IMM President Ekrem İmamoğlumade examinations on the historical Ahmet III Fountain, which was completely restored by İSKİ and regained its new face. During his visit, İmamoğlu also answered the questions of journalists regarding the agenda. When asked about the Istanbul Governor's removal of the aid “kiosk” (buffet) located in a shopping mall by the Istanbul Foundation, with the help of the police, İmamoğlu said, “It is about something we share transparently, to show the impudence of intervening in this way, it's just a show. You are raiding. I wish these people could see the mistakes they made. But I don't think they will. We have come to pray today and only on Friday. Do you know why? We serve only Allah; not any other mechanism. May God give wisdom to those who try to create a battlefield for themselves.”
İSKİ, a long-established institution of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), has completely restored the historical Ahmet III Fountain, one of the symbolic structures of Üsküdar Square. IMM President Ekrem İmamoğlu, before visiting the newly remodeled fountain, performed the Friday prayer at the Mihrimah Sultan Mosque, the work of Mimar Sinan. After the prayer, İmamoğlu visited the completely renovated fountain with İSKİ General Manager Raif Mermutlu and CHP İBB Assembly Group Deputy Chairman Doğan Subaşı. Here, firstly, Mermutlu said about the renovated historical building, “The first commissioning of the fountain was made by Ahmet the Third in 1728. On behalf of his mother, Mihrimah Sultan. Then it was restored at various times. Most recently, it was restored by İSKİ in 2002. But when we opened the roof, we saw that there was no detailed restoration. Now both the roof and other parts have been completely overhauled. In this state, we have put it at the service of Istanbul and Üsküdar residents.”
WE CELEBRATED THE CANDILI OF ISTANBUL FOUNDERS
Emphasizing that İSKİ, which carried out the restoration of the historical fountain, is one of the institutions that provide ancient and sensitive services in Istanbul, “Because people cannot live without water. İSKİ; Working 7/24, 365 days, it not only meets the water needs of people, but also is in a great struggle to reintroduce waste water to nature without harming the environment. Of course, while he is fighting this struggle, he also succeeds in very useful, invisible, actually sensitive works. Here, he makes the restoration of the Third Ahmet Fountain and ensures that it serves our citizens with its water flowing. Stating that he resided in Üsküdar in the first years he came to Istanbul and got married in the historical district, İmamoğlu said, “Now, here is the restoration of the Third Ahmet Fountain, in front of a fertile fountain, a beautiful fountain that has existed for centuries, the Mirmah Sultan Mosque. we accompanied. We entered three months last night. Let's say we have a blessed night. May it be beneficial. On that occasion, in order to share that abundance and taste, our İSKİ board will distribute sherbet today. We will accompany him, drink our sherbet, visit our services on site from Üsküdar to Beykoz, visit the restoration and many stages of Anadolu Hisarı, and continue our day.”
“WE TAKE OVER A FOUNDATION THAT CANNOT PAY THE STAFF SALARY”
After his evaluation speech, İmamoğlu answered the questions of the journalists about the agenda. The questions of journalists and İmamoğlu's answers were as follows:
Istanbul Governor's Office made a statement this morning. Legal action has been initiated regarding the kiosks (buffet) that the Istanbul Foundation, together with ISBAK, set up in a shopping center and collect donations. Kiosks have been removed. Will you have an explanation on the subject? Previously, another aid campaign of the Istanbul Foundation was blocked in this way….
“My friends are following the process. The Istanbul Foundation is a foundation that the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has been using for over 30 years, and every mayor has used it for charity. This foundation is doing very important and good works right now. It was thrown for a long time. Unfortunately, it was a foundation we took over with such unpaid staff for months. Now it has turned into a foundation that can distribute sacrificial meat to hundreds of thousands of people, provide scholarships to thousands of people, and carry out very useful works and works related to education. The effort of our foundation regarding these student scholarships depends on where you look to find the deficiency in the legal details I have received, frankly. As the Istanbul Foundation is the foundation of the IMM, it even has a representative from the governorship. I invite any civil administrators who show the rudeness of not calling or asking, to the courtesy of institutions that are trying to serve the law, justice and the public.”
"WE ONLY SERVE GOD"
“This foundation is the foundation of both the IMM and the people of Istanbul. I will look into it, I will look. I do not hesitate to call the necessary people, I do. I will ask this question to the governor's office, exactly like this. Of course, at many points, you see foundations and associations collecting aid in different ways. You sometimes see this on the counter of a grocery store. You'll see it next to the cash register of a grocery store. I have never experienced an operation being carried out on them, the police going and collecting these boxes as if they were raiding. We have already transparently shared this scholarship support mechanism of IMM. Showing the impudence of interfering in this way about something we share transparently is just a show. A sane person; A person who loves his hometown and the institutions of his homeland says, 'Hello. Dear President, you have a shortcoming. It warns that you have an error like this. We act according to the warning; is not it? You are raiding. I wish these people to see the mistakes they made, of course I do. But I don't think they will. We have come to pray today and only on Friday. Do you know why? We only serve Allah; not any other mechanism. May God give wisdom to those who try to create a battlefield for themselves. We will not be in that area. We will continue our services among our nation by protecting our own rights and law, but by protecting the rights and law of our nation first. May God give wisdom to those who act outside of this.”
SULEYMANIYE MOSQUE RESPONSE
– There is also a discussion about the Süleymaniye Mosque. There is a construction right in front of the Knowledge Spreading Foundation, where it rises…
“I have instructed my friends to analyze the process and take legal action if necessary. They are analyzing. Looking at documents. A transaction was made between two selections. A licensed building. Fatih Municipality has a defense that the building was suspended according to its own contour. But of course, on the one hand, there is the permission of the board. The Board is very strict on these issues. Even if it was necessary to make the silhouette, especially because it is in front of such a work - and the structure there, which they call contour, is not a very old structure - it could be done by making some reductions. Now my friends are analyzing this aspect. We will not leave it blank. If it is absolutely necessary to intervene, whatever right is within the law, we will make our attempts in this regard. 'Contact the foundation,' I said to my friends. I'm talking about the foundation that runs the process on this issue. I said, 'If there is a possibility of correction, they should organize a project again and bring it'. Our work and inquiries in this direction will continue. But of course, unfortunately, such irregularities can happen in Istanbul. Since we were able to see the process with a little delay, I would like to thank our citizen who made the warning. It was an omission. But as I said, we are not talking about our jurisdiction as a whole right now. We will also try our best.”
“MOBESE BUSINESS IS A SERIOUS JOB”
– On the days of that snowstorm in Istanbul, we have filed a complaint and filed a criminal complaint with the prosecutor's office regarding the display of MOBESE footage of your meeting with the ambassador at dinner. A question was also asked to the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs regarding this issue today. He had an answer about you. “Looking at your incompetence and incompetence…”
“Who is saying this without merit? And if you tell me your name."
– Deputy Minister of Interior İsmail Çataklı, at today's press briefing, said, “Incompetence, incompetence. Our soldier, who has been on duty for forty-eight hours by saying 'Look at the acrobat', should not slander our police. Let them stop slandering and mind their own business.”
“Here's to such unqualified people, I say; 'Look, I prayed here, to serve God.' Let that incompetent person be the deputy minister. Do not take steps towards immorality. Deputy Minister. This is insulting to us. If he acts as the deputy minister, he will prove that he is qualified. But here, he not only speaks words to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, but also endlessly talks about insulting our soldiers and police. Who spoke to the military or the police? Which one of us says 'look at the acrobat'? Be mindful of your own words. Not my partner. His minister is not my interlocutor. I made my call to all the members of the judiciary who were required to be addressed. It seems that the ministry is responsible for this work. I made a call to our governor from here, to the chief of police, to the officer at the head of that desk; I made calls to 3-4 people from here. Since the deputy minister is the interlocutor, it means that the ministry is responsible for this. Mr. Minister, immediately begin the process regarding this trash. Let him begin the process regarding this unqualified and incompetent deputy minister. And answer our questions. MOBESE business is not a simple business.”
– Have you received an answer?
"There was no answer. Here I say, 'I serve Allah.' Whoever is a servant, they probably haven't received an approval from there yet, so they can't answer. But they're too busy giving pathetic answers, chasing after such heroism. Let them continue their misery. MOBESE business is serious business. It is not clear who will head the MOBESE business. It can happen to any citizen, person, official or official. This is an important issue. Let him do his job, let him do his job.”
SCHOLARSHIP RESPONSE: “53 THOUSAND PEOPLE APPLIED; THEY DECIDED AND THEY GOT"
– There is also the issue of scholarships. It was also discussed in Parliament last night. CHP deputies brought it to the agenda. AK Party deputies responded. Have you received an answer about the scholarship, is there any progress in the investigation or are there any new names?
“Now look; we do our investigation. It's not a new issue, you know. It has been brought up before, as a requirement of the investigation we have initiated regarding this issue. Now, our friends have started a process regarding the collection of this. This is how we understand granting scholarships: Scholarships are advertised. People who think they deserve it, resort to it. And people are selected from that application. Those people also benefit from this scholarship. Is it an example? 53 thousand people received scholarships from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. If even one person, even one person, could say in front of people, 'My name Ekrem İmamoğlu gave my name, Doğan Subaşı, or someone else', then we would have done the same injustice. 53 thousand people applied. They deserved it and they got it. Regarding the past, I look at this: I said it that day too. Our fellow citizens or ministers, parliamentarians, who have received a scholarship; Was that scholarship announcement given at that time? When the scholarship announcement is announced, maybe it's your peers, ladies or gentlemen, have you heard about it? Have you applied for such a scholarship? How were those people chosen? What is the basis for giving such a large amount of scholarships? The judiciary will question this. The public conscience will question.”
“NOT FEW MONEY”
“Not little money. In other words, figures such as 100 thousand dollars, 150 thousand dollars, 130 thousand dollars. These are not small numbers. And they also have a procedure in the public sector. We think that it was not given properly. We are taking legal action regarding them. This legal process will continue regardless of any other issue. So we're not going to swallow them. There are those who continue to inspect. There are files where our inspection has been blocked. We have new files that we will start about any issue that we can reach with our new inspections. There is. Just as we are inspected; If there is a neglected period in terms of inspection regarding the past, we are currently inspecting that period as well. They also inspect us. An inspector comes in about a subject, you see, he wants to inspect 10 more subjects apart from that subject. We also dream. So here you go. Our institution is already a public institution. Transparency should be our sine qua non. We are moving in this direction. Our inspections of the past will also continue.”
– In these inspections of yours, are there any other new names in the field of scholarship that the public knows well?
“I know how closely and how far the public; i don't know him. Our aim; It's not like someone's deciphering. If there is any issue, we are already explaining it. The discretion of the other is up to the public.”
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