Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyerparticipated in the symbolic 1 May Workers' and Workers' Day celebration organized by the Labor and Democracy Forces. The ceremony was held 114 years ago under the plane tree in Basmane, where May 1 was celebrated for the first time in Turkey.
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyerparticipated in the 114 May Labor and Solidarity Day celebrations held under the plane tree in Basmane, where 1 May was celebrated for the first time in Turkey 1 years ago. İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor at the ceremony organized symbolically by the Labor and Democracy Forces due to the coronavirus epidemic. Tunç SoyerHe said that the world and humanity are facing a great crisis. President Soyer “Everyone says, 'Nothing will be the same as before. A brand new world will be established.' So what will this world be like? At this point, the importance of labor and solidarity emerges much more. If we really want to live in a new world that will be shaped by labor and solidarity, we have to take care of each other much more strongly.”
“We Will Prepare the Future More Powerfully”
Reminding those who came together under the plane tree knowing the importance of labor and solidarity 114 years ago, Soyer said, “Never forget that we are seeds. As we try to bury us, we come out much more lush from that soil. We will continue like this and prepare the future much stronger. What makes May 1 humanity, labor and solidarity are the days when we will experience that after 1 May 2020, labor and solidarity are much more important. ” Soyer completed his speech with the slogan "This is just the beginning, continue the struggle".
Under the Plane Tree May 1
DİSK Aegean Regional Representative Memiş Sarı said, “Today is very important in terms of history. Ie in 1906, exactly 114 years ago when more unions in Turkey, worked Perver Society and worked in the café while waiting for a job in one area where they celebrate themselves organized. Therefore, we found it more convenient to make May 1, which is our tradition, in this memorial place. Long live May 1, "he said.
Confederation of Public Workers Unions (KESK) Term SözcüSü Veysel Beyazadam, no matter what, said that we should insist on providing unity and solidarity. "We are together with our hopes, consciousness and solidarity every year, even if not physically on May 2020, 1," said Funda Barlik Obuz, the President of the Izmir Chamber of Medicine.
In the ceremony attended by Konak Mayor Abdül Batur, all participants wore masks and attention was paid to the safe distance rule.
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