2018 SODEM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AWARDS FOUND THEIR OWNERS

17 October 2018 Wednesday 14:07

Çankaya Municipality hosted "Local Administration Awards" ceremony organized by Social Democrat Municipalities Association (SODEM) for the second time. In the ceremony where the successful projects of the municipalities of Republican People's Party were awarded, the Mayors received their awards from Republican People's Party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.

 

Çankaya Municipality hosted Social Democrat Municipalities Association (SODEM) awards ceremony. Mayors received their awards from the leader of Republican People's Party Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the ceremony taking place at Zübeyde Hanım Social Facility, which was opened in the first day of September. Çankaya Mayor and SODEM Board Member Alper Taşdelen said that he was honored to host the "Local Government Awards" in the opening speech of the ceremony. Stating that those in the board of directors of SODEM are not candidates for ethical reasons, Taşdelen said, "Our selective board members worked very meticulously. I congratulate all the awarded municipalities". SODEM Board Director and Mayor of Seferihisar, Tunç Soyer stated that increasing the quality of life of human beings, equality, justice and freedom can be possible with social democracy. Soyer stated that all mayors will continue to gratify citizens' concerns. Speaking for the Jury Dr. Korel Göymen said, ’Our projects were more dynamic than many of the projects I have seen in Europe. We have fulfilled a difficult but pleasant task as the jury.

 

THE PROJECTS WERE EVALUATED AS TOPICS

 

Municipal projects within the scope of SODEM Local Government Awards were evaluated as topics: "Urban Development", "Social Projects and Employment", "Environment, Health, Stray Animals", "Culture-Art, Tourism," Science-History "," Agriculture "," Democratic Participation and Governance "," Children, Education, Youth and Sports ". SODEM members of Republican People’s Party municipalities applied with maximum 5 projects. Projects were evaluated by jury where Ateş İlyas Başsoy, Cem Seymen, Ercan Karakaş, Dr. Erdal Atabek, Faruk Göksu, Fikret Toksöz, Doç. Dr. Gökhan Günaydın, İbrahim Betil, Prof. Dr. İlber Ortaylı, Doç. Dr. Koray Çalışkan, Prof. Dr. Korel Göymen, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Rıfkı Aktekin, Melda Onur, Prof. Dr. Murat Barkan, Kadri Gürsel, Pınar Türenç, Rıdvan Budak, Selami Öztürk, Seyit Torun, Sunay Akın ve Şafak Pavey took part.

 

 

AWARDED MUNICIPALITIES

 

96 belediyenin 340 projeyle başvurduğu “Yerel Yönetim Ödülleri” töreninde ödül alan belediyeler ve kategorileri ise şöyle: Awarded municipalities and their categories in the “Local Government Awards" ceremony, to which 96 municipalities with 340 projects attended, are as follows:

Special Incentive Award: Gümüşhacıköy, Bozkurt, Çat, Tülün, Kaynarca, Küçükkuyu, Ulalar Kaytazdere.

Thematic Reward Category: Aydın, Çanakkale, Odunpazarı.

Art Culture Category: Eskişehir, Burdur, Çaycuma, Kartal, Karşıyaka

Social Projects Category: Tekirdağ, Balcıova, Manavgat , Şişli, Samandağ, Avanos.

History Category: Mudanya, Beydağ.

Democratic Participation and Governance Category: Kadıköy.

Urban Development Category: Kırklareli, Avşar, Beylikdüzü.  

Environment Category: Muğla, Yalova, Bozcaada, Konyaaltı.

Health Category: Döşemealtı, Kepez.  

Tourism Category: Didim, Kuşadası, Merzifon, Mengen.

Children Category: Ayvalık, Süleymanpaşa.

Education Youth and Sports Category: Buca, Yenişehir, Maltepe.

 

KILIÇDAROĞLU VISITED ZÜBEYDE HANIM SOCIAL FACILITY

 

In his speech towards the Mayors, Kılıçdaroğlu thanked to Taşdelen who welcomed them in Zubeyde Hanim Social Facility and toured the facility before the award ceremony. Taşdelen showed Kılıçdaroğlu Zubeyde Hanim Çankaya House classrooms, libraries, painting atelier and the kitchen in which pastry courses will be held and he gave information about Türkan Saylan classroom and the work to be done in pastry courses. Taşdelen stated that even before the initiaiton of the courses, employment proposals came from the important workplaces for the pastoral trainees, "Thus, by adding a new one to our work towards employment, we are opening more space in the business world especially for women" he said.

 

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