Minister Özhaseki and Mayor Büyükkılıç planted 271 thousand 500 saplings in the soil

Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Mehmet Özhaseki and his wife Neşe Özhaseki, Mayor of Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Dr. In addition to Memduh Büyükkılıç and his wife Necmiye Büyükkılıç, Kayseri Governor Gökmen Çiçek and his wife Sümeyra Çiçek, Deputy Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Refik Tuzcuoğlu, ministry bureaucrats, AK Party deputies Kayseri Şaban Ç opuroğlu, Mr Bayar Özsoy, Murat Cahid Cıngı, AK Party Provincial Mayor Fatih Üzüm, district governors, Mayor of Talas Mustafa Yalçın, Secretary General of Metropolitan Municipality Hüseyin Beyhan, Deputy Secretaries General and Department Heads, students and citizens were present.

In the sapling planting program, which took place at three points, Minister Özhaseki monitored the planting activity by connecting to the planting activity at the sapling planting points via video call.

“THE LIFE OF CITIES IS LONGER THAN EVEN THE LIFE OF STATES”

In his speech at the Erciyes Mount-Tekir Plateau and the environmental ceremony for the afforestation of carbon sinks, Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Mehmet Özhaseki recalled the statement of scientists that “the life of cities is longer than the life of states” and he gave examples from the history of the ancient cities of Anatolia. Özhaseki stated that they have succeeded in opening Mount Erciyes to tourism at the tourist point in Kayseri, noting that greening work has been carried out in the said region and almost 7 million trees have been planted. Minister Özhaseki emphasized that their tasks as a ministry are difficult and emphasized that on the one hand they try to prevent environmental pollution and carry out greening activities, and on the other hand they try to remove the damage and heal the wounds. of the earthquake in Turkey, an earthquake country. At the end of his words, Özhaseki said that trees have a very important place in Turkish culture and civilization and underlined that they have planted 271,500 saplings, which will be an example today.

“OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE CARE OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO SHOW THE NECESSARY SENSITIVITY IN THIS AREA”

Mayor Dr. Stating that everyone appreciated the importance of Mount Erciyes, Memduh Büyükılıç said that Minister Özhaseki implemented the Erciyes Ski Center, which has become one of the most important ski resorts in Turkey and the world. In his speech, Mayor Büyükkılıç thanked Minister Özhaseki and his team for these meaningful works and said: “We all notice that our Erciyes Ski Center will become more meaningful through afforestation, while at the same time attaching importance to the work to reduce the carbon footprint be done with the work that needs to be done in this region. Our aim is to take care of nature and the environment and show the necessary sensitivity in this area Bismillah and planting trees and integrating Erciyes with the lush green nature of the snow during the period when it was covered with snow-white snow “, he said.

AK Party Kayseri deputy Murat Cahid Cıngı stated that Erciyes, which has been used for years just for its water and appearance, has now become a world-class ski resort, thanked Minister Özhaseki for his efforts and wished the planted saplings to be useful would be.

Mr. Bayar Özsoy, deputy of the AK Party Kayseri, who attended the sapling planting ceremony via video call from Ali Mountain, stated that Central Anatolia was also severely affected by global warming and this struggle was very meaningful, and thanked those who contributed. Talas Mayor Mustafa Yalçın also provided information about the Ali Mountain hiking trail, saying, “May God bless those who contributed.”

Şaban Çopuroğlu, deputy of the AK Party Kayseri, who attended the ceremony from the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan National Garden, wished that the saplings planted in the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan National Garden, which has been the attraction of Kayseri lately, would be useful are.

During the ceremony, a painting depicting Erciyes, trees and Minister Özhaski’s portrait was presented to Minister Özhaseki by Nurettin Taş, General Director of the Fight against Desertification and Erosion of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, in commemoration of the day.

Minister Özhaseki, Mayor Büyükkılıç and accompanying participants also inspected the Erciyes Ski Center and planted a total of 3,271 saplings at 500 points of the city.

IT CAN STORE 2 THOUSAND 468 TONNES OF CARBON PER YEAR, AND A TOTAL WERE 271 THOUSAND 500 SEEDLINGS IN THE SOIL

A total of 2,468 saplings were planted in the ground, where the saplings to be planted will form a sink area that will sequester 271,500 tonnes of carbon annually. During the ceremony, 97 thousand Scots pine, 95 thousand false acacia, 33 thousand birch, 14 thousand juniper, 13 thousand 744 rose hips, 3 thousand 756 pear trees, 1,500 aspens, 4 thousand Taurus cedars and 9 thousand 500 trees, shrubs and perennials were met. the ground. It is envisaged that the forested area will alleviate and ultimately prevent sudden and heavy rainfall due to climate change and thus flooding, and improve air quality in the region.