Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyerparticipated in the opening of the “İzmir and its Cultural Values” painting competition exhibition, which will host art lovers until 30 July in the Konak Metro Exhibition area. President Soyer said, “I was most jealous of painters in my life. Because the window of their heart looks at life in a different way, they carry a different wealth. Happy for you,” he said.
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerThe works carried out with the vision of making İzmir a city of culture and art do not slow down. Organized by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, the “Izmir and its Cultural Values” painting competition exhibition, which aims to see the cultural values of the city through the eyes of the artists, was opened. Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerAn event was held at the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Konak Metro Exhibition area for the exhibition consisting of 100 works, which opened its doors to the people of Izmir with the participation of . The exhibition can be visited until 30 July.
İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Culture and Art Department, İZELMAN A.Ş. and Izmir Watercolor Painters Association (now International IzArtist Association) to the opening of the exhibition prepared by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor. Tunç Soyer's wife Neptün Soyer, İZELMAN A.Ş. General Manager Burak Alp Ersen, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Secretary General Ertuğrul Tugay, Association President Muzaffer Bektaş and artists attended.
“We are capable of doing better”
Speaking at the ceremony, which was organized to raise awareness for the cultural values of the city and where the winners received certificates and awards, the Mayor Tunç Soyer“I envied painters the most in my life. Because the window of their heart looks at life in a different way, they carry a different wealth. Happy for you. Every painting I see is extraordinarily beautiful and impressive. Unfortunately, 2023 started with great loss of life and property. But if we, as the sons of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, built a republic 100 years ago when those great destructions were experienced, we are certainly able to achieve better today. No one should darken the back of the neck," he said.
President Tunç SoyerMuzaffer Bektaş, President of the Izmir Watercolor Painters Association/International IzArtist Association, expressed his gratitude to .
Prizes were given to the winners
Artists Bedri Karayağmurlar, Hasan Rastgeldi, Mete Sezgin and Turan Enginoğlu took part in the jury of the competition. In the printing category, Gülnaz Ertan took the first place, Mualla Gürle took the second place, Mehlika Korol took the third place, and Busen Nijen Alparslan took the honorable mention. In the watercolor category, Hakan Güngör was the first, Hatice Turhan was the second, and Huriye Tamer was the third. Zekiye Erçin won the honorable mention. In the oil painting category, Zahit Yıldız was the winner, Fatma Şehnaz Şimşek was the second, and Şükran Ulucan was the third. The honorable mention was given to Birgül Ergün. Awards for Artists Tunç Soyer, Deputy Secretary General Ertuğrul Tugay, İZELMAN A.Ş. It was given by the General Manager Burak Alp Ersen and the President of the Association Muzaffer Bektaş.