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00:00Our guest on the Kırklar Eylül program is the Mayor of Vize, Mr. Ercan Özalt.
00:06Hello Mr. President.
00:08Greetings to all of you with respect, love, and affection.
00:12I also greet you on this beautiful afternoon.
00:14Thank you very much.
00:16Thank you very much, Mr. President.
00:18Mr. President, we are reviewing the visa-related assessments together with our team members.
00:25We can see that you have a truly historic city.
00:31Let's start from there, if you like.
00:34Could you please provide us with a photo of the date on your visa?
00:40Now, the visa area is a very historical place.
00:44It has a history spanning 8,000 years.
00:46In the heart of Thrace.
00:48Let me explain this for those of you who may not know.
00:51This is our district, our visa area, which was the capital of the Thracians in ancient times, during the days and years when they ruled here.
01:03After that, he served as a governor during the Ottoman period.
01:07Even when we were a province during the Ottoman era, many of the surrounding cities and districts were subject to visa requirements.
01:15It is located in the center of Thrace, in Kırklar Elinde.
01:19The sea is 30 kilometers away from here, the Black Sea.
01:25We live in the ridges of the Black Sea forests.
01:29On one side, we have the plain, what we call the great plain, with fertile lands.
01:34In fact, there's a history to it, since we were located within the region where Spartacus lived during the Roman era.
01:43Our district has a geographically rich history.
01:48He's behind me now, but you can't see him from here.
01:52What we call the Little Hagia Sophia is one of seven in Türkiye, and one of those seven is located in our district.
02:01We have a place that is currently used as a mosque, and it's even falling apart.
02:06We have historical characteristics that allow us to do this.
02:08Because while Thrace is developing with its industry, industry in Thrace, specifically in Çerkezköy, which is about 35 kilometers away from us, is relatively new.
02:17So, industry in Thrace has a history dating back 50 years.
02:21For this reason, the land we are in is rich both in terms of agriculture and historical texture.
02:27Yes, Staslo and Sakinşehir are also in our district.
02:31After us, Çerkezköy became the second "Quiet City" of Thrace.
02:36There are 25 Staslos in Türkiye, in our country as well.
02:39He's one of them.
02:41We are surrounded by forest on one side and plains on the other.
02:44It is a region rich in historical and touristic sites.
02:47I'd love to see everyone here too.
02:48That's wonderful. Mr. President, of course, because of its rich history, it also has an international identity in its current state.
02:57So you're saying he's both a member of Egristiz and a member of Staslo?
03:01Are there any other international studies, for example, Mr. President? Let me ask about that as well.
03:07For example, do you have any sister city programs?
03:11Yes. We are also members of the Association of Historic Cities.
03:16In Türkiye, in our country.
03:18Now, since our Kırklareli province borders Bulgaria...
03:24Bulgaria also has HIPA projects that have benefited countries bordering the European Union.
03:33We also have two sister cities in Bulgaria for these purposes.
03:37One is in Sozopol, in the Burgas province. And the other is near Burgas province, in the Sire support area.
03:45We also have grant-funded projects that we have carried out reciprocally with them.
03:51We will be holding new tenders this month. We have two projects worth approximately one million euros. These have been approved, after going through a difficult process.
04:03Because they are European Union projects.
04:05We will carry them out because they are within the scope of the grant.
04:09These are both our sister municipalities in Bulgaria and our brothers and sisters, our sister countries, from whom we benefit from grant projects.
04:22We also have a sister city in Greece. It's a town called Sofuri in Greece.
04:28There, too, someone who lived on a visa, let me show you his book here.
04:35There is an author who was born and lived in Vize, and who is highly regarded by both Greeks and people from Greece.
04:43He got his name from the visa, Giorgios Vizinios.
04:47Of course, they are also very important to their history.
04:51Therefore, we have a sister city with Sufuri.
04:56Visiting each other, in a social and cultural sense.
04:59But we cannot benefit from them within the scope of European Union IHIBE projects.
05:04But it is still beneficial for our citizens during events and trips.
05:09That's wonderful. Mr. Mayor, you are the mayor of a very special city in Thrace.
05:14From what I understand, you also have very close contact with Balkan cities and countries.
05:19Similarly, for example, Turks living in the Balkans, who also came as part of the population exchange,
05:26So, sociologically speaking, are there people from that background in your district as well?
05:31For example, in places like Bursa, we have a very high concentration of citizens who are Balkan immigrants.
05:35I can also say this: Yes, they exist too. You forgot to mention that.
05:40Now our district is located in the center, in the heart of Thrace.
05:45Since there is no industry, our people are engaged in agriculture and forestry.
05:51Industry is located about 35 to 40 kilometers away from us.
05:56There are Organized Industrial Zones in Çorlu, Kerkesköy, and Kapaklı.
05:59Our district is not one that receives a lot of migration. A large portion of our district's population...
06:08The exchange of populations in 1924, which we refer to as the Jozan Agreement with Greece,
06:13As you know, official migration is still ongoing within the scope of the 24 population exchange.
06:18Among our citizens coming from Greece, my ancestors, my great-grandfathers, are immigrants from Thessaloniki.
06:24I am the child of a family who immigrated from Thessaloniki. I myself am a veterinarian.
06:29And after that, those who later immigrated to our country from Bulgaria,
06:36We have stores in '38, '54, '57, '60, '78, and finally, what we call '89 stores.
06:43It is an area where our immigrant citizens live.
06:47A large part of our population, of course, includes those who came from Albania.
06:53There are also people from that region, from Macedonia. All of them have roots going back to before 1950.
07:00We have some things like that. That's the geographical structure of the region.
07:06That is why our people are calm and content.
07:11So they are involved in agriculture, farming, animal husbandry, and forestry.
07:15As I said, children and young people also work in places like Çelkezköy and Çorlu for those reasons.
07:22That's where our reputation as a tranquil city comes from.
07:26So we are one of the cities in Thrace that best preserves its natural environment and historical features.
07:33And we're happy about that.
07:34How nice.
07:36When you ask about unemployment, actually there isn't much unemployment among us.
07:43Because the areas where young people work are close to us.
07:47He goes to and from military service.
07:49They go and work there for those reasons.
07:51Their families live here.
07:54From our own perspective, this is a positive development in terms of livability.
07:59Our lands are also fertile.
08:01I mean, there's a saying, "If you stuck a walking stick into it, it would turn into a tree," that's really true.
08:09We possess such beautiful, fertile, and valuable land.
08:12From an agricultural point of view.
08:13If you ask from an agricultural perspective as well.
08:15Yes.
08:16Yes.
08:16What do you grow in Thrace?
08:18Yes.
08:18Generational companionship, Mr. President.
08:21In our case, it's more about wheat and sunflower.
08:27We have been producing canola for the last 5-6 years, not 10 years, but for the last 5-6 years.
08:35Gardening isn't very common here.
08:38So, there's no greenhouse, no garden, no thirty-something things.
08:41Let's say I have 300 acres of land, and I want to plant wheat on 150 acres of it.
08:45Let's plant sunflowers on 150 acres of it.
08:47I'll move them when next year comes around.
08:51Most of the crops we grow are barley or canola; that's how we achieve our production.
08:58Of course, our yields and records are also high when compared to the Turkish average.
09:03In that respect, sometimes there are droughts, exceptional circumstances.
09:07They are about to become sunflowers, and that's our situation for now.
09:12How nice.
09:12What is the level of livestock farming, Mr. President?
09:14Is it on the visa?
09:15Small livestock or large livestock farming?
09:18There is livestock farming.
09:20I myself am a veterinarian, specializing in cattle veterinary medicine, and I have been doing this for nearly 30 years.
09:25Of course, in our case, industrial areas should not be close to workplaces.
09:32Some of our citizens in this region have moved away from livestock farming.
09:36Why did he/she leave?
09:38Young people, the younger generation, don't want to stay in the village.
09:42The younger generation doesn't want to take care of animals.
09:44What do you have with you?
09:45There are large factories 35 kilometers away, 30 kilometers away.
09:49Now neither the girls nor the brides want it.
09:54Go to the factory, work at the factory.
09:56They go to the factory, they work.
09:58Raising animals, livestock farming, is a very difficult job.
10:01You have to work 24 hours a day.
10:03It requires dedication, it requires hard work.
10:05It requires loyalty, it requires sacrifice.
10:08Unfortunately, we are now experiencing this in our district as well.
10:13So we are having difficulties in terms of finding workers.
10:17For example, nobody wants to work in cleaning jobs.
10:20Everyone wants an easy job.
10:22Perhaps this is the case in many places in our country.
10:25Therefore, we are experiencing a shortage of workers in livestock farming.
10:29Livestock farming has decreased in our region.
10:33I'm referring to individual, local livestock farmers.
10:37That is, those who own 10 or 20 head of cattle.
10:40Apart from that, there are farms in our region.
10:43Production capacities are increasing on those farms.
10:46There are farms with 100 head, 300 head, 500 head in our immediate vicinity.
10:52When you look at the overall picture, the number of livestock in Türkiye is actually not decreasing.
10:57They are gathering in specific locations.
10:59In the old days, in a village, there were maybe 300 milking cows.
11:06But 40 people were watching.
11:08Now there are 3-5 milking cows on a single farm.
11:13When we evaluate it this way, there is no decrease in livestock farming.
11:17I wish everyone could start businesses like this.
11:19Ideally, everyone should be able to cultivate the land.
11:22Ideally, we'd like to see annual registrations as well.
11:26But you know these things better than I do.
11:30That's where the marketing comes in.
11:31People need to know that they've won.
11:33When we produce them, when we sell them, when we are going to sell them,
11:37When we gave away the distant lands, when we sold our calves,
11:40When we sell the lambs,
11:42If we could make a plan on how to sell the tomatoes and lettuce we grow in our greenhouse,
11:48If people could see what's ahead, everything would be better.
11:52And these things will continue to happen in the future.
11:55So what we want is to have everything at our fingertips all at once.
12:00We want everything to grow and flourish wherever we put our hands, and for us to make money instantly.
12:04There is no such event.
12:06I believe that, over time, everything will fall into place on a better platform.
12:12Hopefully.
12:13Mr. President, regarding linden tea, there is such a thing...
12:16So, there's a saying here that the most famous thing about many visas is linden tea.
12:21Is that correct, sir?
12:22Our geography is correct.
12:24Our geography is rich in linden trees,
12:27Our forests are essential for growth.
12:29It is a suitable geography.
12:31We also have linden trees in our forests.
12:34It exists within us as well.
12:36Even in many regions of Türkiye, people don't know about the linden tree.
12:39So, linden, we know linden, we gather it,
12:43We dry it,
12:43We use it in the winter months; we call it a flower when we have our coffee.
12:50For example, you might ask, "What would you like to drink?"
12:52or when you come to me,
12:54Three of our guests there said, "I'll have tea."
12:57Two of them said they would have coffee,
12:59Here are two flower pots.
13:02The flower he's referring to is a linden tree.
13:03It is served with a slice of lemon.
13:06Even in winter, our families give gifts to their children and elders.
13:10They are not affected by any kind of viral infection, they are deficient.
13:14How nice.
13:15Thank you very much, Mr. President.
13:17Of course, you are also standing in front of a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
13:21He's in Thessaloniki too.
13:23We are here and in Konya,
13:25Yes, in the Karaman region.
13:27Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is known to be from Taşkale village in Karaman.
13:32For example, you,
13:33Let's end by asking if you have such a background.
13:38Likewise, we too,
13:40Our great-great ancestors, our families,
13:43From Konya, from Karaman,
13:46He migrated to Thessaloniki.
13:47We say that,
13:48We are Fatih,
13:51How do they say it?
13:52We are the children of Fatih.
13:54So Konya is from Karaman,
13:56So we migrated to the Balkans.
13:58Our families have been there for many years,
14:00Our ancestors stayed there for 400, 500, 600 years.
14:02They have returned to these lands again.
14:05His return too,
14:07in that great migration, in the population exchange,
14:10of course, in return, with the Greek government,
14:14It is the Turkish government's thing in the middle of nowhere.
14:16You know, like ours...
14:18In case an agreement is reached tomorrow or the day after,
14:21Here's to Bursa,
14:22To Adana,
14:24They haven't been to other regions of Türkiye.
14:26with such a border neck,
14:27They stayed near the border,
14:29Maybe tomorrow or the day after,
14:30something regular,
14:31We'll go back and settle in our hometown again.
14:34God is not subject to anyone's will.
14:35Let's not cause migrations.
14:37God has given no power to any state,
14:39May it not bring wars.
14:41We are in the middle of a ring of fire.
14:43In peace,
14:44We live in peace.
14:45The value of this,
14:46We understand very well.
14:48Yes.
14:48We are making this easier for our state.
14:51This partnership of ours,
14:53Our togetherness,
14:54May our peace continue.
14:55That would be wonderful, God willing.
14:56God cannot show mercy to anyone.
14:58Konya, Karaman region
14:59Do you ever come here, Mr. President?
15:01Historically, of course, your ancestors.
15:04Well, we haven't had the chance to go there, but...
15:07a very intense,
15:09Because we have a past working life,
15:12I couldn't get to those parts.
15:13Something needs to provide an opportunity.
15:15You need to have a family member working there.
15:20Or someone from a family there,
15:22Your relatives need to go and serve in the military.
15:25So you can go and see for yourself.
15:26But I'd like to see it.
15:28Hopefully soon.
15:30I hope we will be paying a visit.
15:31God willing, we will have the opportunity to host you here, Mr. President.
15:33Thank you very much for your contributions.
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