Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, with its environmental investments, has brought a new blue color to the city. bayraklı beaches continue to gain. After the advanced biological wastewater treatment plant in Mordoğan, which was completed with an investment of 60 million lira, the blue flag was hoisted on the Ardıç Beach in the region. Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyer“The blue flag is an award that secures protection and ties it to the standard. It is an international brand in terms of health, safety, environment and hygiene. We increased the number of blue flags from 49 to 66 in three years. I am proud of that,” he said.
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, which established Turkey's first Blue Flag Coordination Unit, has brought a new blue flag to the city within the scope of the works it has been carrying out since November 2019. bayraklı public beaches. Blue in the city, including special facilities bayraklı The number of beaches was 66. This year, Ardıç Beach, located in the Mordoğan District of Karaburun, took its place among the public beaches that received the blue flag for the first time. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor attended the blue flag ceremony Tunç Soyer and his wife Neptün Soyer, Karaburun Mayor İlkay Girgin Erdoğan and his wife Teoman Erdoğan, CHP İzmir Deputy Kani Beko, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Secretary General Şükran Nurlu, TÜRÇEV İzmir and North Aegean Provinces Coordinator Doğan Karataş, CHP Karaburun District President Erdal Subaşı, council members , headmen, bureaucrats and citizens attended.
Soyer: “I am proud”
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyer“The primary duty of a mayor is to protect his city. Especially in a city like ours with 8 years of history, the best thing you can do is to protect it. In this sense, the blue flag is an award that guarantees protection and connects it to a standard. It is an international brand in terms of health, safety, environment and hygiene. We increased the number of blue flags from 500 to 49 in three years. I am proud of that,” he said.
“We deserve more”
Saying that another meaning of receiving the blue flag is to create tourism potential, President Soyer said, “The international standard creates a credibility. This brand has a counterpart and buyers all over the world. That's why there are blue flags mostly in Spain and Greece today. As Turkey, rest assured that we deserve much better and more. That is our effort. We are not advocates of mass tourism, we are in favor of a tourism model that is intertwined with its people and where everyone shares their bread, a sustainable tourism model. We are included in UNESCO World Heritage networks. With the name of Direct İzmir, we have connected direct flights to İzmir at 69 points from all over the world today. We have brought one of the world's largest tourism encyclopedias, the first one in Turkey, in Izmir, under the name of Visitİzmir. İzmir still has a long way to go in terms of tourism. We cannot accept that Izmir received 6 million tourists last year, while 12 million tourists went to Athens and 1 million to Barcelona. Our extraordinary wealth, ancient culture, extraordinary climatic conditions and quality people are ready to host much more. "The blue flag means both protecting it and bringing it together with quality tourism," he said.
“We must be vigilant and meticulous”
The President, who said that Izmir is struggling with fires all over Tunç Soyer“Izmir is currently the only municipality that has the power to instantly fight wherever smoke arises in 60 percent of the city using artificial intelligence. We started this 6 months ago. We will complete 100 percent in one year. "Wherever smoke arises, we have the power to immediately notify the nearest fire department," he said. Reminding that they have given tankers pumping pressurized water to forest villages since they took office, the President Tunç Soyer“Izmir does not have the machinery, motor pumps and hardware equipment in any city in Turkey. We are a very resilient and ready city. But that is not enough, we have to be vigilant and meticulous in these extraordinarily windy conditions.”
Erdoğan: “We would not have bought it if the investment of 60 million was not completed”
Karaburun Mayor İlkay Girgin Erdoğan said, “We have repeatedly stated that we are environmentalists, animal lovers, not in words but in essence. We have been subjected to unfair criticism on some accounts. We saw that we had passed our big test. The blue flag is a medal given to our environmental awareness in my eyes. The greatest architect is our Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. Tunç SoyerWe would not have been able to receive this blue flag had the investment of 60 million, which was committed to us and completed ahead of time, had not been completed. my president Tunç SoyerWe thank you. This investment paved the way for other investments. This is a start,” he said.
Karataş: “İzmir 66 blue bayraklı He protected his beach”
TÜRÇEV İzmir and North Aegean Provinces Coordinator Doğan Karataş said, “Despite the negativities experienced due to the pandemic, İzmir has 66 blue bayraklı protected the beach and ranked 3rd in this area in Turkey. We are proud to give the blue flag to Ardıç Public Beach. This flag is the fourth flag of Karaburun. We are happy to purify it after many years,” said the President for his efforts. Tunç SoyerHe thanked.
Treatment investment brought a blue flag
The water quality of the beach was regularly monitored by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Blue Flag Unit. After all the water samples taken periodically by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and the Izmir Provincial Health Directorate were found to be suitable, the beach was awarded the blue flag by TÜRÇEV. In the evaluation made by TÜRÇEV, the purification investment of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality came to the fore in awarding the blue flag to Karaburun Ardıç Beach. The establishment of the advanced biological wastewater treatment plant, which was completed by the General Directorate of İZSU with an investment of 60 million lira and will be put into service shortly, and the water quality on the beach brought the blue flag to Ardıç Beach.
Soyer attended the opening of the square in Eğlenhoca
After the Blue Flag ceremony, a ceremony was held in Eğlenhoca District. The President inaugurated the Eğlenhoca Neighborhood Village Square and Social Facility, which was brought to the Eğlenhoca District. Tunç Soyer and the accompanying delegation. Karaburun Mayor İlkay Girgin Erdoğan said that despite the difficult conditions, the square was completed.
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