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HRANT DINK'S NAME TO BE GIVEN TO A STREET IN HIS NEIGHBOURHOOD
There has also been public demand for Ergenekon Street in KurtuluÅ~_,
a neighbourhood with a high Armenian population, to be named after
Hrant Dink.
Uygar Gultekin 01.15.2015 10:48
Bakırköy Municipality plans to give Hrant Dink's name to a street
in Bakırköy.
CHP (Republican People's Party) Members of the Bakırköy Municipal
Council, including Nurhan Cetinkaya, presented a motion to the Council
for a street in Bakırköy to be named after Hrant Dink. The motion was
accepted and forwarded to the mapping and development commissions. The
commissions will decide which street will be named after Dink, and
present its proposal to the approval of the Municipal Council. The
change is expected to be accepted by the Council, and if accepted, will
be presented to the approval of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
(Ä°BB). The municipality will also consult with the Dink family on
the matter.
'Cultural Centre' option against Metropolitan rejection
District municipalities must present their decision to change
street names to the approval of the Ä°BB. Å~^iÅ~_li Municipality, the
neighbourhood where Agos, the newspaper founded by Hrant Dink is based,
had previously requested a street in the Osmanbey area to be named
after Hrant Dink, however the Metropolitan Municipality had rejected
the change. In the event it faces a similar obstruction, Bakırköy
Municipality will name one of its cultural centres after Hrant Dink.
Nurhan Cetinkaya stated that the agreement on District Council level
was unanimous. Adding that Mayor Bulent Kerimoglu supported the
motion, Cetinkaya said, "We will do whatever is necessary, however,
we require the approval of Ä°BB. In the event that we do not get
approval, we will name a cultural centre after Hrant Dink. It is a
motion we attach great importance".
Public transport discount at Easter
Following author and journalist Hayko Bagdat's call on social media
for public transport in Istanbul to provide services at a discount at
Christmas, as it already is on the Muslim religious holidays of Ramadan
and the Feast of Sacrifice, the CHP has taken action. The members
from the CHP on the Metropolitan Municipality Assembly have presented
a written motion for the introduction of a discount on all public
transport on Christian and Jewish holy days and religious feasts.
The motion was forwarded to the Ä°BB Presidency to be processed.
http://www.agos.com.tr/en/article/10254/hrant-dinks-name-to-be-given-to-a-street-in-his-neighbourhood
From: A. Papazian
There has also been public demand for Ergenekon Street in KurtuluÅ~_,
a neighbourhood with a high Armenian population, to be named after
Hrant Dink.
Uygar Gultekin 01.15.2015 10:48
Bakırköy Municipality plans to give Hrant Dink's name to a street
in Bakırköy.
CHP (Republican People's Party) Members of the Bakırköy Municipal
Council, including Nurhan Cetinkaya, presented a motion to the Council
for a street in Bakırköy to be named after Hrant Dink. The motion was
accepted and forwarded to the mapping and development commissions. The
commissions will decide which street will be named after Dink, and
present its proposal to the approval of the Municipal Council. The
change is expected to be accepted by the Council, and if accepted, will
be presented to the approval of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
(Ä°BB). The municipality will also consult with the Dink family on
the matter.
'Cultural Centre' option against Metropolitan rejection
District municipalities must present their decision to change
street names to the approval of the Ä°BB. Å~^iÅ~_li Municipality, the
neighbourhood where Agos, the newspaper founded by Hrant Dink is based,
had previously requested a street in the Osmanbey area to be named
after Hrant Dink, however the Metropolitan Municipality had rejected
the change. In the event it faces a similar obstruction, Bakırköy
Municipality will name one of its cultural centres after Hrant Dink.
Nurhan Cetinkaya stated that the agreement on District Council level
was unanimous. Adding that Mayor Bulent Kerimoglu supported the
motion, Cetinkaya said, "We will do whatever is necessary, however,
we require the approval of Ä°BB. In the event that we do not get
approval, we will name a cultural centre after Hrant Dink. It is a
motion we attach great importance".
Public transport discount at Easter
Following author and journalist Hayko Bagdat's call on social media
for public transport in Istanbul to provide services at a discount at
Christmas, as it already is on the Muslim religious holidays of Ramadan
and the Feast of Sacrifice, the CHP has taken action. The members
from the CHP on the Metropolitan Municipality Assembly have presented
a written motion for the introduction of a discount on all public
transport on Christian and Jewish holy days and religious feasts.
The motion was forwarded to the Ä°BB Presidency to be processed.
http://www.agos.com.tr/en/article/10254/hrant-dinks-name-to-be-given-to-a-street-in-his-neighbourhood
From: A. Papazian