Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor, who started a legal fight for the cancellation of the regulation that allows olive groves to be opened for mining activities. Tunç Soyerparticipated in the "Don't Touch My Olive" themed event organized by non-governmental organizations. Soyer said, "None of us is afraid, we will continue to defend life and defend nature."
Nearly a hundred local governments and non-governmental organizations came together in Güzelbahçe Yelki and made a press statement against the regulation that opens olive groves to mining activities. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor attended the "Don't Touch My Olive" meeting held with the call of the Aegean Environment and Culture Platform (EGECEP). Tunç Soyer also participated.
In the statement, CHP İzmir deputies Tacettin Bayır and Özcan Purçu, HDP İzmir Deputy Murat Çepni, Güzelbahçe Mayor Mustafa İnce, Seferihisar Mayor İsmail Adult, Çeşme Mayor Ekrem Oran, Balçova Mayor Fatma Çalkaya, Karaburun Mayor İlkay Girgin Erdoğan, Konak Municipality President Abdul Batur, Karşıyaka Mayor Cemil Tugay, Izmir City Council President Prof. Dr. Adnan Oğuz Akyarlı, members of parliament, representatives of political parties and non-governmental organizations and nature-friendly citizens also took part.
Soyer: “To protect nature is to protect life”
President Tunç Soyer In his speech, he said that as mayors, their primary duty is to protect nature. Soyer said, “We do not actually own the olive trees, they own us. They have been in this region for thousands of years. We will all pass through these lands, but our olive trees will remain. We have to protect and protect our olive trees. We also know that protecting nature is protecting life. It also takes courage. Today is the 101st anniversary of the adoption of our National Anthem. This anthem emerged in the days when the epic of the War of Independence took place. It carries the pain and hopes of the period and 'don't be afraid!' he begins. We are not afraid! None of us are afraid. We will continue to defend life and defend nature. This great war in the world today is the price paid by those who do not defend life. We will continue to defend, protect our nature and protect our olives. All we have to do is take care of each other, fight in harmony. We are very close. It is the first time that we are this close to establishing a government that favors nature and life.”
We have to protect and develop the city.
Güzelbahçe Mayor Mustafa İnce “My duty is to develop Güzelbahçe, but my basic principle is to develop it while preserving it. If there is olive in it, we must first protect nature and olives,” he said.
Güler: “They will perish in their own war”
Çeşme Environment Platform, which read the press release on behalf of non-governmental organizations and stated that they will continue to fight for olives. SözcüSü Ahmet Güler said, “As lovers of this land, we take care of our olives, our agricultural fields, our nature and our living spaces. Our struggle to protect this nature and lands we live in will continue to increase, shoulder to shoulder. Until these attacks are over, we will be against those who commit these betrayals on every inch of our land. Don't forget! "Those who try to destroy the symbol of peace will perish in their own war," he said.
The “Don't Touch My Olive” press release continued with the statements of representatives of other non-governmental organizations. At the end of the program, Grup Dostyürek sang the song "Don't touch my tree, don't touch my olive", which they composed.
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