On the third day of the 12th Alaçatı Herb Festival, where hundreds of herbs collected from nature take their place on the stalls, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç Soyervisited the stands. Mayor Soyer was accompanied by Cesme Mayor Ekrem Oran and his wife Nuriş Oran, Narlıdere Mayor Ali Engin, CHP İzmir Provincial President Şenol Aslanoğlu, CHP Deputy Chairman Gökçe Gökçen.
President Soyer visited the stands with the delegation accompanying him. With the citizens at the stands created from the regional flavors of Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Gaziantep, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa, Osmaniye, Adana, Adıyaman, Malatya and Kilis, which were affected by the earthquake. sohbet President Soyer conveyed his best wishes to the earthquake victims. During the visit, Mayor Oran presented the Portrait of Atatürk made from mosaics by Badiye Galioğlu from Hatay to Soyer.
Badiye Galioğlu, who set out to introduce the mosaic art of Hatay to the world, thanked Çeşme Mayor M. Ekrem Oran for the opportunity to participate in the festival. Explaining their experiences in the earthquake, Galipoğlu said, “We are master trainers besides our local artist documents with 9 partners. We were very good until the morning of February 6, 2023. We had a loss in the earthquake, and our sales place was destroyed. We saved some of our products and our materials were left under the rubble. We have two partners in Antakya. I'm so sorry we all fell apart. Unfortunately, we are at the end of the word. I don't know what time will bring, I hope we can survive."