Simge Kavuk and its owners of the Turkish Theater are taken under protection

IMM President Ekrem İmamoğluhosted Rasim Öztekin and Şevket Çoruh, the old and new trustees of the kavuk, one of the most important symbols of traditional Turkish theater, in Florya. İmamoğlu shared the good news with Öztekin and Çoruh that they will be working on an area that depicts the kavuk and its trustees.

One of the most important symbols of traditional Turkish theater, the kavuk was handed over to Şevket Çoruh from Rasim Öztekin with a ceremony held at Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Open Air Theater on September 20. Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Ekrem İmamoğluHe sent a video message to the ceremony. Not content with the message, İmamoğlu visited Çoruh with Öztekin, İBB Sözcüand President's Advisor Murat Ongun at the Presidential Residence in Florya.

"KAVUK, A VERY PRECIOUS ICON"

Congratulating Öztekin and Çoruh, İmamoğlu shared his intention with the master actors. Saying, "We talked to our Deputy Secretary General Mahir Polat before you came," said İmamoğlu.

“Kavuk is a very precious symbol indeed. Istanbul is, after all, the start and host of this. I said to my friends that I would like to prepare such an area for Istanbul, with a layout in which there are busts of people who both describe the historical process and buyers in a symbolic place and that can continue when tomorrow is another. Let's get your opinion. There may be other people on the text and design work you deem appropriate or you may invite, such as Mr. Ferhan. Let's do a study for this. We talked that it must be a permanent and untouched place. I have such an intention. Apart from your bust, there must be a bust of your turban. "

SUPPORT FROM ÖZTÜRK AND ÇORUH

Öztekin, who welcomed İmamoğlu's request, told the IMM President, “It should be the main. These must also be fields ”. Öztürk and Çoruh, taking place in a friendly atmosphere sohbetHe shared his views with İmamoğlu about the discussions arising from the transfer of the turtle and the difficulties they faced due to the pandemic. Stating that they are aware of the difficulties experienced by the artists in this process and that they have works on this subject, İmamoğlu said, “Can IMM solve this alone; I am not sure. But we will not stop this, ”he said.