Following the local elections on March 31, Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Council convened for the first time under the chairmanship of Mayor Mustafa Bozbey for the first term ordinary meeting of the 2024-2029 election period. 106 of 105 council members attended the meeting held at the Metropolitan Municipality Council Meeting Hall.
“I INVITE US TO EXPERIENCE A PERIOD BEHIND BURSA TOGETHER”
Speaking at the opening of the Assembly Meeting, Metropolitan Mayor Mustafa Bozbey congratulated the mayor and council members elected in the new term. He called on the Mayors of 17 districts in Bursa and said, "I invite all of us to join hands and experience a period worthy of Bursa." Stating that they will take important decisions together in the Metropolitan Municipality Council that will carry Bursa to the future, Mayor Bozbey said, “I have full faith that the work we will do in the new period will carry our city to good days. We can achieve this by working together in harmony. Our duty is to respect the people's choice and produce services for this city in harmony. We have a great responsibility in this parliament where we are the representatives of the people. All 17 mayors in Bursa are our mayors. I invite all 17 mayors to cooperate and join hands to experience a period worthy of Bursa. We may have different world views, we may have different political views, but I am sure that everyone here has one goal and that is to serve our city and our country. For this reason, I firmly believe that all parties in the Parliament will work in harmony here. "We have no doubt about anyone's good will. Of course, we will make mistakes. It is our responsibility to the people of Bursa to warn each other and ensure that the mistakes are corrected," he said.
“OUR PRIORITY IS THE SAME SERVICE TO EVERYONE, TRANSPARENCY IS OUR BASIC PRINCIPLE”
Stating that they will govern Bursa with a fair and accountable management approach in order to be beneficial to Bursa, Mayor Mustafa Bozbey continued his words as follows: “I believe that in the new era, we will work hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, and provide useful services to our beautiful Bursa. We will manage our Bursa together with a participatory, fair and accountable management approach. Our priority will be to provide the same service to every corner of Bursa, and transparency will be our basic principle. We will manage the process together by producing common solutions with common sense. We have to be united for our Bursa. We will never forget our responsibility to the children, youth, women, men, nature, history, culture, spirituality, past and future of this city. I promise that we will make our entire Bursa smile by establishing an understanding that respects everyone's private life. I promise that we will work hard to provide equal and fair service to our entire city. I promise that we will stand by our citizens. I promise to always be there for those who are in a difficult situation, our disabled individuals, children, women, young people, and our dear friends on the street. "I hope our beautiful picture will last for five years," he said.
ELECTION MARATHON IN THE ASSEMBLY
In the first session of the new term of the Metropolitan Municipality Council, there was intense election traffic. Voting was held in the parliament for deputy presidents, council members and specialized commissions.
Oktay Yılmaz was elected as the first vice president with 58 votes, and Alper Taban was elected as the second vice president with 58 votes. The council clerks were Armağan Elçin and Ahmet Alper Aydın. Bülent Kandemir, Ali Sait Adiloğlu, Armağan Elçin, Ali Zeybek, İsmail Şenol were elected as board members.
The members elected for 12 different specialized commissions are as follows;
Plan Budget Commission: İbrahim Türkan, Ali Çil, Sinan Kahraman, İsmail Şenol, Yalçın Işıkyıldız, Mustafa Orkun Gazioğlu, Hakkı Rıza Göksu
Zoning and Public Works Commission: Recep Çohan, Metin Tunçel, Görkem Kaya, Şahin Biba, Samet Uslu, Ecehan Mertoğlu Tan, Mehmet Öksüz
Environment and health Commission: Numan Çakır Osman Yıldız Adem Yılman, Zafer milli Gökhan Metin, Haşim Yoldaş, Hasan İnce
Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Commission: Ataerk Şanlı, Yunus Kaya, Emel Duman, Fuat Alparslan, Ömer Faruk Temiztürk, Yusuf Konat, Yücel Erim
Transportation Commission Hakan Arslanoğlu, Osman Şahin, Tahammül İlhan, Alparslan Karaaslan, Şükrü Aksu, Mustafa Orkun Gazioğlu, Mehmet Aydın Saldız
Law Commission: Yücel Akbulut, Nilsu Sertaslan, Hakkı Rıza Göksu, Armağan Elçin, Haldun Filizli, Ahmet Alperen Aydın, Murat Tunç Bircan
Social Affairs and Tourism Commission: Vahap Aka, Murat Dönmez, Yalçın Işıkyıldız, Kevser Öztürk, Mahmut tamer Hersek, Arif Kamil Özen, İbrahim Özmen
Commission on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men: Halide Serpi Şahin, Zehra Arslan, Fatma Zehra Höcük Çözüm, Berna Işıkdoğan, Kıvanç Horoz, Gökçe Güney, Murat Tunç Bircan
Disabled Persons Commission: Hande Apaydın, Sinan Nergiz, Zeynel Üngör, Zehra Aslan, Mehmet Akif Kılıç, Ramazan Ay, Hasan İnce
Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry Commission: Onur Uslu, Mehmet Aydın Saldız, Selahattin Külcü, Coşkun Korkmaz, Selim Yavuz, Nafiz Kaya
Natural Disaster and Urban Transformation Commission: Hamit Şenocak, Fatma Zehra Höcük Çözüm, Abdullah Çelebi, Fatih Vardar, Mustafa Orkun Gazioğlu, Recep Çohan, Mehmet Öksüz
Air Pollution Prevention Commission: Osman Şahin, Faruk Türe, Mahmut Tamer Hersek, Zafer Milli, Sedat Ökten, Ali Haydar Efe, İbrahim Özmen
25 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON WATER AND TURKISH SIGNAGE DECISION
Following the elections, Mayor Bozbey's proposals to the parliament regarding a 25 percent discount on water and the fact that the writings in foreign languages on the signs were accepted in Turkish were unanimously accepted. Thus, citizens of Bursa will use 1 percent more affordable prices as of May 2024, 25, and there will be no use of foreign languages on advertising signs.
