Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) President Ekrem İmamoğluHe spoke at the "Fatih Collective Service Promotion Ceremony" and public meeting. "We are opening the landscaping between Eminönü Square and Unkapanı, Ragıp Gümüşpala Street landscaping, Ali Pasha Palace underground car park, Sarayburnu Archaeological Park, Tekfur Palace Life Park, and laying the foundation of Reşat Nuri Stage," said İmamoğlu, adding that they are in the center of Istanbul. He made a detailed list of the services they provide in Fatih district.
“WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS TEMPOS FOR YEARS”
"We have been working at this pace for years," said İmamoğlu and summarized:
“Two years ago, when we announced '2 openings in 150 days', the mentality that rivals us must have thought something like this. They said, 'Yes, it is beating' or something like that. Then they realized that they had actually completed a lot of work and were laying a lot of foundations. They couldn't raise their voices. We did it with much less money than before. We have accomplished many times more than them. What this actually means is; We brought abundance, abundance to Istanbul. They missed the abundance of Istanbul. We brought that abundance back. Abundance is a very valuable concept in our belief and culture. This is one of the beautiful qualities of the holy month of Ramadan. We, as a nation, know that if we strive at the highest level and do not deviate from justice, our work will be fruitful. When we say 'We brought abundance to Istanbul', we actually did so. I claim to be the most diligent and hard-working administration in the history of Istanbul. "We have never deviated from justice in any of our work."
“THEY FORGOT SARAYBURNU PARK FOR 10-15 YEARS”
“I stopped by on my way; We did extraordinarily good work in Sarayburnu Park. You all knew; Sarayburnu Park was like a garbage dump. Is not it? In other words, a person being so indifferent to his history and past... Okay, a construction site was built there. 10-15 years have passed since then. They forgot. It is the first monument of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. One can't help but think, 'I wonder why they forgot?' I have never seen an administration that stays so far away from its values and comments on certain issues insidiously. Do you know how we look at such events? All of our history is ours. Every moment and every person in our history, from the past to the present, is ours; with its shortcomings, mistakes, victories, celebrations and holidays. Fatih Sultan Mehmet is also ours, and Suleiman the Magnificent is ours. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; ours. All of us. That's why we paid great attention to the arrangement of these areas, respecting their history. Be sure to go and see the Basilica Cistern. It was like a diamond. Wander around Beyazıt Square. It was like a diamond. Wander around Ordu Street. It became like a diamond... Homeland, nation, army... That's it!”
“WE WILL UNDERSTAND VERY GOOD WORKS WITH OUR MAYOR, MAHİR POLAT, WHO WILL BE MADE MAYOR OF FATIH AS OF APRIL 1”
“My dear companion, who you know from IBB Miras and other duties in our municipality and who has already won the hearts of the people of Fatih, is now our Mayoral candidate in Fatih - hopefully with your support, you will be the Mayor of Fatih as of April 1st - we have accomplished very good things with our Mayor. we will throw it. Do you know what we did to those who ruled Istanbul for 5 years before us, in Fatih and throughout Istanbul, in 25 years? Because they neglected this place and ignored it, we gave them a good knock in the presence of all of you. We beat them with our superior skills and performances in municipality. We succeeded with action, service and investment. We brought down the networks of waste and treason that plundered Istanbul. Do you know what we did? We gave the people's money to the people. As we gave the nation's money to the nation, the power of that handful of people decreased. We put an end to occupations and neglect in this city. As we opened public areas for public use, their mobility decreased. When we put an end to waste, profit and unfair gain, the networks of waste and betrayal stopped breathing.”
“DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE RESULT?”
“Do you know what happened in the end? They understood that; We will not be able to compete with this man and his team, with this understanding. We will not be able to compete with them in municipality. They gave up, gave up. They escaped from the private square. What are they trying to do? They are trying to draw him to the conspiracy square. When they lost the election on March 31, 2019, they fled the field again. They canceled the election. What happened then? This time, our nation pressed the button 806 thousand times. Now they are hoping for help from fictions, conspiracies and provocations. As election day approaches, you will see that they have newer numbers. There are 12 days left from today until the election. Now what will they do in 12 days? How do we make Ekrem? How do we make conspiracies? How do we make up lies? Do we write a letter? Do we have new installations done? Do we make fictions? Well, if you want, go and make a movie in Hollywood, you cannot deceive this nation, brother. These things are their expertise, but I know this very well. Our nation has proven this very strongly. No power can stand against the conscience of the nation. "Let me be the victim of the conscience of 86 million people and 16 million Istanbulites."
“DO YOU KNOW WHEN IS ISTANBUL'S MOST POWERFUL MEETING?”
“That's why I trust the conscience, justice, mind, opinion and vote of 16 million brave Istanbulites, brother. On March 31, bravery will win, bravery. Municipalism, not partyism, will win. Honest and moral management, not partisanship, will win. A handful of people will lose, 16 million Istanbulites will gain. Are we ready to combine our votes and power to achieve this? Do you know when is the most powerful meeting in Istanbul? On March 31. Are we ready to unite at the ballot box for the victory of Istanbul, not of this or that party? This is a non-partisan election. Are we ready to win the alliance of 16 million Istanbulites and Istanbul? Are we ready to create a March 31st in which a handful of people will lick the palms of their hands for those who try to reverse Istanbul's course and those who want to re-establish the order of waste and profit? Let's show once again that they cannot bend the nation's wrists. They will see once again how to know their place in front of the nation. They will kiss the people's hands. That hand is the hand of 16 million Istanbul. And his fertile hand. That hand is the blessed hand of the nation. We have come to this day with effort, justice and abundance. Are we ready to achieve very big goals much faster, all together on the same path? Are we ready to say full road for Istanbul? Then good luck. “May our services be auspicious.”
After his speech, İmamoğlu invited CHP Deputy Chairman Gökan Zeybek, CHP Party Council member Mahir Yüksel, CHP Fatih Mayor candidate Mahir Polat and master artist Zihni Göktay to the platform. After the commemorative photographs were taken, Eminönü Square and other services were officially put into service, and the foundation of the new building of Reşat Nuri Stage was laid.