Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) President Ekrem Imamoglu has left behind the first year in the presidential seat. At the evaluation meeting organized with the slogan “We did it together” at the Haliç Congress Center on June 23, 2020, he accounted for 16 million Istanbul residents. İmamoğlu explained the effects, joys and anger of a year in a discussion and tension to his personal life to SÖZCÜ Weekend.
I CAN’T FOLD
– You have been in a lot of controversy and polemics for a year. As the IMM President, which was the most annoying event?
I was very angry with the passing of Sirkeci and Haydarpaşa stations to someone who was not certain, and being eliminated from the tender illegally. I don’t even have a recipe for my anger. Instead of initiating a process where the station depots of the station will cost the society, I still cannot bear to give to a person who is not known and to make an effort in this regard.
He entrusted himself to the people of Istanbul
Ekrem İmamoğlu, who received his certificate on June 27, 2019, said, “I entrust myself to 16 million Istanbul residents. Everything will be very beautiful. ”
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I’m still very angry. It has a second act. I am also angry about the fact that Galata Tower, which is owned by IMM for almost 160 years, has been persistently taken by another institution of the state. The operation of the process, as if it were smuggling goods from the fire, was one of the issues I was very angry with.
When you move the public with a sense be able to manage to do one job, Istanbul and Turkey can solve the greater problems at a time … That skill is indicative of ‘taking the hand’ effort to me very, very angry.
WE HAVE STARTED GOOD
– What was the most pleasing and happy event in this process?
I cannot forget that our bright young people, who are in the Halk Süt distribution team, have cried with happiness while telling about the joy of milk. I can’t forget that meeting, I was very happy. Fortunately we have started this project for children. Fortunately, we make our 115 thousand children happy every month. I hope we will grow this happiness even more. This is the thing that makes me most happy.
Moving my agenda to the agenda was sad
– How was your private life affected in a year?
Whether inevitably created restriction. We were sitting on Turkey’s agenda. This situation prevented our social gatherings. We tried to meet and gather in the family a little more. There were also times when the agenda of Istanbul was upsetting over my family. I hope this understanding and this attitude change.
İmamoğlu explained the financial table of IMM at the meeting where he evaluated 1 year and listed the services he planned to perform in the upcoming period.
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The discussion of Kanal Istanbul is my biggest disappointment
Saying that there were quite a few disappointing events, İmamoğlu said, “But the biggest one was to make the channel Istanbul cry while the earthquake stopped.”
– What was your biggest disappointment over a year?
Actually, there are quite a few disappointing events. If it is remarkable, the biggest problem of Istanbul is earthquake. We have to fight the earthquake, we have to experience it every moment. When in Istanbul, Turkey and even Europe will be economically affected, 10 thousands of human casualties caused to the earthquake issue of standing city’s agenda, persistently, stubbornly, a meaningless way channel to carry Istanbul I let my biggest dream.
Despite these warnings, despite the fact that a single scientist did not defend this, it was my scream that ‘Kanal İstanbul and Kanal İstanbul’ while the earthquake stopped; It is my biggest disappointment for our state, our nation and our city.
I’m still amazed at blocking donations
– What happened to you the most surprise?
I can not understand this ambition, the understanding of blocking the money that the nation has unconditionally donated to the campaign of the municipality by its own will. This surprised me a lot. Still stubbornly, arrogance is not intervened, money is not released, unjustly waiting for that money to be blocked in the bank…
I still keep being surprised. What will happen if he leaves? Millions of lira of those philanthropic people will be distributed as millions of liras to our citizens in need. Every day I insist that ‘dissolve this work’. As long as you do this, folks will not infringe on you.
He sat on the couch twice, making 806 thousand difference to his opponent
Ekrem İmamoğlu won the March 31 local elections with a difference of 13 thousand 729 votes. No certificate was given for 17 days. İmamoğlu, who sat on his seat by taking his certificate on April 17, remained in office for 18 days. YSK canceled the Istanbul election. Imamoglu, who made 806 thousand 767 votes difference to AKP candidate Binali Yıldırım in the election that was repeated on June 23, started his duty on June 27.
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