‘Istanbul is a world-class city’
ELIF ALTIN Istanbul – Restoration works of the 1500-year-old Basilica Cistern, CHP has been completed.
Kılıçoğlu, who made the speech of the ceremony, is a dagger on the back of Istanbul. “And there is the Mayor who works with a sacrifice, self-sacrifice for that dagger. On this occasion, I would like to thank our mayor wholeheartedly, for a beautiful work that has not been instilled in Istanbulites once again. What upsets me is that this owner and the user of the Republic of Turkey, which has an ancient culture, is one of the historical artifacts unearthed from an excavation, and defined it as ‘pottery’. If you define your history and ancient culture as ‘pottery’, it means you are in your situation. You don’t know what you are, an urban city of 8 thousand,” he said.
‘Attentive’
Looking at the historical past, Kılıçdaroğlu says a very nice thing, “This is our Metropolitan Mayor. Mr. President expressed your invitation to a certain struggle. Those who say, ‘We attack the ancient city of Istanbul’, resemble the Mayor working on those daggers. You take out the dagger. You are trying to keep an ancient culture alive. Keeping Istanbul alive is very important and valuable not only for the people of Istanbul but also for the world. Istanbul is a world city in general,” he said.