The International Çepni Peace Festival, organized for the first time by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, started in Bergama. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the festival, Deputy Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mustafa Özuslu said, "As long as we, the children of this country, are in such unity and solidarity, this country will stand forever."
The International Çepni Peace Festival, organized for the first time in Turkey by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, has started. The opening ceremony in Bergama Cumhuriyet Square was attended by İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Mayor Mustafa Özuslu, Republican People's Party İzmir Deputy Mahir Polat, CHP İstanbul Deputy Turan Aydoğan, İstanbul Çepni Boyu Association President Cemal Bulut, İzmir Çepni Boyu Association Ümit Güner, Dikili Mayor Adil Kırgöz, Bergama Mayor Hakan Koştu, representatives of Çepni associations operating in the country and abroad, and citizens attended.
“I understood Soyer better here today”
In his speech at the ceremony, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Mayor Mustafa Özuslu said, “I am experiencing a moment in which I am very proud for myself. I am very happy to be with you on such an important day in this square where I spent my childhood. I cannot describe how nice it is to serve the place where you were born and raised. Our Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, who made great efforts to organize this festival here for the first time, Tunç SoyerI understand better here today. I send my best regards to you. Here we realized once again what a great country we live in, that we are the children of a great nation, and we are proud of it. The valiant and heroic people of the Chepni tribes from the Balkans, Gagauzia, Syria, Kirkuk, Iran, Azerbaijan and all over Turkey are uttering beautiful words for the unity of the country and the nation. What a beautiful sight this is, what a beautiful understanding. Here I bow respectfully before this great understanding. Our Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; 'My humble body will surely be soil one day. But the Republic of Turkey will stand firm forever,' he said. As long as this unity, as long as the country is united, the Republic of Turkey will stand forever," he said.
Panel and concerts
After the speeches, the artist Özlem Özdil took the stage at the festival, the main theme of which was peace. Within the scope of the two-day festival, panels and concerts are held on Chepni and Chepni research, the places where Chepni live and their beliefs, the historical background and cultural structures of Chepnis.
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