NAZ AKMAN- Implemented by the Association of Journalists and financed by the European Union “Media for Democracy, Democracy for Media” (M4D) Project visited Kayseri for the opening of Kayseri Metropolitan Journalists’ Association Press House.
Implemented by the Association of Journalists and financed by the European Union, “Media for Democracy, Democracy for Media” (M4D) Project visited Kayseri, for the opening of the Kayseri Metropolitan Journalists’ Association press house, within the scope of the “Press House Support” provided by the project. Prior to the opening ceremony, Association of Journalists Chairman Nazmi Bilgin, Association of Journalists Vice Chairman and M4D Project Coordinator Yusuf Kanlı, Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey Eleftheria Pertzinidou and Kayseri Journalists’ Association Chairman visited Govenor of Kayseri Şehmus Günaydın. During the visit Governor Günaydın said “The media is an indispensable part of a democracy. Journalists function as the eyes and ears of the public. We support this endeavour for strengthening our democracy, and in this context, we support EU projects as well. The fact that there arevprojects about the media is very important for us”.
Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey Eleftheria Pertzinidou remarked that Kayseri receives the most EU support after Istanbul and Ankara, and it was her first time there. The committee also paid a courtesy visit to Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç. Emphasizing that Kayseri is a city which has strived to preserve its cultural heritage and history by reaming open to the future he said “Kayseri is a metropolitan city, but it’s an organized city which doesn’t reflect the chaos of a big city. We don’t have any issues in terms of transport, our people are peaceful; we’re at the intersection of education and commerce. We have four universities, we’re also right next to Cappadocia, we’re a door opening to it. We’re also on the silk road, with its taverns, caravansary, and trade points”.