The people of Izmir shape the future of Izmir together. Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerThe third of the “İzmir Meetings” initiated by . Hundreds of participants expressed their thoughts on transportation and listed their suggestions in the meeting, which lasted three and a half hours. Stating that democracy does not mean going to the polls every five years, Metropolitan Mayor Soyer said, “It is very important to manage a city with a common mind and to make decisions about the city together. I hope these meetings will inspire all of Turkey and set an example.”
The third of the “İzmir Meetings” initiated by Mayor Soyer to shape the future of İzmir with a participatory approach and to manage the city in solidarity and unity was held at Kültürpark İsmet İnönü Cultural Center under the title of “Transportation and Public Transport”. İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor, who sought the opinions of the citizens on the issues of “The future of Kültürpark” in the first meeting and “agriculture and access to healthy food” in the second meeting. Tunç Soyer, this time in the meeting organized with the theme of transportation, listened to many Izmir residents; He took notes and answered questions. At the meeting, Soyer was accompanied by bureaucrats working in the transportation departments of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality.
We produce together
Mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality who made the opening speech of the meeting Tunç SoyerEmphasizing the importance of managing the city with a common mind and making decisions about the city together, he said, “Let the meetings we have started under the name of İzmir Meetings inspire and set an example for Turkey. Democracy does not mean going to the polls every five years. In order to create urban consciousness, we should think about the city and produce ideas together. These meetings serve to open the channels for this. There are meetings that enable citizens to contribute to the mechanisms that make applications related to the city. We have done about Kültürpark and agriculture, and we have received very well-intentioned evaluations each time. “There were very productive meetings,” he said. The meeting, which was broadcast live on social media, instantly reached one hundred thousand users.
5 burned thousand hectares area
In his speech, President Soyer also mentioned the forest fires in Izmir and said that the burning area is not 500 hectares, but that 5 is over a thousand hectares according to the latest findings. Describing the forest fires as one of the biggest fires in the history of İzmir, İzmir Mayor of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality made the following words in his evaluation regarding the campaign initiated by saying acak İzmir will be born from the ashes;. “İzmir lost her lungs. Now the Aegean Forest Foundation has launched a donation campaign. But it's not just about planting seedlings. From the kind of tree to be planted, it needs to be taken in many areas, from its protection to the citizens' awareness of its ownership and education. Please tell us your ideas. Very important advice came. The exciting thing is; The people of İzmir have extraordinary sensitivity. ”
Izmir 30 meets for forests in August
Mayor Soyer said that the next İzmir Meeting will be held together to decide the future of the burning forests. “30 In August we decided to hold a fire meeting in the burning area. We wish that our citizens who want to express their opinions orally in addition to the written messages sent to us should express themselves. Then, as the Izmir Metropolitan Council, we decided to convene in an extraordinary way. We will decide on the suggestions and ideas that we mature from there and take them to the Governor's Office. We will consider the opinions of all the people of Izmir in the council of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, which is the largest decision-making body. We will make decisions about the future of Izmir. We look forward to 30 August. We want to take the decisions that will affect the future of İzmir together in that square. ”
Good news
Soyer, while talking about the proposals for the solution of the traffic problem in the center of the city, said that the traffic will be taken underground in front of Alsancak Station so that traffic congestion will be overcome. Mayor Soyer said that they are working to expand the use of bicycles in the city. Upon the demand to increase the number of public transportation vehicles with bicycle apparatus, Soy 60 was the number of vehicles with apparatus. 236 has just been bought. There will be 296 units. 26 will be able to get on the buses from Izmir using folding bicycles as of August ”. In addition, Soyer's transfer centers will be put toilets in all, citizens can see the stops where the bus stops and how many minutes after the waiting line of the system will follow the description of the system will be set up in the hall was greeted with applause. Mayor Soyer also mentioned the demands of Izmir Institute of Technology students regarding transportation problems and said, un Peace of mind. You will not have any transportation problems in the new education period. There are surprises for transportation students. We will share with you in the coming days ”.
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