On the National Sovereignty and Children's Day, all authorities were symbolically left to the children, 6-year-old İsmail Akyıldız from Bursa, whose biggest dream is to ride the train, sat on the boatman's seat and drove the subway. Little Ismail, who symbolically received the Train Driver Certificate, thus became the youngest citizen in the world.
6-year-old İsmail Akyıldız, who lives in Bursa's Gürsu District, has always enjoyed trains. Instead of playing with balls and toy cars like his peers, İsmail had the toy train set up in his room and played with it for hours. Ismail, who often travels by subway and gets into the first cabin where the watman sits, does not take his eyes off the watman for a moment throughout the journey. Saadet Akyıldız, the mother of İsmail, who wants to be a farmer when he grows up, wanted to satisfy this desire as soon as possible, by sending an e-mail to the 153 Call Center of Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, telling about this dream of her son and using April 23 as an opportunity, she decided that her son would become a landlord, even for once. He asked to be seated.
He is now a homeland
Evaluating Anne Saadet Akyıldız's e-mail, the Metropolitan Municipality Press and Public Relations Department mobilized to realize little İsmail's dream. Burulaş, the operator of the metro, was contacted and a wagon was prepared for İsmail on the test track, and the little boy was invited to Burulaş with his mother. Little Ismail, who went crazy with joy when he learned that the train was going to drive, put on his shirt, tie and came to the train with great excitement like a real countryman. Little Ismail, who learned how to move the train from Vatmadan, drove the subway on the test track with the announcement "Dear passengers, our first train is leaving".
“I will cry now”
Meanwhile, Burulaş General Manager Mehmet Kürşat Çapar gave him a Train Driver Certificate so that little İsmail would never forget this day. İsmail Akyıldız, who was also given a toy train as a gift, said, “I was very excited. I was so excited that my dreams came true. I've always wanted this. I'm crying now. I am very happy,” he said. Describing her son's great interest in trains, mother Saadet Akyıldız also said, "Ismail loves trains. He is constantly waving to the trains at the metro stops. We always take the front cabin on the subway. Ismail is constantly watching the country from the door. Something like this occurred to me too. I thought maybe my son could become a countryman on April 23. I sent an e-mail to the City Hall. They returned immediately, brought us here the next day and were very interested. I thank everyone very much,” he said.