İBB opened the 'Student Dormitory and Youth Complex' named after the unforgettable late artist of Turkish cinema, Cüneyt Arkın. IMM President, who opened the complex with Arkın's wife, son and people of Bağcılar. Ekrem İmamoğlu, "We are having tough days. Sometimes we are insulted. Sometimes we get stoned under someone's guidance. But you know what we call it? May love not be lost in the hearts of our nation. Let the sons of this nation feel most strongly at home in this country. The dark cloud over our country; Let's all disperse the dark cloud of economy, the dark cloud of asylum seekers, the dark cloud of poverty and all inequality of opportunity and injustice in the judiciary. I wish bright, shining, beautiful days to come to our world, like this sun, and I say, 'May our 86 million people win brotherhood'. Everything will be fine,” he said.
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) President Ekrem İmamoğluattended the funeral prayer of jazz musician Bozkurt İlham Gencer, one of Turkey's first pianist singers, who died at the age of 101, at Zincirlikuyu Mosque. Expressing his condolences to Gencer's son, Bora Gencer, who is also a musician, İmamoğlu also expressed his condolences to the families of the 2 deceased who were sent off on their last journey from the same mosque. Imamoglu, who also performed the Friday prayer at Zincirlikuyu Mosque, passed from Şişli to Bağcılar. “İBB Bağcılar Cüneyt Arkın Student Dormitory and Youth Complex”, built in Yenimahalle District as part of the “300 Projects in 300 Days” marathon, was opened with the participation of İmamoğlu and the unforgettable late artist of Turkish cinema, Cüneyt Arkın's wife Betül Cüreklibatır and his son Kaan Cüreklibatır. . At the opening, İmamoğlu was accompanied by CHP deputy Zeynel Emre and Küçükçekmece Mayor Kemal Çebi.
“SUCH NAMES ARE FEW”
The complex is colorful with the little ones who are traveling with the Cüreklibatır family and at our Yuvamiz Istanbul nursery. sohbetIn his speech at the opening, İmamoğlu summarized the following:
“About three or four generations know Cüneyt Arkın. Very interesting. Names like this are rare. And you need to know your worth. Even today's kids know him. I already loved him so much. Maybe the first movie I watched was his movie. My late uncle took us and I watched one of his famous films with beautiful historical scenes. I was probably 5-6 years old. When I visit him sohbetwe have. And there were warnings about student dormitories, especially for girls' accommodation. I actually wrote this in my head, but after he passed away, I was lucky and we will keep his name alive here. Hoping that Cüneyt Arkın will live with his name in this beautiful complex and that his name will live on this beautiful complex for many years, good luck to all of us.”
“IMM'S NUMBER OF KINDERGARTEN AND STUDENT DORMITORY IS ZERO”
“There is a youth complex here. There is an e-sports center inside. We have a home, Istanbul Children's Activity Center. Of course, the most special part is that we have a student dormitory here. And in our student dormitory, 516 young people will be accommodated. Look, this is important. Here today, we are opening our 57th kindergarten. Hopefully it will reach 70 soon. Many of our citizens do not believe us when we say this: When we took over the İBB, the number of nurseries was zero. Look, it didn't even have a nursery. 57 kindergarten. Language is easy. in 3,5 years. And hopefully we'll get that to 150. Within the IMM, we have families in need, but there are free ones, but we will prepare our students, namely our children, for life at a very low price. I believe that perhaps one of our most sacred, most important and valuable projects is these kindergartens. It is also a student hostel. Look, when we took over the task, do you know the number of student dormitories or the number of beds in Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality? It was still zero. This September, we will accommodate 5000 students in our dormitories. This is also very important.”
“BAGCILAR WILL NOT BE JUDGED OF OTHER DISTRICTS”
“We have almost doubled the number of libraries. So now we're approaching the 5's. Therefore, we are a management that contributes to every part of our city, to every neighborhood, and increases the needs-oriented services. Our main goal is this: I said a lot during the election period. I want to be a Mayor who equalizes the children of this city. At the same time, this will be a place intertwined with our neighborhood, our headman's office and other elements of the neighborhood. It will contribute to the cultural life. With its different activities, a youth cafe, and a library inside, this place will add great strength to the participation of our children, daughters and sons in social life. We will ensure that they receive higher service in this district, not envious of other districts, but not envious of other districts in Bağcılar. We run for service. We had no other purpose than to serve 70 million people. Sometimes we struggled with obstructions. Sometimes we were busy with vacancies. The mind that troubled us did not present a single penny of the institutions and banks of this state to our municipality. It prevented us from this. But we never gave up and continued to bring the services of our municipality to our citizens.”
“Sometimes we are insulted, sometimes we are stoned under the guidance of others”
"We are having tough days. Sometimes we are insulted. Sometimes we get stoned under someone's guidance. But you know what we call it? May love not be lost in the hearts of our nation. Let the sons of this nation feel most strongly at home in this country. Let's all disperse the dark cloud over our country, the dark cloud of economy, the dark cloud of asylum seekers, refugees, the dark cloud of poverty and all inequality of opportunity and injustice in the judiciary. I wish bright, shining, beautiful days to come to our world like this sun, I greet you all with love and respect, and I say, 'May our 86 million people win brotherhood'. Everything will be very nice."
BETÜL CÜREKLİBATIR: “What happens, YOUTH? READ, READ, READ. PLEASE KEEP THEM HERE”
The words of Arkın's wife, Betül Cüreklibatır, were as follows:
“I am very grateful to my chairman. It's so beautiful. You know, I knew I was going to get emotional and cry when I came here. But crying on such a beautiful day would never have happened. I swear I took antidepressants and came here. I'm laughing now. I am so happy. Bless your hands and arms, President. By God, children, please, please know your worth. So these are works. I don't know what to say. You know what to say? 'Oh my Cüneyt ah; I wish you had seen them when you were alive. Who knows how proud you would be. But again you see us above the stars. He always said, 'My hero is my people.' You are all our heroes. Please guys, read, read, read. Please take care of it like this, please. What happens? Because we need you so much. You're beautiful, sparkling minds, please. They say, 'Wow,' and I say, 'Wow.' That's how we were left alone. Thank you, exist. Good luck everyone. Thanks a lot."
KAAN CÜREKLİBATIR: “WE ARE VERY PROUD”
At the opening ceremony, Arkın's son and his wife also gave speeches. Kaan Cüreklibatır, who conveyed his satisfaction that his father's name was given to such a complex, also expressed his feelings, “My father probably feels and hears us from the sky, from there. On the name; youth centre. My father gave great importance to young people. He cared a lot about his opinions and was very reliable. He used to say, 'As long as they are given the opportunity, they can achieve everything.' Shortly before his death, our President also visited, thank you. He had asked her. He also talked about the housing problem of our youth in a television program. Our president did not remain indifferent to this issue, this problem, thank you. And such a beautiful center opened today. We are very proud as the Cüreklibatır family”.
With the ribbon cut after the speeches, İBB Bağcılar Cüneyt Arkın Student Dormitory and Youth Complex was officially put into service. In the complex opened to service; In addition to the student dormitory, there is also the Youth Center, which includes e-sports areas, and the Istanbul Children's Activity Center, Our Home.