Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) President Ekrem İmamoğlu, respectively; Volleyball FIVB Women's World Club Champion made a similar support visit to Beşiktaş, Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Anadolu Efes and ENKA clubs for the 2036 Istanbul Olympics and Paralympic Games, to the epaulette-wearing Eczacıbaşı Dynavit. İmamoğlu, who was welcomed by Club President Faruk Eczacıbaşı, watched the training of Eczacıbaşı Dynavit's champion athletes, together with İBB Deputy Secretary General Erdal Celal Aksoy and İBB Sports Club President Fatih Keleş. İmamoğlu, who came together with the technical staff and players in the hall after the training, congratulated the athletes for their success.
Stating that the successes of Turkish women's volleyball in recent years are a role model for his 12-year-old daughter Beren, who is interested in this sport, İmamoğlu said, “Although she is 12 years old, all women's volleyball gave a wonderful feeling. I hope it continues like this. We are watching each of you with pleasure. Of course, we also have players who add value and come from other countries. We thank each of them for being here. “I wish you success,” he said. Stating that Eczacıbaşı Dynavit is one of Turkey's iconic clubs in volleyball, İmamoğlu said, “We want to hold and host the Olympics in Istanbul in 2036. Even our players are the managers of that period. But we believe; This time we will host it in 2036. It suits Istanbul too. Women's volleyball also increased the interest and morale in the sport. “We want to succeed together with our clubs,” she said. 
“I HOPE WE WILL BRING THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT SPORTS FESTIVAL TO ISTANBUL IN 2036”
After the training, İmamoğlu shared the dinner of the athletes and the technical staff and said the following in his speech there:
“It is a great honor and a great pleasure to serve Istanbul. While serving, we attach importance to service in every aspect. On the one hand, sports is a very important concept for Istanbul. Of course, our clubs are very important. But above all, the development of social sports culture is very important. We are doing valuable work in this context. But to reward this, we also attach importance to the Olympic journey so that Istanbul gets the reward it deserves. We set 2036 as an important date for ourselves in the Olympic journey. Istanbul has valuable brands. We can't visit all of them, but I do visit some of them. I visited our Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş, Anadolu Efes and ENKA clubs. I also visited Eczacıbaşı Dynavit. Today, I want us to take this journey together. And I hope we will bring the world's most important sports festival to Istanbul in 2036.”
“BEING WITH YOU GAVE ME A SERIOUS MORALE BENEFIT”
Pointing out that Istanbul is a city that deserves the Olympics due to its location and history, İmamoğlu said, “As our Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club, we work diligently to train Olympic athletes, mostly in amateur branches, in terms of sports events - where our club president is also here. progress. Being with you today gave me a serious morale boost. It is very enjoyable to be side by side with the athletes I watch with great pleasure and to be in this valuable club led by Mr. Faruk and to feel that family feeling here. I wish success to our dear teacher, his entire technical staff and all athletes. I find this year in which you became the World Champion very, very valuable. It was a cup worthy of the 100th anniversary of our Republic. Of course, it was also valuable to have two Turkish teams in the final. I hope our Eczacıbaşı club will achieve many finals and many successes. "I hope this beautiful family atmosphere will always continue," he said.
ECZACIBAŞI: “OUR PURPOSE; "WOMEN OF TURKEY CAN HAVE A SAY IN THE WORLD"
Noting that, as Eczacıbaşı, they prefer to focus on a single sport rather than operating in different sports branches, Club President Eczacıbaşı shared his views with İmamoğlu as follows:
“And we wanted that sport to be the best in the world. Because when you try to do everything, you cannot do anything. We have a purpose. So it's not my place to say that. Our female friends will also defend this. Our aim is; Turkey's women can have a say in the world. And volleyball was one of the best tools of this job. And we're very proud of that right now. We are very happy to be a stakeholder in an environment where Turkish women make their voices heard around the world. And this is our mission. We will continue this. I hope we will do it arm in arm with you. Turkey on the one hand, Turkish women on the one hand, and Turkish sports on the other... We are very happy and proud that these three can be heard around the world. Thank you very much for coming and giving us the opportunity to tell you about this.”
At the end of the visit, İmamoğlu was presented with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit's 100th anniversary jersey and a scarf with the words "Atatürk's Daughters, the Face of the Republic" written on it.
