The opening ceremony of the 22nd Nilüfer International Sports Festival, hosted by Nilüfer Mayor Şadi Özdemir, at Cengiz Göllü Volleyball Hall, was attended by Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mustafa Bozbey, Bursa Bulgarian Consul Momchil Rusinov, Mudanya Mayor Deniz Dalgıç, Karacabey Mayor Fatih. Karabati, CHP Nilüfer District Chairman Özgür Şahin, Osmangazi Deputy Mayor Mutlu Esendemir, Nilüfer District Deputy Director of National Education Mehmet Altınok, Bursaspor Club President Sinan Bür and hundreds of students attended.
Speaking at the opening of the ceremony, which started with the reading of the National Anthem accompanied by sign language by special education school students following a moment of silence, Nilüfer City Council Children's Council President Özlem Yılmaz said, "We are happy to be involved in sports in this organization where we discovered and developed ourselves in many branches of sports."
MAYOR ÖZDEMİR: SPORTS FESTIVALS SUIT NİLÜFER VERY MUCH
Stating that they are excited to organize the 22nd Nilüfer International Sports Festival this year, Nilüfer Mayor Şadi Özdemir said, “Our sports festivals, which could not be held last year due to the earthquake, suit Nilüfer, the city of sports, very well. As we said when we took office, young people and children were among our priorities. Today, we are happy to bring our youth and children together with sports. Our aim is to make children love sports, to introduce them to the spirit of sportsmanship, and to teach them both competition and solidarity. "It is a great success to introduce thousands of students to many branches of sports for a month and to experience the excitement of friendship and fighting with team spirit while doing this," he said.
“IT WILL ALSO MEDIATE THE MEETING OF CULTURES”
Emphasizing that international sports festivals will also mediate the meeting of cultures, President Şadi Özdemir said, “We want sports to be a part of children's lives. Because sports will provide children with fitness in every sense and will enable them to become healthy individuals in the future. We want to raise healthy, free-minded and free-conscience generations. In short, we want to bring you together with sports, solidarity and brotherhood, with a spirit of sportsmanship worthy of Atatürk's youth," he said.
Özdemir pointed out that it is also meaningful that the sports festivals cover two national holidays and said, "We will celebrate the 2 April National Sovereignty Children's Day and the 23 May Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day within the scope of the festivities, together with the children and young people who inherited Atatürk's legacy." we will celebrate. I would like to wholeheartedly thank everyone who contributed to the realization of this giant organization, especially our teachers and the families of our students who took part in the festival on a voluntary basis. "With the joint efforts of all of you, I hope our children will experience a colorful festival where they will both compete and have a lot of fun," he said.
BOZBEY: OUR TARGET IS TO ENSURE IT IS REGULATED IN 17 DISTRICTS
Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mustafa Bozbey said that the sports festivals, which were started 24 years ago in order to create the identity of "Nilüfer, the city of sports", were embraced by the people of Nilüfer and were sustainable, and said, "This year is the 22nd time of our sports festivals. It is very important that a business that has started is sustainable. Nilüfer District National Education Directorate, teachers and students provided voluntary support for many years. "I would like to wholeheartedly thank everyone who has worked and contributed to bringing the sports festival to where it is today," he said.
Emphasizing that the sports festivals, in which thousands of students from home and abroad will participate, will also enable cultural exchange and new friendships will be established, President Mustafa Bozbey said, “Nilüfer set an example. "Our goal is to ensure that sports festivals are held in all 17 districts of Bursa," he said.
Nilüfer District Deputy Director of National Education Mehmet Altınok said, “We have a festival that has lasted for more than 20 years. A giant institutionalized organization. Beauty increases as you share. These festivals will make a positive contribution to the success of our students. From now on, we will continue to organize all these festivities with more comprehensive enthusiasm. "I congratulate all the administrators, teachers and students who contributed to this giant organization," he said.
Following the speeches, the excitement reached its peak with folk dances, gymnastics, sports and dance shows performed by students from various schools at kindergarten, primary school, special education vocational school and high school level.
