The President thanked the headmen for their 5-year work. Muhittin Böcek"We will continue our journey with the same determination and perseverance, with the support of you and the people of Antalya for another 5 years," he said. Antalya Mukhtars Association President Süleyman Kabaağaç and Western Mediterranean Mukhtars Federation President said, "We are proud of your services."
WE WORKED WITH 913 NEIGHBORHOOD HEADMEN
The Mayor said that as a result of his 25-year success story, he had the chance to work with 5 neighborhood headmen from Gazipaşa to Kaş as the Mayor of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality in the last 913 years. Muhittin BöcekHe said that they worked in harmony with the headmen during their term of office. Stating that he visited the districts and met with the muhtars and listened to their demands and requests, Mayor Böcek said, "It is my duty to serve with our muhtars in our 913 neighborhoods from Gazipaşa to Kaş for one more term."
HE EXPLAINED HIS WORKS
Describing the work he carried out during his 5-year term, Mayor Böcek stated that they carried out many studies by prioritizing tourism and agriculture, which are the most important sectors of Antalya. Mayor Böcek said, “We established the Tourism Union with our district municipalities and tourism professionals.
16 million foreigners and 10 million locals come to Antalya as tourists, but we served with a budget based on a population of 2 million 688 thousand. We took over the most indebted municipality according to its budget. We did not delay the salaries of our employees even for a day. "We have no outdated corporate debt," he said.
WE PAID 130 MILLION EURO DEBT
Underlining that while 2007 million Euros of debt were paid between 2019 and 58, the amount of debt they paid in the last 5 years was 130 million Euros, Mayor Böcek said: “We are completing all unfinished projects that are of public interest. We have completed the Necropolis area within the Eastern Garage Project. We made an agreement with the ministry and opened it as a museum. Next to it was the East Garage, a wound that had been bleeding for years. There were mistakes there, but we had to finish and we did. "We completed the Bus Terminal-University-State Hospital-Museum rail system line within 1,5 years and put it into service for our people."
SUPPORT TO LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
Stating that they attach great importance and support to agriculture with the Local Development initiative, Mayor Muhitin Böcek said, “We started the Public Milk Project. We send 8 liters of milk to our children per month. "We buy that milk from our citizens who are engaged in animal husbandry in the Taurus Mountains," he said.
CLOSED GYM REMAINS AS A MUSEUM
Mayor Böcek stated that they completed the area including the old Municipality Building, whose construction had stopped when they took office, as Karaalioğlu City Life Park and opened it to the public, and also made a statement about the Indoor Sports Hall, one of the important symbols of the city's memory. Mayor Böcek said, “There has been politics recently regarding the Indoor Sports Hall. Everyone knows that I will not engage in such cheap day-to-day politics. It remained as a Museum. We changed its name and built Atatürk Indoor Sports Hall. "It remains as it is because of the legislation," he said.
President Muhittin BöcekHe noted that they completed the Sedir Sports Complex, another unfinished project, and opened it to the use of athletes in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Republic.
HE THANKS THE HEADMEN
Stating that there were many negativities, especially the pandemic, Manavgat fire, and the February 6 earthquakes, Mayor Böcek stated the following: “We were all together with our headmen and our people. Despite all this, we gave the best support we could to all our villager and farmer brothers, together with you, our headmen, whom I call my colleagues, without any excuse. We continue to provide the assistance we can. "We will continue to be together with you and the support of the people of Antalya for another 5 years with the same determination and perseverance."
WE ARE PROUD OF THE SERVICES YOU PROVIDE
Antalya Mukhtars Association President Süleyman Kabaağaç is also the President Muhittin BöcekHe thanked for his visit. Mayor Kabaağaç said, “Powers and opportunities come and go, but the services provided are permanent” and continued: “We are proud of the services you provide. Despite all these difficulties, the difficulties experienced in the pandemic and economic difficulties, you have successfully completed many difficulties. You are a presidential candidate again in the coming period and our hearts are with you. As the Mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality, who keeps the price of Halk Ekmek bread bought by citizens at 4.5 TL under these economic conditions and gives a raise of 80 percent to your workers, we carefully monitor your efforts in line with the means at your disposal. We also appreciate these. "Hopefully, you will continue these and do even better things in the coming period," he said and thanked Mayor Böcek for his work.
THANKS FOR HIS SUPPORT TO AGRICULTURE
Nazif Alp, President of the Western Mediterranean Mukhtars Federation and President of Antalya Muratpaşa Chamber of Agriculture, said: “We are proud of the projects you have done. Beyond that, I am also the president of the chamber of agriculture, thanks to our headmen. We need to look at the great services our President has provided to farmers. I would like to thank you on behalf of our 170 thousand farmers. The cost of drinking water for livestock farming was determined as 50 TL for up to 1 tons. You have been providing feed support lately. Our cooperatives had become unable to pay their electricity bills. You provide free energy to cooperatives for irrigation water. In addition, you installed drip and closed circuit irrigation systems. The pistachio saplings you donated, which have high added value, have grown and now started to yield peanuts. Your service to agriculture is a service to God, you should know this well. We need to keep the calloused farmer in the field. “I would like to thank our President very much for his services to agriculture.”
