Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç shared with the public some innovative, people- and health-oriented, perfectionist new projects ranging from transportation to agriculture, from health to sports.
At the meeting, the '5-Year Investment and Services Promotion' and the new face 'Kayseri Airport Promotion' videos prepared by Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Press and Public Relations Department were shown.
Mayor Büyükkılıç started his speech by stating that the new airport terminal building will be put into service soon and that the project suits Kayseri very well.
Stating that they will keep the mastery period alive in this city with new projects that will suit Kayseri, Büyükkılıç said, “We are the grandchildren of Mimarsinan, we will try to keep our mastery period alive with projects that will suit our Kayseri in unity and solidarity. We are grateful and thankful to all the people of Kayseri who love us, choose us, pray for us and appreciate us, without leaving anyone out. I am grateful and grateful to each of our mayors who have served our city so far. "We always say this, may God bless whoever hammers a nail into this city," he said.
“WE HAVE 153 MAJOR PROJECTS TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN 2023”
Mayor Büyükkılıç stated that they implemented 150 projects on the way to 418 projects and said:
“We previously said 5 projects that we are trying to fit into 150 years, with an approach originating from the 150th anniversary. But there were 418 projects. We only have 153 major projects that we are doing in 2023, both in the center and in the countryside, thank God. Our aim is to ensure that people produce where they are born and where they are fed, and to create employment. We all observed together that there was a much greater need for this, especially after the pandemic and earthquake. Encouragement can be achieved through service, support for producers, and implementation of what we have in our centre. There are 32 pools under the control of Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality in all of our districts, including the center and the countryside. These are important criteria for us, young people want it. There are 47 astroturf pitches in just one district, and these are wanted. We had a meeting with our female brothers and sisters, and one of our children said, 'President, we want a library, there is one, but it is far from us.' We said, "Thank God, we will make Kayseri a city of libraries, and we equipped it with libraries both in our center and in the provinces." We are now building neighborhood libraries with the understanding of bringing service to the public. "It is our child's most natural right, we said we would do that too, and we embraced it."
Stating that the Kayseri Municipality model is proudly explained and appreciated by all segments of society, Mayor Büyükkılıç said, “We continue our work with the understanding of we, together with our team and our supportive brothers, away from the word 'I'. I would like to thank our brothers and sisters at all levels who contribute to us both in our Metropolitan Municipality and in our 16 district municipalities. Because there is a model called Kayseri Municipality. "Kayseri Municipality has an understanding that everyone shares, explains and appreciates with pride and joy, and that suits our city," he said.
“WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT RUNS FROM INVESTMENT TO INVESTMENT”
Büyükkılıç, who also mentioned the importance of infrastructure organizations such as KCETAŞ and Kayserigaz, of which the Metropolitan Municipality is a partner, and KASKI, which is the establishment of the Metropolitan Municipality, said, “We exist for the happiness of our people. Thank God, we have an understanding that runs from investment to investment. We did not and do not pursue populist politics. We continue our services within a real policy approach. While we are proud of our city, we are also proud of our institutions and organizations. "We make life easier, remove bureaucratic obstacles and increase the quality of service, trying to deliver services that suit this city to every region at every stage," he said.
“WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT PREDICTS THE POLICY OF WORKS AND SERVICES”
Büyükkılıç pointed out that they have an understanding of work and service politics and said, “Thank God, Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality, which allocates the most share to investment among 30 Metropolitan Municipalities while running from investment to investment and service to service, has come first for years in a row. "We have an understanding that envisages a work and service policy," he said.
“WE ARE PRESENT IN EVERY AREA IN AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, CULTURAL, SPORTS, TOURISM, EDUCATION, HEALTH, GASTRONOMY”
Mayor Büyükkılıç emphasized that they exhibited the best examples of voluntary municipalism and reached the peak in municipalism and said, “More than just municipalism in the context of construction, we are reaching the peak in municipalism and offering municipal services in line with the requirements of the age. In this respect, we say that we are present in every field in agriculture, animal husbandry, cultural, sports, tourism, education, health and gastronomy. We say that we will carry our city to the future in every field. We are thinking about what we can do in solidarity with our organized industries, chambers, non-governmental organizations, institutions and organizations. Thank God we are among our people. "Thankfully, we did not have any behavior or action that would cause any of our brothers to bow their heads," he said.
Stating that the official opening of the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan National Garden will be made by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the near future, Mayor Büyükkılıç said, “Kayseri is a trade city, Kayseri is a city of tradesmen, Kayseri is a producing city, a city that is not a burden and carries loads, Kayseri is a city of philanthropists. Here I would like to open a parenthesis about the public garden. The National Garden is a work of 1 million 260 thousand square meters, there is nothing in it. It has an approach that appeals to all age groups, is a frequent destination in our city, which we have implemented with Gastronomy Days, and which we believe will be officially opened by our President, hopefully. 1 million square meters of 260 million 1 thousand square meters is green area. "Our city has gained another lung environment," he said.
Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Memduh Büyükkılıç shared with the public some examples of the special and important projects they will carry out in the new service period.
Mayor Büyükkılıç, from Kartal Junction to Erkilet Tram Line, from Greenhouse Center of Excellence to Smart Urbanism Department, from Youth Games to OSB-Erenköy Boulevard New Road project, from Earthquake and Disaster Training Center to Logistics Center, Drying announced some important projects under 14 headings, from Incineration Plant to Rainwater Harvesting, from Alzheimer Center to Sports Village, from Caravan Park to Informatics Academy.
KARTAL JUNCTION PROJECT IS READY
Stating that the new project will be implemented at Kartal Junction, where 85 thousand vehicles pass daily and 8 thousand 500 vehicles pass per hour during peak hours, Mayor Büyükkılıç continued his words as follows:
“Hopefully, the project will be ready in the coming period. Let us also thank our minister Mehmet Özhaseki, the resource is available from the World Bank under suitable conditions. I hope we can share that our minister, who loves our city, did not spare his greatest support and made the necessary contributions. We say thank you and long live. We offer our condolences for his illness. In order for this project to suit our city, we will invite contractor companies that know this job to tender and hopefully ensure that it is completed in a short time. We continue with Kartal Junction and the junction in front of our university. "A total of 4 intersections will be implemented, including the intersection coming to the Tacettin Boulevard section and the intersection coming down from Hisarcık."
BÜYÜKKILIÇ ALSO ANNOUNCED THE NEW TRAM LINE
Büyükkılıç shared the Erkilet Tram Line project, which is the new tram line, with the public and said, “As you may remember about our tram lines, we implemented our line from the Belsin region to Kumsmall, as well as our line in Talas Mevlana Neighborhood. In addition, we added 11 tram vehicles to our fleet, reaching 80 vehicles in total. Currently, there is a line coming to Erkilet Boulevard and from there to the airport, also in front of our police building, 4 kilometers under the Republic Square, and then from the Boulevard named after our Hulusi Akar Pasha, where His Excellency Seyyid Burhaneddin is on the surface, a work is being done to form a ring there. "We submitted our project to the Ministry's General Directorate of Infrastructure for approval," he said.
GREENHOUSE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
Stating that they will implement a new project to provide free support to citizens who will do greenhouse cultivation, Mayor Büyükkılıç said, “We have a project called Greenhouse Center of Excellence. As you know, we are working on greenhouse cultivation in the context of organized industry. But we say that we should not leave our producers here alone. "I would like to share that we will provide such a service in order to provide free support in the best possible way, by doing the necessary work to help, and by getting support from expert institutions and organizations, both the quality, standard and diversity of the products to be grown there, and the work to be done with them in the context of agricultural control," he said.
“WE ARE ESTABLISHING A SMART CITY DEPARTMENT”
Stating that they will establish a Smart City Department, Büyükkılıç said, "While implementing our Smart City Department, we see all institutions and organizations as stakeholders and unite them, including our universities, chambers, and our own organizations, under a single department, with our mobile applications, a single card application, science festivals, "We will make life easier and increase efficiency in all areas of life with technology team competitions and mobile applications specific to different services," he said.
“WE WILL PREVENT DIGITAL POISONING THROUGH YOUTH GAMES”
Emphasizing that the youth-friendly approach will continue in the new period, Mayor Büyükkılıç said, "We will hold youth games, we care about young people very much, in this city with 5 universities, 75 thousand university students, 325 thousand secondary school students, we will provide young people with social wealth, away from digital poisoning, for the future, with self-confidence." We will do the necessary work to provide them with opportunities. "We will add richness in line with their wishes such as competitions, different exhibitions and festivals, we love our young people very much," he said.
Büyükkılıç stated that they will also implement the OSB-Erenköy Boulevard New Road project and said, "In order to connect an alternative road to our Organized Industry and make life easier, we opened a large part of it by creating a 4,2 kilometer road network in the context of relieving the burden of Kartal Junction, Erciyes By opening the section on the Hisarcık road leading to , we will create a main artery by connecting it to 15 July Boulevard and from there to our Organized Industrial Zone. Not only that, there are 20 main arteries and different roads. "Let's share just one example with you," he said.
Stating that they will establish the Disaster Training Center in addition to the established Department of Disaster Affairs, Büyükkılıç underlined that with this center, they will raise awareness about the earthquake and work to prepare the city for the future.
“LOGISTICS CENTER LOCATION IS READY, PROJECT IS READY”
Stating that the Logistics Center project, which is the most important of the projects and which the trade world is eagerly awaiting, is ready, Mayor Büyükkılıç continued his words as follows:
We are not going to share all the projects, we are sharing some of the projects. The most important of these is that the Logistics Center location is ready and its project is ready. Hopefully, in order to strengthen the necessary infrastructure in this field, we will implement our service, which will contribute economically to our city, not only in the logic of a truck garage, but also in international transportation and every vehicle with rubber wheels. Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality will undertake this with functions containing various features such as Commercial Areas, Social Facilities such as Cafes, Restaurants, Masjids, Rentable Areas, Temporary Storage Areas, Warehouse, Customs Warehouse, Supalan, Free Storage Areas, Free Truck and Truck Parking, Machinery Equipment Garage, "We will be the dynamo part of the business, we will pull the load together, and we will implement a project worthy of our service-oriented city."
DRYING AND CORNING PLANT PROJECT
Büyükkılıç stated that a drying incineration plant was planned to eliminate the temporary storage problem, based on the vision of Environmentally Friendly Municipality and Zero Waste, and said, "There are good works done by our KASKI, one of the most important of which is a second treatment plant, as well as drying and burning the sludge related to the treatment there. We are implementing the project to obtain energy and prevent environmental pollution within the logic of zero waste. We say let's use water economically. The water of our Erciyes is extracted from a depth of 200 meters, pumped into tanks and distributed. This extraction work is done with electricity, we ensure that our KASKI is enriched with the Solar Power Plant project. With the RES project in transportation, we will be the municipality that implements wind energy within the context of municipalities in Turkey. "Our resources, place and project are ready," he said.
RAINWATER HARVESTING PROJECT
Mayor Büyükkılıç stated that they will implement a new project by making a change in the Rainwater Hası issue with a simple method, and that they aim to prevent rainwater from going to the sewer and contribute to the city.
ALZHEIMER CENTER
Metropolitan Mayor Dr. said that as a neurologist doctor, they will add a new investment to the health field. Memduh Büyükkılıç, “I am a physician, a neurologist. It is an important area for my city and for humanity. Those whose relatives have Alzheimer's know very well what this means. We are aware that the person who lives with this picture, which we encounter as a social problem, is not aware of living, and the life of those who serve him becomes a dungeon in its social aspect. We will implement the necessary work on Alzheimer's with the important and meaningful project we will carry out. "We will work to improve both the social aspect and the quality of life of our fellow citizens who suffer from this disease," he said.
SPORTS VILLAGE
Reminding that Kayseri gained the title of 2024 European Sports City, Mayor Büyükkılıç said, “There are studies to support this, we need to ensure that it is permanent. Our project is ready, our place is ready, we are creating a Sports Village in the west of our city. "We give opportunities to our young people with different activity areas," he said.
CARAVAN PARK
Büyükkılıç stated that they have diversified tourism and that they will realize the Caravan Park in two areas, both on Mount Erciyes and in Sarımsaklı Region, which will contribute to the city.
INFORMATICS ACADEMY PROJECT
Büyükkılıç gave the good news that they will offer the free Informatics Academy project to young people free of charge and said, "In order to enrich our city regarding informatics, the Informatics Academy will be a free project that will last 2 years, in which we will admit secondary school and high school students through exams and give opportunities to our young people by collaborating with our universities."
He added that they did not count all the projects, and that once the other district mayoral candidates are determined, they will launch and share all the projects with the public.
