Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Yücel Yılmaz, who directs Balıkesir trade, consults with Balıkesir business people and is an example for Turkey in terms of participatory municipalism, said, “We have a story that tells about their successes, not their failures. We definitely have shortcomings. I am calling out to all of Balıkesir; Our intention is pure. We work 24 days a week on a 365-hour basis. We put forth the will to do whatever can be done. There is something every parent and business owner knows. There is unlimited demand and desire, and the job of meeting these expectations and desires with limited resources is called economics. We also know economics. We are developing our city rapidly. We created a value of 5 billion lira with an investment of 100 billion lira and brought 51 factories to organized industries in Balıkesir. We opened 3 new organized industries. As a municipality, we contributed to the journey of hundreds of business people to become among the top 500 in Turkey.
We train Olympic champions, European champions and world champions. Take a look at this, friends. Grab the microphone and say 'They say 'I'll do this, I'll do that', it's as if life stops. There is a municipality of 7000 people. People work every day. The conditions for doing these are also clear. When I go to the President and say 'we need to make this investment', he never says no." said.
