In cooperation with Ankara Metropolitan Municipality and My Pen Pals Association, the exhibition "Letters from February 6 to Today" met with the people of the capital at the Kızılay Metro Art Gallery.
The opening of the "Letters from February 6 to Today" exhibition, organized in cooperation with Ankara Metropolitan Municipality and My Pen Pals Association, was held.
In the exhibition opened at Kızılay Metro Art Gallery in order not to forget the great earthquake and to raise awareness in the society; There are letters from home and abroad to earthquake-affected citizens.
Gürçin Gökçebağ, Chairman of the Board of Directors of My Pen Pals Association, stated that approximately 50 letters were exhibited for the first time in the capital Ankara and said, "Little Alperen, who was affected by the earthquake, told us, 'I lost my books in the rubble, but I love reading. 'Would you write me a letter?' The letters written with his call became drops of rain. Then letters began to be written to other children, our mothers, fathers, teachers, that is, to everyone in the earthquake zone, from seven to seventy, and they are still being written. Our motto with these letters became; "Writing heals, relationships heal", because we saw the power of healing together with these letters. "Now we have started to exhibit these letters." said.
Halil Kasap, responsible for the Earthquake and Coordination Center of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, stated that when major earthquakes occur, they work in earthquake centers established in Hatay and Kahramanmaraş to provide social and psychological support to children and citizens, especially earthquake victims, and said:
“We wanted to share the feelings of our earthquake-affected citizens and translate their feelings by exhibiting the letters written to the citizens affected by the earthquake, in cooperation with the Pen Friends Association.”
The exhibition can be visited at Kızılay Metro Art Gallery until Saturday, April 20.