in 2019 and the plant went into operation.
EDUCATION
Education is one of the most important factors for a strong future and it is one of the social responsibilities. There is a particular need for trained workforce and vocational training support in organized industrial zones, which contribute to the development of our country with production.
Our region has been working diligently in this regard since the day it was founded, and educational facilities has been established in Baskent OIZ. Educational structuring in Baskent OIZ has started with the Vocational Education Center in the 2016-2017 academic year, and continued with the Baskent OIZ Technical Sciences Vocational School in the 2017-2018 academic year, and the Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in the 2018-2019 academic year.
In this context, considering the vital needs of our students such as accommodation, student dormitory for 300 people was built with all necessary equipment. With this awareness, our region continues to raise future generations and prepare them for life in the Industrial City of the Future.