ANSWER FROM MAYOR ÖMER GÜNEL TO THOSE CRITICISM OF CULTURE AND ART ACTIVITIES: "SHOULDER WE PRODUCE WHEAT?"

Kuşadası Mayor Ömer Günel said, "Kuşadası is a tourism city, after the AK Party Group voted against the Plan and Budget Commission report for granting 15 million TL additional funding to the Directorate of Culture and Social Affairs at the November ordinary meeting of the Municipal Council. The product of tourism cities is culture and art. "If we were an agricultural city, we would produce wheat," he replied.

The November ordinary meeting of Kuşadası Municipal Council was held at Pera Wedding Hall under the chairmanship of Mayor Ömer Günel. Mayor Ömer Günel made a statement after the AK Party group voted against the decision of the Planning and Budget Commission regarding the agenda item regarding the request for transfer of an additional budget of 15 million TL to the Directorate of Culture and Social Affairs by the Directorate of Financial Services at the meeting where the issues coming from the directorates and referred to the commissions were discussed. made. Stating that an additional budget was transferred to the Directorate of Culture and Social Affairs due to rising costs, Mayor Ömer Günel said, “We are a planned municipality. All the events, roads and parks we will do are planned from the beginning of the year. However, due to increasing costs, we cannot carry out the work we planned. "For this reason, additional budget transfer is on the agenda," he said.

“IS 5 PERCENT BUDGET ALLOCATED TO CULTURE TOO MUCH?”

Stating that he cannot understand the criticisms regarding the cultural and artistic activities taking place in Kuşadası, Mayor Ömer Günel said: “As Kuşadası Municipality, we are a municipality that works hard in every field. Just as we work in science or parks and gardens, we also work in the field of culture and art. However, for some reason, there is an interesting perception that the resources spent on culture and art are wasted. We are a tourism city and we sell culture and art. "The more you diversify tourism in a city, the more tourists will come," he said. Pointing out that all events and concerts held in Kuşadası are open to the public, compatible with tradesmen and beneficial to the city's tourism, Mayor Ömer Günel said, "Is the budget of 45 million TL allocated to culture by a tourism city with a budget of 900 million TL excessive? "This includes concerts and events, as well as fairs we participate in to promote our city," he said.

“POLITICS OF HAMASET”

Responding to the criticism about the Neopolis Sculpture Symposium, President Ömer Günel stated that they are always open to guiding and constructive criticism, but that it is a politics of heroism to follow people who set out only to criticize. "Politically, they take Abdulhamit as an example, but they brought the statue to this country with the statue of Abdülhamit They don't know what he brought. Those who oppose the decoration of Kuşadası with statues go to Florence to see the statues. "With the Neopolis Sculpture Symposium, we bring 10 statues to our city for the price of one statue," he said.