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00:04:11Good morning from glorious memories dear viewers,
00:04:15we came by boat, I hope you saw the boat,
00:04:18I hope you saw
00:04:19its arrival by boat,
00:04:23in Eber Lake, we are in Afyon, we are in Afyon
00:04:27Karahisar, we will take care
00:04:30of Eber Lake today. We will talk
00:04:32about Eber Lake.
00:04:35We will visit Afyon. We will share the beauties of Afyon
00:04:38with you. We will tell about Afyon. You
00:04:41are already seeing Afyon now. We are in Afyon. Dear
00:04:44viewers. Afyon Karahisar
00:04:47is a very important historical
00:04:50point since the Hittites. Now you also see
00:04:53Eber Lake behind me.
00:11:28Yes, dear viewers, you saw Afyon with its most beautiful views on Sunday morning.
00:11:31Let's change the music with Karahisar castle, friends, please come.
00:11:35We have a guide who will tell us about Afyon Karahisar
00:11:39and we have Mr. Önder, a volunteer for Eber Lake. We will talk about Eber Lake
00:11:43in a moment, but Eber Lake is so
00:11:46important that there are bird species
00:11:50here that are not seen anywhere else in the world.
00:11:53In the 1970s, documentary filmmakers from the BBC came
00:11:57and shot documentaries about this place, but unfortunately
00:12:00the lake is currently struggling. We will say
00:12:04long live Eber Lake today with you,
00:12:08dear viewers. Now,
00:12:11Bedia Akartürk also sings the folk songs of this place,
00:12:14and Musa Eroğlu also sings the folk songs of Afyon.
00:12:18Bedia Akartürk also sings them, but now let's start
00:12:21with the beautiful houses of Afyon, the beautiful, colorful houses.
00:12:36is two sent first, now there are beautiful
00:12:40houses of Afyon that are colorful, they have clotted cream,
00:12:43they have sujuk, we will bring all of them together
00:12:47with you in a little while,
00:13:11of his death. We will commemorate Ruhi Su with respect
00:13:14and mercy. But first, I will welcome
00:13:18my guests. Why is Eber Lake important, our guide is here,
00:13:21our guide is with us and Eber Lake is in his life.
00:13:25he's drinking, I'll give it to him, he will introduce himself, say hello
00:13:28to you, and we will get his feelings about Eber
00:13:32Lake, but he knows Afyon Karahisar like the back
00:13:36of his hand, please, teacher, my name
00:13:39is Kadir, I was born in 1974,
00:13:43I have all the information about Afyon Eber Lake,
00:13:46almost all the equipment, let me tell you, Eber Lake
00:13:49is a smokeless factory in this region, there are 3
00:13:52districts, approximately 17 villages and towns.
00:13:56They make a living from Eber Lake.
00:13:59As a field guide, as an official field guide,
00:14:03I am familiar with many
00:14:05regions of Afyon. Regarding Atatürk's
00:14:09Great Offensive, starting from Atatürk's
00:14:12house to Kocatepe, to Captain Agagah, then
00:14:16to the Independence Museum, from there
00:14:19to the Great Offensive Martyrs' Cemetery, to Reşat
00:14:23Çiğiltepe and related to Afyon.
00:14:27"It is the Grand Mosque, its castle and
00:14:30its marbles, it is one of the cities that contributes
00:14:33significantly to Turkey with its thermal springs, isn't it?
00:14:37We say it is a city of healing, it is one of the cities
00:14:41that benefits this region
00:14:45with its hot waters that make life easier
00:14:49for the people of this region. People who come to this region
00:14:52from many regions of Turkey benefit from
00:14:55the thermal springs as a cure. We will come
00:14:58to Eber Lake. Now we said Eber Lake
00:15:01is struggling. Now we are seeing the most beautiful
00:15:04images of the dried-up Eber Lake. So, a year ago there was water, this
00:15:08year it rained very well and Eber Lake revived a little.
00:15:12However, the danger that Eber Lake experienced goes back to previous
00:15:15years, and before those rains last
00:15:19year, there was a dried-up Eber Lake. Are we showing it,
00:15:22friends? We are currently seeing the dried-up Eber Lake. Please.
00:15:26From 2019 to 2024,
00:15:29for 5 years, Eber Lake struggled,
00:15:33it really struggled, in its depths, it was
00:15:36possible to travel by motorcycle, tractor and taxi in areas
00:15:39where there was 30 cm of water on its edges. Thanks to the rains last year
00:15:43and the efforts of the Eber Lake Live platform,
00:15:46the water of Eber Lake was protected and the water
00:15:50reached the lake directly. Thanks to this,
00:15:53the water level of Eber Lake increased to 1.5-2 meters
00:15:56last year, while it was 8-9 meters in 2017 and
00:15:592012. but in 2024,
00:16:03it was only 30 cm. So,
00:16:06how many bird species were
00:16:09there here? We have 147 bird species in Eber Lake, some
00:16:13live in water, some on land, and some can live both in water and on land, but
00:16:16currently, when a count is made, we cannot reach these 147
00:16:20bird species, why? Because the water level
00:16:23is lower than in previous years, we can currently count 60-70
00:16:27bird species. So, is there
00:16:30life in Eber now, I mean
00:16:34is there life in the water of Eber Lake?
00:16:37Currently, there is life in our water because our water is protected,
00:16:40we could not reach the level of vitality in the water
00:16:44in 2012 and 2017, why could we not reach it?
00:16:48As we said, our water level is currently 1
00:16:51meter at the deepest point, these organisms in the water
00:16:55cannot survive, yes, now we will talk about them,
00:16:58you have also been working
00:17:02here as an Eber volunteer
00:17:04for years, Mr. Önder.
00:17:08What is the latest situation, I mean, what is the probability
00:17:11of saving Eber? We have been fighting
00:17:14for about two years as the Eber
00:17:18Lake Live movement for Eber Lake to survive. Eber Lake is a wetland
00:17:21of international importance, not just for Turkey.
00:17:25It is a nesting and breeding ground for migratory
00:17:28birds from Africa to Europe. So, of course, there is a possibility
00:17:32of saving Eber Lake. I mean, with a strong will
00:17:35here, the efforts of the institutions
00:17:38working in the field, Eber Lake has a chance
00:17:41to be saved, Serhan Bey, yes, then
00:17:45we will protect Eber, we will say let's protect Eber with these
00:17:48images, dear viewers, now we will
00:17:52talk about Eber, but now when we enter Afyon, those
00:17:55beautiful magnificent houses are really dazzling,
00:17:59colorful houses. Karahisar
00:18:02Castle, do we have foggy images,
00:18:05friends? Did you send foggy images?
00:18:09Yes,
00:18:11there were foggy images with photos,
00:18:14yes, let's see the foggy Karahisar Castle in the morning hours,
00:18:18it looks more beautiful when it's foggy.
00:21:01to my side. that step on a rock, the water coming out, again the Battalgazi legend and
00:21:04love stories, these are the legends
00:21:06of Karahisar castle.
00:21:10It is a castle worth talking about
00:21:13in terms of legends, Afyon Castle,
00:21:17because it is the Afyon Karahisar
00:21:21castle of this region and this people. It is a rare
00:21:24castle that must be seen, with 644
00:21:27steps, and when you climb to its summit, it dominates
00:21:31Afyon, and when clouds and fog cover
00:21:35it, it makes you feel like you are walking on clouds.
00:21:38This region really offers a beautiful
00:21:42view to Afyon with its stone
00:21:44structure and volcanic
00:21:48structure.
00:21:53It was built during the Hittite period. It was built
00:21:56during the Hittite period.
00:21:59The king at that time built it to defend
00:22:02that region against enemies, and as you know,
00:22:06enemy soldiers who could not take
00:22:08a point were not said to have conquered that region, so the Hittite
00:22:12king dominated the region by building
00:22:15a castle at the highest point of that region
00:22:19with strong defenses that were impossible to invade,
00:22:22yes, Karahisar Castle, dear viewers,
00:22:25built in 1350 BC by the Hittite
00:22:29king Muršili II,
00:22:32Muršili. It was used by the Ottomans
00:22:35later, and it was very
00:22:45with 644 steps to conquer.
00:22:50The height from the ground is 240 meters,
00:22:54sorry, 266 meters,
00:22:58and there are 644 steps
00:23:01of stairs. It is really very difficult
00:23:04to climb that area and invade that area,
00:23:08yes, there is a volcanic body there,
00:23:11yes, there is a volcanic rock structure, uh huh,
00:23:14its height from the ground is 226,
00:23:18I think it's 226, uh,
00:23:21it's 226 meters high, of course,
00:23:25Karahisar Castle is right in the middle of a city, a point that dominates
00:23:29the region, and when you climb to the top
00:23:33of the castle, it's a region that dominates Afyon, what
00:23:36are its legends? Uh,
00:23:39it has bride and groom legends, it has guest
00:23:43legends, then it has thief legends,
00:23:46then enemy soldiers thrown from the castle.
00:24:08period, enemy soldiers who wanted to conquer
00:24:11this region, the
00:24:14soldiers of that region,
00:24:18to the castle and stayed in the castle.
00:24:20When the enemies attacked
00:24:24throughout the night, the commander
00:24:27of
00:24:31Eburun imprisoned the enemies in the dungeons
00:24:34on the upper side of the castle and spread fear among
00:24:38the enemies in the region by throwing
00:24:41them down from the castle. He instilled fear in the enemy.
00:25:03dishes here, we have a kitchen, and our
00:25:36We have clotted cream candy here first,
00:25:38then clotted cream, yes, sir, it's Afyon's
00:25:42famous clotted cream candy. We have clotted cream
00:25:46Turkish delights in a row there, one of them
00:25:50is made from pure clotted cream. After that, we have
00:25:53our bükme here, Afyon's
00:25:55local bükmes, yes, we have
00:25:58our dimla
00:26:02schools here. After that, we have our famous Afyon
00:26:05keşkek. Keşkek is everywhere, this Afyon
00:26:09keşkek, sir, hours after staying in the oven
00:26:13and then beaten, we serve
00:26:16it with meat in the mornings. It's a famous Afyon food.
00:26:20So, Afyon clotted cream, what
00:26:23is its feature, what is it made of? For example,
00:26:26it's made of sugar and clotted cream, sir.
00:26:29You can taste it, yes.
00:26:32Sugar and clotted cream, yes,
00:26:35sir. So, this is not
00:27:10is a very deep culture actually.
00:27:14Afyon Karahisar was chosen as a gastronomy
00:27:17city by UNESCO. But we have
00:27:20clotted cream and yogurt,
00:27:22clotted cream, lokum,
00:27:34we had shown you cooked sausage, if
00:27:37we had shown you a few sausages, well, maybe
00:27:41we'll bring them later and show them, we should
00:27:44have shown how it's made, it's
00:27:47made by pulling our normal minced meat into
00:27:51natural casing with 40 kinds of spices,
00:27:54and then our smoked sausage is served,
00:27:57uh huh.
00:28:10there is bread kadayif, right? Yes, bread kadayif and
00:28:13clotted cream on top. Let's see, dear
00:28:16viewers, this is also bread kadayif, we will share it with you in more detail
00:28:19later. This dish is our eggplant
00:28:22borek, sir. This is also
00:28:26eggplant borek, yes, we make borek çekme, sir, we have
00:28:29eggplant musakka here, eggplant musakka, yes, we have olive
00:28:33oil stuffed grape leaves, sir. We also have
00:28:36tandoor soup, sir, tandoor soup, yes, yes,
00:28:39yes. Tandoor soup is also here,
00:28:43dear viewers, this is Afyon Karahisar, this is Afyon
00:28:58sir, this is Afyon kebab, what
00:29:01open it, sir, let it be a surprise.
00:29:22that, it will become an advertisement in Afyon later, but
00:29:25Afyon is a place that attracts many visitors in terms of gastronomy
00:29:28on weekends, isn't it? Yes, sir, restaurants are packed, exactly, exactly,
00:30:38Now, Eber Lake has formed
00:30:41a platform, right? What do you
00:30:44do on this platform? As the Eber Lake Live movement,
00:30:47we have been fighting with our volunteers
00:30:51for the survival of Eber Lake for about 2 years. We identify
00:30:54things that our public institutions do not detect and report
00:30:57them to our public institutions
00:30:59such as the governorship,
00:31:41from here. welcome, welcome.
00:31:49The mayor of Yeşilçiftlik
00:31:53We continue our struggle with the Eber Lake Live
00:31:57movement for our Eber Lake in our region. We act
00:32:00together. Of course,
00:32:03sometimes problems
00:32:07occur, disagreements occur, or
00:32:10undesirable situations occur, such
00:32:12as the closing of irrigation channels.
00:32:15"Unconscious irrigation,
00:32:18drilling, unconsciously extracting
00:32:22boreholes negatively
00:32:32Görgöz, first of all, I thank
00:32:35dear Serhan Asker and the valuable team and workers of glorious
00:32:38memories, I thank Halk TV very much,
00:32:41welcome to such an important city,
00:32:45to the lands where the Republic was won,
00:32:48to the capital of marble
00:32:51and thermal springs, to the capital of gastronomy,
00:32:54first of all.
00:32:57You received such good wishes, Mr. Serhan,
00:33:01this lake has been struggling for
00:33:04years, and of course, there are reasons
00:33:07for the climate crisis
00:33:09here.
00:33:20Because Eber Lake had never fallen to 1 meter
00:33:24before, but
00:33:28unfortunately, it fell into very bad
00:33:31conditions due to the wrong water management
00:33:33of both
00:33:36the mayors and the general
00:33:38government during the current administration. I will explain
00:33:42these one by one to our dear people.
00:33:48Yes, the images already say everything, I think the images, you can see there is a dried-up lake in the middle of Eber Lake,
00:33:51and documentary filmmakers came here to shoot a documentary.
00:33:55Now let's go into Afyon Karahisar again.
00:33:58Come to Afyon, you too, let our artist take his place,
00:34:01friends, let's take our artist to his place.
00:34:04He will sing Afyon folk songs to us.
00:34:08Please, let's take you to your place. Now Afyon
00:34:11houses, right? Those beautiful, colorful
00:35:21"We are currently seeing the houses
00:35:23on the screen. The houses
00:35:26you see are truly old Ottoman
00:35:29houses that have been preserved until today.
00:35:33The reason for their colorful appearance is to attract
00:35:37the attention of customers and guests, and to ensure
00:35:40the sustainability of the houses in that area.
00:35:45As we said, shall we move on to the Great Offensive
00:35:48Martyrs' Cemetery? We will, we will get to that.
00:35:52The houses you see" Ottoman eee
00:35:54cultural heritage houses. Houses
00:35:58generally have two doors. One is a large
00:36:01door, one is a small door. The large door informs
00:36:05when men arrive, and the small door informs when
00:36:08women arrive. It has a system.
00:36:11When the large door of the house greets the guest.
00:36:15When the small doorbell rings, the woman
00:36:17of the house greets the guest. There is such a fine
00:36:21line in houses.
00:36:22evlerde.
00:36:27These were beautiful
00:36:30cultural heritages that conveyed
00:36:33the historical structure
00:36:35of this region.
00:36:38Is there anyone from Ruhi Su?
00:36:42Today is the anniversary of Ruhi Su's death, dear viewers. Now, with those
00:36:45beautiful cranes, with the cranes of Lake Eber here,
00:36:49let's commemorate Ruhi Su with respect and mercy.
00:36:52analım.
00:39:02On September 20, 1985,
00:39:05he passed away. It was a very painful death. His treatment
00:39:08was supposed to be done abroad, but Ruhi Su was not sent
00:39:12abroad. This country experienced such a period, dear
00:39:15viewers. But today, on the anniversary
00:39:19of his death, we will commemorate him with respect and mercy. His
00:39:22son Ilgınsu will be with us
00:39:25at his grave. They will be there for the commemoration
00:39:29ceremony. Ilgınsu will join our broadcast from his
00:39:32grave, dear viewers.
00:39:35Yes, we said we would protect Lake Eber. Now, we have a nature
00:39:39park here, don't we? The nature park is also very
00:39:42beautiful. Let's go to our nature park
00:39:46with Ruhi Su's beautiful melodies. The nature
00:39:49park is about 20 km away from Afyon
00:39:53and has a cruise boat
00:39:56there. A small
00:39:57pond, a small pond, it suits
00:40:03it, but it's truly a visual
00:40:06that suits Afyon. There's a historical mill. We will
00:40:09show
00:40:10that too later.
00:40:22viewers. It is located right on the slope of the
00:40:25castle.
00:40:27It adds great value to Afyonkarahisar.
00:40:31There's also the Çay Yolu, isn't there? The beautiful
00:40:56and it's also going into their ads. Famous people make internet
00:40:59ads for GSM operators, right? Friends,
00:41:03if you travel around the country a bit, you wouldn't be in those ads.
00:41:07It doesn't work, brother. No internet. No,
00:41:10you go too. Okay, you are screen
00:41:14faces, famous people, very talented, I respect
00:41:17all of you, but when viewers watch your ads for the GSM
00:41:21operators, they think there is incredible internet
00:41:25everywhere in Turkey.
00:41:27'at high speed', they think.
00:41:30No, you are deceiving the public, but
00:41:34you are deceiving the public, it doesn't work. We are traveling
00:41:37all over Anatolia, it doesn't work in most places all of a sudden.
00:41:44Anyway, in Afyonkarahisar, this beautiful people are here with
00:41:47us. They all came
00:41:54volunteers.
00:41:56Eber volunteers. Well, there is a music
00:42:00museum here, isn't
00:42:25welcome, your name, let them know you, Nevzat
00:42:27Altındağ, I am a staff artist of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism,
00:42:31wonderful, Mr. Nevzat, what will you tell us
00:42:34now, isn't "Allı Gelin" a folk song of this
00:42:38region? It's the Afyon İhsaniye folk song.
00:48:44Ulu Mosque. Ulu Mosque is like a documentary.
00:48:48When you come to Afyonkarahisar, it's a must-see.
00:48:51yer.
00:48:52Let's say.
00:49:23The Seljuks settled at the foot of the castle, with their backs
00:49:27to the citadel. As the center of this new
00:49:30settlement, they built this Hoca Bey Mosque. This
00:49:34temple, known today as Ulu Mosque, is one of the rare
00:49:38works remaining from the Seljuks in Afyon.
00:49:56In 1272, Ulu Mosque rose
00:49:59on 40 wooden
00:50:01pillars.
00:50:07Seljuk masters intricately carved
00:50:10their divine desire into the wooden column
00:50:13capitals.
00:50:16Colorful flowers bloomed on the branchless
00:50:19and leafless trees in their hands.
00:50:23The wood craftsmanship of Bey still retains
00:50:26its original brilliance.
00:50:29The high art on the original door of the minbar
00:50:32is captivating in all its glory.
00:50:53The flowers on the ceiling and pillars of the mosque
00:50:57bloomed into eternity under the hands of the calligrapher
00:50:59and illuminator Hacı Murat. These verses
00:51:03and Esmaül Hüsna flowed from
00:51:2340 wooden columns, like 40 dervishes,
00:51:27have been chanting the beautiful names of Allah
00:51:29for centuries.
00:51:35Seljuk illuminators explained the unfaithfulness,
00:51:39changeability, and the fact that the world is a finite shadow realm,
00:51:43that the eternal realm is in the human
00:51:46soul, and that life will continue in the afterlife
00:51:49in all their motifs. A finite
00:51:53and changing aesthetic that opens to an eternal
00:51:56universe from
00:51:57symbols.
00:52:03There are many places to visit. Later, we will also go to Kocatepe, dear
00:52:07viewers. Kocatepe, which is where the Great
00:52:10Offensive began. We will talk about it with its history.
00:52:14Our guide is also here with us. Now, let's finish
00:52:17with Ruhi Su, Kürşat. Let's finish with
00:52:20the cranes, let's finish with the cranes, are
00:52:23you ready? Yes, we are protecting
00:52:26Lake Eber and exploring Afyonkarahisar
00:52:29inch by inch, with its houses, streets, historical
00:52:32structures, and museums.
01:03:40viewers. We took a small boat tour
01:03:43on Lake Eber, and our guide,
01:03:47who is also an Eber volunteer, dear viewers,
01:03:50has spent his entire life on Lake
01:03:53Eber, and we are with him. We are talking
01:03:57about all the beauties of Lake Eber here.
01:04:00We are known as the "Let Lake Eber Live" movement.
01:04:04Now, from what date did the people
01:04:07here decide to protect Lake Eber?
01:04:11When did we feel the danger? The danger
01:04:14started after 2017 when the water level
01:04:18receded. After 2017,
01:04:21the water level, which was 9 meters, gradually
01:04:24decreased, and in 2024, it dropped to
01:04:2730 centimeters. The president of the "Let Lake Eber Live"
01:04:31platform, Önder Çiftçi, and his colleagues decided:
01:04:34How can we save Lake Eber? How can we make
01:04:37Lake Eber live? A war
01:04:40was launched on many platforms,
01:04:44many local media, many newspapers,
01:04:46televisions, and social media. This war was to make
01:04:50the lake live, to increase
01:04:52its population again, and to bring
01:04:56revenue to this region again. Currently, after
01:04:592017, there are no fish left in the aquatic life of Lake Eber. Let's commemorate
01:05:03Nasreddin Hodja with mercy. Nasreddin Hodja also had a fish here, didn't
01:05:07he? There was a yogurt issue,
01:05:10no, he also has a fish,
01:05:13named after Nasreddin Hodja. Yes, in Lake Eber,
01:05:17we had a fish species that is unique to Lake Eber in Turkey
01:05:21and the world, the Nasrettini fish, and
01:05:24yes, it's gone. With the disappearance of the lake,
01:05:27we have many endemic plants here, we have ebersarımız here.
01:05:47people earn a great living from here
01:05:50in this region. The people of 3 districts,
01:05:5317 villages and towns earn a great deal
01:05:57from these reeds, and by providing this income,
01:06:08now this part is a swamp, I won't go in, but
01:06:11if you stand like this, come next to me please,
01:06:15yes, come next to me. Now, they
01:06:18collect these from the reeds. Do you know what these reeds are used for?
01:06:21You go on vacation, right? You go
01:06:24under sunbeds, they also serve as sunbeds
01:06:27on vacations. When you go on those luxurious vacations.
01:06:30Whether it's in the Bouquet Islands
01:06:32or in the most famous
01:06:36holiday resorts in our country, these
01:06:39protect you from the sun as shade. Natural, natural
01:06:43insulation. But these are also disappearing, aren't they, when the lake dries up?
01:06:47When the lake dries up, don't be fooled
01:06:50this year. Why shouldn't you be fooled? The water has risen a little. The reed
01:06:54calls itself a reed. We call it a reed locally. It has grown
01:06:58itself a bit, but in the past periods. It was very weak, the reed bed
01:07:01was very weak. If you hold it, now,
01:07:04of course, it here? Right now, 1 meter,
01:07:08not 1 meter. Right now, in the deepest part,
01:07:12it's 1 meter. In the area we explored, it's about 40 cm to
01:07:1660 cm. In 2017, it was 9 meters,
01:07:199 meters. So, if we say about one
01:07:23or two meters for ourselves, there was water up to 7 meters
01:07:27above us. So.
01:09:56Shall we go to Kocatepe, where the Great Offensive
01:09:59began? Let's go to Kocatepe. Ruhi Su is reading a
01:10:03passage from the Kuvayi Milliye epic, and it really
01:10:07describes the events of that day so beautifully at Kocatepe,
01:10:10with the bust of the great leader Atatürk, that
01:10:13statue. The Greek army was unaware of the
01:10:16secretly launched offensive that began at
01:10:194:30 in the morning. The order for the offensive
01:10:23is given, and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
01:10:26is described so beautifully in Nâzım Hikmet's
01:10:30lines and
01:11:34that beautiful epic told with Ruhi Su's
01:11:37voice. Today is the anniversary of Ruhi Su's passing. Dear
01:11:41viewers, he is being commemorated with respect and mercy at his
01:11:44grave. His son is also there and will be with us
01:11:47shortly. We are also in Afyon. Yes.
01:11:51Serhan Bey, I will give the floor to you. I have
01:11:55a microphone, yes, I have one. Let's give it to the
01:11:57president. Friends,
01:12:01since the Social Democratic Populist Party and then
01:12:05starting from the Republican People's Party Youth Branches,
01:12:07I have worked in many different
01:12:11positions. I extend my respects to all our
01:12:15viewers here and watching us. I also respect their political
01:12:18views, of course. Afterwards, we set
01:12:21out with our general president, Mr. Özgür
01:12:24Özel, and we continue in the new party. Let me
01:12:26say this.
01:12:29Now, our Afyon,
01:12:32our Afyon in 2002,
01:12:35its population was
01:12:38813 thousand. The population of Turkey was
01:12:4165,
01:12:43Serhan Bey. Our Afyon had 7 deputies
01:12:47in total. When we came to 2011,
01:12:51when we came to 2011, our population
01:12:58...and we gave migration, we gave too much migration, our villages
01:13:01emptied, our towns emptied, agriculture
01:13:05came to the point of collapse, and our fellow citizens from
01:13:09Afyon migrated to surrounding provinces,
01:13:13and our number of deputies dropped to five. I'm saying this because,
01:13:16alright, we are not doing
01:13:19politics, absolutely, but this Eber Lake,
01:13:22especially after the
01:13:25heavy rains, if you come towards this
01:13:28area, your microphone seems to be hitting something. Yes.
01:13:31Now, here, if
01:13:35you consider our Akşehir Lake as a whole, the most
01:13:38important lakes of the Akarçay basin were
01:13:42here, and the bottom and top of this lake, Serhan
01:13:44Bey, are gold, the bottom and top are
01:13:48jewels. Why am I saying this? Only these
01:13:51reeds, only the fish that grew in those days.
01:14:04You know, there's a peat mine,
01:14:07meaning millions of years ago, it
01:14:10formed from plants sitting at the bottom,
01:14:13merging and turning into fertilizer. There's a very
01:14:16rich, very powerful peat
01:14:20mine under this lake.
01:14:24And without anyone's knowledge, the peat
01:14:27mine of this lake is being given away to some people. And
01:14:30the bottom and top of this lake are really
01:14:33jewels, unfortunately. This is the point
01:14:37brought about by nature-hostile governments. Why am I saying
01:14:40this? Just three days ago, a deforestation
01:14:44decision was made by the President for 26
01:14:47provinces, including Afyon.
01:14:50And after this, Afyon's
01:14:53worker.
01:15:25I thank my dear brother Önder Şiftçi very much.
01:15:28They fought a tremendous battle from the
01:15:30beginning. Thanks to them, we stopped the mining
01:15:34activities that had been started before, but from now on,
01:15:36our struggle will continue without backing
01:15:40down. We will continue to protect our Sultan
01:15:43Mountains and our Akarçay River that feeds this lake.
01:15:47Thank you. We will protect our nature. Regarding Eber Lake,
01:15:50Mr. Önder, now here, you have been
01:15:53voluntarily working here for years, organizing
01:15:57the public, and getting politicians on your side. Before, Evrim Rızvanoğlu also came
01:16:01here and made important statements, supporting this place. So,
01:16:04this place needs to be protected, with its local administrators,
01:16:08its top local administrators, its politicians, and
01:16:11its people, this lake should not disappear. Well,
01:16:15at this point, the danger continues to be great to a large
01:16:19extent. Of course, Serhan Bey, there is currently a critical danger in Eber
01:16:22Lake. The Eber and Akşehir lakes action plan has ended, unfortunately,
01:16:26only 30-something percent could be completed. Now, the Ministry of Agriculture will
01:16:30put forward a new action plan. I also told Deputy Minister Ahmet Bağcı,
01:16:34who also visited us, that we want a sustainable action plan,
01:16:37meaning a sustainable action plan that can be implemented on the ground. So,
01:16:41everything is perfect on paper, but it cannot be sustained
01:16:44on the ground. That's why a critical
01:16:48danger continues in Eber Lake.
01:16:52So, there is hope for Eber Lake.
01:17:25cherries grow in this region. This is thanks to the
01:17:28ecosystem between Eber and Akşehir lakes and the Sultan Mountains.
01:17:31Today, our cherry producers are also unfortunately suffering because the
01:17:35lakes have dried up. They are in a difficult situation. I hope that the
01:17:38necessary steps will be taken as soon as possible, and a concrete step for
01:18:04Good morning, my hometown Afyon. I used to come here before.
01:18:30Ekrem İmamoğlu's Kareslihan İmamoğlu
01:18:33also watched the program with his parents.
01:18:40We also send our greetings to Ekrem
01:18:44İmamoğlu from here. We wish everyone in prison
01:18:48waiting for freedom to be free as soon as possible.
01:18:51To Hüseyin Can Güner in Kırşehir, to Tunç Soyer in Izmir,
01:18:55to Görkem Duman, to Hasan Akgün
01:18:58in Istanbul, to Murat
01:19:00Çalık.
01:19:20is the only person in Afyon who is the mayor of the
01:19:24new party, isn't he? As a town. We also have another town. Yes,
01:19:28our town Şuhut Karaadilli is also in the new party, isn't
01:19:31it? No, it's not. It's in the CHP. We have our Başmakçı district,
01:19:35our Evciler district. They are in the CHP.
01:19:45they moved to the new party. Yes, you too, because your town's boundaries include
01:19:47Eber Lake. Now, let me explain
01:19:51that we, the Yeşilçiftlik municipality, are also a town
01:19:55municipality. We are really struggling
01:19:58with limited resources and trying to serve
01:20:01our people. In this regard, even
01:20:05though it is outside our borders, all of it.
01:20:20I honestly expect the same sensitivity from the surrounding municipalities, because you can only fight to a certain extent. Together with our state waterworks teams,
01:20:24and together with our Yatakhasanağaç village head,
01:20:27we have continued this
01:20:48from Eber Lake. That's why it's very important for our farmers, for the
01:20:52region, and for the economy. Of course, it may not be seen
01:20:56in connection with Eber Lake, but in
01:20:59natural disasters, in popular movements, in social
01:21:02events, we have always defended
01:21:04the local people.
01:21:17not given, because during these excavations or
01:21:21drilling activities, due to the effect of cyanide,
01:21:25its mixing with our drinking water is on the agenda.
01:21:28We believe that these will negatively affect both human
01:21:31life and animal life.
01:21:34Also, some of our towns and
01:21:37villages
01:21:38are discharging
01:21:42their sewage into the lake. This
01:21:44prevents some animals, fish, and
01:21:48living creatures from living. From here,
01:21:51we ask for support from the leading politicians of Afyonkarahisar
01:21:55regarding treatment.
01:22:03Afyonkarahisar at night? We said
01:22:05summer, winter,
01:22:25you see Afyonkarahisar on the map of
01:22:28Turkey, dear viewers. If we list
01:22:30Afyonkarahisar's neighbors, there's
01:22:34Isparta, Burdur,
01:22:37Denizli, Uşak, Kütahya,
01:22:41Ankara. Afyon is close to
01:22:44Ankara. There's Eskişehir, Konya.
01:22:47So, where is Afyonkarahisar? In the Aegean
01:22:51region, it's actually a transition point between East and West, isn't
01:22:54it?
01:22:58Right at the junction of Central Anatolia and the Aegean. Let's
01:23:01call it Inner Aegean. And Serhan Bey, I also
01:23:05want to remind you of something that we definitely need to
01:23:08focus on. We used to have a SEKA factory here,
01:23:11a paper and cellulose factory. It was one of the few
01:23:15three factories in Turkey. This
01:23:19was 17 villages and 3
01:23:22districts. Our people earned their living
01:23:26from here. The reeds, sedges, and
01:23:30rush plants growing in this lake were processed into cellulose there,
01:23:34and paper was made from cellulose. First, they
01:23:37sold the paper factory, and then
01:23:40unfortunately, it closed down. Right now, it's completely empty. Similarly,
01:23:44we have a sugar factory ahead. Our sugar
01:23:48factory is also our apple of the eye. It was built in
01:23:511977, but unfortunately, it was also privatized.
01:23:55Right now, beet producers
01:23:57are literally struggling to survive. Yes, not just beet, but tomato
01:24:01producers, hazelnut producers, corn producers, all of them, tea
01:24:05producers are experiencing
01:28:06Now, of course, we mentioned Eber Lake. For
01:28:09Eber Lake,
01:28:12in the 1970s, the British came to shoot a documentary
01:28:15for this place. It was so beautiful here. Now, I want
01:28:19you to watch this documentary
01:28:28But indeed, the British understood the value of this
01:28:31Eber Lake. Mr. Önder just said that these reeds are very important.
01:28:35Income was generated from these reeds, but they have also disappeared.
01:28:39Look, the documentary filmed by the BBC, who valued this place and came
01:28:43all the way here, actually tells
01:28:44everything.
01:28:48appear on the scene to take advantage of the harvest and feed on the
01:28:51stubble. Turkey has been described as naturalist
01:28:55paradise, though until recently there has been no systematic
01:28:59study of wildlife. It therefore offer. is great
01:29:02opportunities. For instance, a group of Radi Sheldack this
01:29:06size is most unusual site, as the bird is on the decline in
01:29:10Europe.
01:29:16The end of summer in Eber, in the heart of Central Anatolia,
01:29:20a typical Turkish village. About
01:29:233 people live here, subsisting a frugal sort of
01:29:26farming and labor in the readbeds of Lake Eber.
01:29:30One or two of the better off own tractors.
01:29:33but for the most part transport is by donkey or horse.
01:29:46The most lucrative occupation in Eba is harvesting reads from the nearby
01:29:50lake and stacks of reads are stood to dry along the lake
01:29:53side.
01:29:59As they are cut, the greenish pliable rushes, like... the reads are laid out
01:30:03to
01:30:03dry,
01:30:09harvested three times a year, they will be sold for the weaving of mats,
01:30:13pillows, curtains, mattresses and so on.
01:30:29often the men set up a sort of tented encampment beside. distant read
01:30:33beds. These temporary homes save a long journey to and from the
01:30:36village each
01:30:37day.
01:30:43Read beds are rich in bird life and of particular interest
01:30:47to Richard, Allan and Tanzu in their search for new
01:30:49reserves.
01:30:52The great read wabbler, found in Europe, but not in
01:30:55England.
01:30:57In the background, female little crake, also not an English
01:31:01species. It's a shy bird feeding on insects which it picks from the
01:31:05water. This individual is probably pausing while on
01:31:08migration from
01:31:09Russia.
01:31:18Four people standing in a punt is not the safest way to travel, but with
01:31:22the high reads providing cover for the birds, there's little
01:31:24option.
01:31:30A rednecked creeb.
01:31:33Greebes are expert divers, searching underwater for
01:31:36food.
01:31:42Here's its dive, shown in slow
01:31:50reed bunting. This eastern species is larger than the
01:31:54British.
01:32:02You heard the bird sounds in the documentary, didn't you?
01:32:06In '73, in the 70s, the British came and filmed
01:32:10it. Now we are broadcasting live. Are there any bird
01:32:12sounds?
01:32:14No sound. There is a lifeless lake right now. Only
01:32:18last winter was a bit stormy,
01:32:21it rained well, and it
01:32:24rose a bit. So,
01:32:27in the 70s, how happy people were with the bird
01:32:31sounds, weren't they? The British say, the documentary makers say in the
01:32:34documentary text, he read it,
01:32:38they say, why are there no such birds in England? They say these birds are not in
01:32:41England. But they are here, in Eber. Now they are
01:32:44not here. That's why Mr. Önder and his friends,
01:32:48politicians, our guide,
01:32:51our people come together and say, let's protect
01:32:54Eber. Let's protect Eber. There's life there,
01:32:57you know.
01:33:00You are watching. Let's open
01:33:02it.
01:33:10the most lucrative occupation in Eber is harvesting reeds from the nearby
01:33:14lake and stacks of reeds are stood to dry along the lake
01:33:17side.
01:33:23as they cut, the greenish pliable rushes, like
01:33:26you hear the sounds, don't you? We fought
01:33:29with this nature, unfortunately. "We played
01:33:34with the future of these children, with the future of these
01:33:36beautiful children who came to watch us. We are still playing
01:33:39with it, but we can't do anything.
01:33:42We raise our voice. In "Glorious
01:33:46Memories", we raise our voice for Eber, for Seyfe
01:33:49Lake, for Varto,
01:33:52for İkizdere, for Rize,
01:33:56for the plateaus of Artvin, for the plateaus of Ordu,
01:33:59for Perşembe plateau, for the plateaus of Giresun, for Beyşehir
01:34:02Lake, for Akşehir Lake.
01:34:06We raise our voice, we must raise our voice. This nature
01:34:09is a gift from God to us.
01:34:13We allow forest areas. We open forest areas for construction.
01:34:16Are there no houses to be built? Is there
01:34:20nothing to be done?
01:36:11no. Eliminate these birds.
01:36:48It was a species living in Eber and Akşehir lakes. What's
01:36:52the name of the fish again? Alburnus Nasretdini. The name of the
01:36:55fish we see now is Alburnus.
01:36:59Yes, its name is attributed to Nasrettin Hodja. It was here. Of course, in Eber and Akşehir
01:37:02lakes. Now, Eber and Akşehir lakes are sister lakes. Before geological
01:37:06times, it was a single lake, then it separated. Of course, an action
01:37:09plan was prepared for this species not to die. Unfortunately,
01:37:13the species has not been seen for years, it has disappeared.
01:37:16Along with this, there is a sand cat, Serhan Bey, which is an endemic
01:37:20species. There are 62 types of endemic plants in Eber Lake. For example, they are
01:37:24burning Eber Lake. The "Long live Eber Lake" movement emerged during
01:37:27the fires. I guess the village head of Eber is also among us. Let the village head of Eber
01:37:31come. Let's get the village head. The village head must be struggling. We said,
01:37:34together with him, together with him,
01:37:38we must stop this fire. This
01:37:40Nasrettini Fish, it's found here in the
01:37:44world and also in Akşehir Lake. Only here. Yes, of course,
01:37:47it only grew here in the world. Yes, isn't
01:37:51it? It grows, but unfortunately, it hasn't been sighted for
01:37:54years, it cannot be seen. There's no evidence that
01:40:35come alive even more. We will save the fish
01:40:38named after Nasrettin Hodja,
01:40:42God willing. And of course, Nasrettin Hodja lived
01:40:45here, in these parts. He lived in
01:40:48Akşehir. Let me ask our guide, how did
01:40:51Nasrettin Hodja ferment the lake here? Shall we tell
01:43:51Emirdağ is famous, isn't it? Emirdağ is one
01:43:54of our biggest districts.
01:43:58Let's take the microphone, Mr. President, and start again. Emirdağ is one of our
01:44:02biggest districts. Approximately 30 kilometers later,
01:44:06our Emirdağ district comes, after Bolvadin.
01:44:0810 kilometers later, Bolvadin, then our Emirdağ
01:44:12district. Our Emirdağ
01:44:15district is the district that produces the most
01:44:19ministers abroad, especially in Belgium.
01:44:22It's such a famous place that when they are asked
01:44:26abroad, they don't say "I'm from Afyon" or anywhere
01:44:29else, they say "I'm from Emirdağ."
01:44:41I remember him with respect.
01:44:44The conductor of his, the Friends' Choir, our elder brother
01:44:48Refik, Refik Köksal is from Afyon, from Şuhut. Now, they have
01:44:51written messages. I send my warmest greetings and respects
01:49:22I thank you very much on behalf of myself and the village headman for being here
01:49:25in Eberköy. I welcome
01:49:28the değerli guests here.
01:49:32I wish you success in your program, we are also
01:49:35following you. I wish you good broadcasts again.
01:49:39Welcome. Our presence here
01:49:42is very important for our struggle with this lake. This
01:49:46is a non-political struggle.
01:49:50All the party leaders, almost all the district
01:49:53leaders. "Our friends in the necessary
01:49:57management are present, I welcome everyone again through you, I respectfully
01:50:00greet you, thank you, be well. Now you see Lake Eber, dear viewers,
01:50:04Mr. Uğur, Uğur Aslan, is an engineer, an environmental
01:50:07planner. He is from Rize.
01:50:10When I was talking to him the other day, he said, "I started my career around Lake Eber,"
01:50:14and he said it's a beautiful lake,
01:51:57so they can see. Poppy seed flatbread, dear viewers. Poppy seeds are famous, aren't they? What else is famous
01:52:01about Afyon? This is our must-have, meaning
01:52:05your clotted cream is famous, yes, our sausage
01:52:08is famous. Our
01:53:31channel. Cafer Bey, the owner of the channel, says, "This channel is not mine, it belongs to the people."
01:53:35So let's share this message
01:54:35Dear viewers, we will go to the Victory Martyrdom and talk a bit about history
01:54:38in the context of Afyon, protecting Eber.
01:54:57Turkey's energy commitment.
01:55:00Orbus.
02:03:09dear viewers, we want this Lake Eber to live,
02:03:13we want to protect this Lake Eber, with volunteers, with villagers,
02:03:16with the headman, politics.
02:05:50Today is the death anniversary of Ruhi Su.
02:05:54Afyon is a city of heroism, Afyonkarahisar
02:05:58is a heroic city.
02:06:11Then we will connect to his son,
02:06:14his son will talk about his father,
02:06:17his son Kocatepe, Nazım Hikmet
02:07:24Now we connect to Istanbul.
02:07:27At Zincirlikuyu cemetery, on the anniversary of his death, his son,
02:07:30his admirers, his relatives, remember Ruhi Su
02:07:34with respect and mercy. I will pass
02:07:37the ball to our dear Umut,
02:07:41Umut is with Ilgınsu at his graveside.
02:07:44Serhan asker, we are at Zincirlikuyu cemetery. Ruhi Su, the artist of the people,
02:07:47will be commemorated at his graveside for the 41st time. You also mentioned
02:07:51a little while ago, his family, his admirers,
02:07:54will commemorate him at his graveside for the 41st time,
02:07:57with his voice, with his songs. He is with
02:08:01us. Today, Ruhi Su will be commemorated for the 41st time.
02:08:04Even years later, even the youngest person
02:08:08can recognize his voice,
02:08:10knows his songs. How do you evaluate
02:08:14this, how would you like to describe Ruhi Su?
02:08:17Now,
02:08:20to describe this is a bit difficult
02:08:23and also simple.
02:08:39In this context, he was able to use
02:08:43folk songs in a Western
02:08:47sense of harmonization, almost in the same sense,
02:08:50and to make folk songs
02:08:53understandable, understandable
02:08:56with proper Turkish.
02:08:58And he succeeded in this. Today,
02:09:01on the 41st anniversary of his death,
02:09:04his friends still remember
02:09:08him, and his music
02:09:11is played in various places.
02:09:15He had a great struggle, he fought a very serious struggle,
02:09:18he was imprisoned, he traveled
02:09:21with shackles, and he says something about it,
02:09:25he mentioned a child left in the middle of the war.
02:09:28There were periods of imprisonment he experienced. Even during those periods, he didn't
02:09:32give up music, he continued his musical struggle.
02:09:35We are talking about a bağlama made from a broom.
02:09:39We are talking about a person who, even when he was chained and exiled to Adana, turned that chain into a folk song.
02:09:43His transfer
02:09:46to Adana
02:09:47was
02:09:50in Istanbul, at the place which is now
02:09:54the Harbiye military house,
02:09:57and after he was sentenced, the men were sent to Adana
02:10:01and the women to Istanbul's
02:10:04Sultan Ahmet Prison.
02:10:08On that road, from Istanbul
02:10:11to Adana, everyone was chained
02:10:15by their hands and feet. But when the bus broke down
02:10:18right at Hasan Mountain, my father
02:10:21wrote this folk song looking
02:10:24at Hasan Mountain all night long.
02:10:28In prison conditions, in those conditions, they made
02:10:32a saz from wooden doormats,
02:10:35and he continued his work with it.
02:10:39He continued his work there as much as he could, he even
02:10:53compiled a prison song there.
02:10:56Then he comes to Ankara, and after that,
02:10:59his exile begins. They stay
02:11:03in Etimesgut in Ankara.
02:11:05Then Aydınlık comes, I am born then.
02:11:09Then they come to Istanbul, especially during the 1960 coup.
02:11:21His records started coming out from 1966 onwards.
02:11:24Of course, there is also the Sansaryan Han period,
02:11:28"Mahsus Mahal" was written,
02:11:30"Mahsus Mahal" is like this: In Sansaryan,
02:11:34there are cells called "coffin cells,"
02:11:38he was placed there. My mother
02:11:40is also in it, my mother and father's marriage
02:11:44also happened. They recognized each other by their voices, because
02:11:47in the coffin cells, some were lightless,
02:11:50in some, a bulb was lit and so on. He was brought from interrogation
02:11:54in such a state. This
02:11:57Sansaryan in Sirkeci
02:12:00was confiscated, and then became the police headquarters.
02:12:04It's actually a business inn, but the police headquarters
02:12:06used it in that era.
02:12:10In court, they say that they were held
02:12:13in single cells. "We were given nothing but
02:12:17water." The judge of the period, Halil
02:12:20Ölçer, says, "It is called 'Mahsus Mahal'."
02:12:24And based on this, my father names
02:12:27the folk song he wrote there "Mahsus Mahal."
02:12:31Today, in squares and public spaces,
02:12:35whenever people want to express their democratic demands, they also use Ruhi Su's voice and his songs.
02:12:3841 years have passed since his death, but he is still
02:12:42in the squares and public spaces. How do you evaluate
02:12:46people using his voice, using his songs, and finding
02:12:49strength in him when expressing
02:12:51their demands?
02:12:54Well, first of all,
02:12:57I am very happy as a son.
02:13:01Besides that, honestly,
02:13:04people feel the need
02:13:07to sing those folk songs, to listen to those demands,
02:13:09to express them. They need it.
02:13:16Thank you very much for your evaluation. We are at Zincirli Kuyu with
02:13:20Seren asker. 41 years have passed
02:13:24since Ruhi Su's death, and today
02:13:27he is commemorated at his graveside
02:13:30with his songs and his voice. We talked about Ruhi Su,
02:13:34with his son Ilgın Su, about his struggle for music
02:13:37and art, at his graveside.
02:13:41Let's say the commemoration
02:16:55You made the reeds,
02:16:57so you did whatever you said. Does
02:17:00this map of the lake
02:17:04bother you in its current state?
02:17:08Yes, it does. So
02:17:11I'm ashamed to come here.
02:17:15Yes. What should we do then? We need
02:17:18to save this lake. We need to save
02:17:21this lake.
02:17:24A fish can live for 80
02:17:34years, look, can
02:17:37it live for 80 years?
02:17:40As long as its base
02:17:43is humid.
02:17:53We came here to make a program. Now, how can
02:17:56this lake be saved? This lake cannot be saved
02:18:00unless the Porsuk River's water comes. The Porsuk River's water must come.
02:18:03Do the authorities hear us?
02:18:06Now, Beter came here. He swore here.
02:18:10He said Afyon is 90
02:18:13km from Kütahya. He said
02:18:16you will bring the Porsuk River's water here. He came here to get
02:18:19our votes. He deceived
02:18:23us, God.
02:18:27"He made our road into a sidewalk.
02:18:30Afyon should do it anyway. The roads of Afyon's villages were also built by the ministry, right?
02:18:34Mr. Veysel, bring this water, bring
02:18:38the Porsuk Stream here. I promised, you promised. Let's call him again, he promised
02:18:42again. I said here on the shore,
02:18:45I said the shore here.
02:18:48In 1992, from the municipality's thing,
02:18:52okay, okay. Then we think Mr. Veysel, Veysel Eroğlu, will do what is necessary
02:19:03for Afyon." But we will make
02:19:06this call in the most sincere
02:19:24But there is a museum here, isn't there, Kürşat?
02:19:27There is a music museum here.
02:19:30There is a music museum. Let's see the museum and let our guide
02:19:34tell us about the museum. The first museum
02:19:38established on music in Turkey
02:19:41is in Afyonkarahisar. Its importance
02:19:44is truly very important for Afyon and for Turkey.
02:19:48The reason is that it is only found in Afyon,
02:19:52it is unique to Afyon.
02:19:57Yes, let's write Afyonkarahisar Music Museum, friends.
02:20:01Music Museum.
02:20:04There are more than 500
02:20:06instruments, and various
02:20:10instruments from five continents.
02:20:13These are places that must be seen visually.
02:20:17They cannot be described by telling, they must be experienced by seeing.
02:20:21No matter how much we tell here, we cannot provide any contribution
02:20:25without seeing those instruments. Yes.
02:20:28Let's also go from the museum to the Mevlevihane. We are touring Afyonkarahisar.
02:20:31The Mevlevihane is also a very special
02:20:35place. "It's a museum
02:20:39located right next to our mosque, next to the saints
02:20:41buried there. It's a museum
02:20:44that tries to connect with people making
02:20:47flatbread and presents visual feasts
02:20:51to the public with visuals
02:20:55showing the lifestyle of the local people."
02:20:58Yes, a place that attracts visitors. Of course,
02:21:02many of the people who come to Afyon, many of the guests,
02:21:05after visiting the Grand Mosque, come to that museum, see
02:21:09the visuals there, and then go to other bazaars,
02:21:13houses and the castle to experience Afyon,
02:21:17to understand the historical beauty of Afyon. Okay, when we walk around
02:21:21here again, there is the Phrygian Valley.
02:21:24Our Phrygian Valley is truly worth seeing Its church, bazaar,
02:21:27walking path, and the various
02:21:30streets there.
02:21:34After Ürgüp, I could say fairy chimneys.
02:21:37When we mention fairy chimneys in Afyon, people don't believe it, but
02:21:41when they see them in visuals, they can see fairy
02:21:44chimneys that are identical to Ürgüp's, yes. But this Phrygian Valley is
02:21:48truly a place that must be seen, with monasteries
02:21:51located within it, yes, it is a region
02:21:54that contains monasteries. It's about
02:21:5734-35 kilometers away from Afyon.
02:22:01I strongly recommend that visiting guests
02:22:05see it. We were talking about Karahisar
02:23:14Castle. We should also mention the part
02:23:17we forgot about the enchanted
02:23:21charms, the magical charms.
02:23:24It is said that there are golden stairs and
02:23:28golden mines, but no one has seen them yet. Has treasure hunting been done
02:23:31there? It has probably been done, yes,
02:23:35for treasure.
02:24:07We are in a city that is located in the middle of
02:24:10Turkey's E5 highway,
02:24:14a place that should be recognized and promoted, but due to economic conditions
02:24:17or insufficient investment by entrepreneurs,
02:24:21it has remained undeveloped. Really,
02:24:25if these opportunities existed in another city, Afyon could have been a different
02:24:29Afyon, absolutely. For example, in the morning,
02:24:32with the foggy view, with the foggy views in the morning,
02:24:36it transforms into an extraordinary city. If you can capture that,
02:24:40it's truly one of the
02:24:43rare images. It's like you're walking on clouds,
02:24:47on clouds, in the middle of the sea, on an island
02:24:50feeling like you're left alone. It's a region
02:24:53that gives that feeling, yes. You see Karahisar Castle, dear
02:24:56viewers, protect Karahisar, protect Afyon.
02:25:00You see it with its magnificent views. To homes,
02:25:04to homes, Kürşat, give us that number one.
02:25:07Protect those historical mansions, protect the historical mansions of
02:25:11Afyon-Karahisar. Let's give them too.
02:25:15The historical mansions of Afyon, protect
02:25:18them too, dear viewers, you see the mansions. But
02:25:21also protect the vote you cast, okay?
02:25:24People of Afyon,
02:25:27protect those votes you cast, please, please,
02:25:31please, don't let them take your votes and go somewhere else, please,
02:25:34please.
02:25:59Aşık Veysel says, "Will you change your religion?"
02:26:01diyor,
02:26:04Afyon, we are with you in Afyon.
02:26:08All these beauties, as patriots, it is our duty
02:26:11to introduce and explain Afyon to everyone, dear
02:26:14viewers. Now we are going to Afyon, where
02:26:16are we going? August 30th.
02:26:29Before going to the August 30th Victory Martyrs' Memorial, we
02:26:33need to come to August 26th. From August 26th, we also
02:26:37need to come to August 25th. Why is August 25th important?
02:26:40The infantry forces that started from Akşehir
02:26:43came to Atatürk's House in Şuhut
02:26:46and camped there.
02:27:59After the decision was made, we have a 17-kilometer
02:28:03point to Kocatepe, which we call the Victory Road. The road that is currently asphalted
02:28:06was a narrow, stony
02:28:09path and a bad
02:28:12route at that time, but that route was the route
02:28:15to Kocatepe. 120 thousand soldiers,
02:28:18120 thousand soldiers, look, young people. Friends, there is a region
02:28:21called Yaylan Plain, I mean Avlan Plain, Avlan Plain,
02:28:25it is in the eastern part of Kocatepe, it is
02:28:28a place with an altitude of approximately 1870.
02:28:31In the evening, chapters of Ali Imran were read.
02:28:35In the evening, grain soup and
02:28:39grape compote were given. The soldiers, 120
02:28:42thousand soldiers, bid farewell to each other. They sought
02:28:46forgiveness from each other. This war
02:28:50was personally led by Atatürk. The attack started
02:28:53between 4:30 and 5 in the morning
02:28:56in foggy weather, at a time when the enemy
02:28:59soldiers least expected it,
02:29:02and the Turkish army
02:29:05captured the trenches that the British
02:29:09commander had told the Greek commander they wouldn't be able to cross in 6 months
02:29:12in 1.5 hours, destroying the enemy
02:29:16and pushing them back.
02:30:29Atatürk had foreseen very well that the enemy would attack his soldiers, and with all his
02:30:33movements, he defeated the enemy soldiers
02:30:36and drove them out of Kocatepe within a day and a half, towards the direction of
02:30:40Captain İstikamet.
02:30:43There is a bust there, approximately 7 tons in weight and 7.5
02:30:47meters high.
02:30:50When we visited, it is the most dominant point of that region.
02:30:53Now, just a moment ago, Atatürk's house in Şuhud,
02:30:57Gürşat, let's show that, let's show that house.
02:31:00The attack order, all the plans, are in this house.
02:31:49We walk every year to experience
02:31:51that day and moment, to experience those feelings, before the sun rises.
02:31:55From here, I would like to
02:31:55address all of Turkey.
02:33:14This country was not established easily, dear viewers. Atatürk is resting in the snow. Now,
02:33:16they don't like Atatürk.
02:33:20Now, it is necessary to emphasize this point: the trenches that
02:33:23the British officer of the enemy army said they couldn't cross in six months,
02:33:26the Turkish army, with its good mental
02:33:30balance, movements, and planned program...
02:33:37The presence of officers, the management of soldiers
02:33:41by a large number of Turkish officers
02:33:44and the intelligence of
02:33:47the Turkish officer led us to defeat these enemy soldiers.
02:33:51Let's put it this way: this war is a war of
02:33:54bloodlines against technology. While the enemy army
02:33:58had 16 planes, we had only one.
02:34:11Our greatest gain was officers; we had 6,000 officers, while they had
02:34:141,800 or 200 officers. This was our gain,
02:34:18yes, dear viewers. Afyon Karahisar is an epic city
02:34:21where heroism was written. It is also a very important,
02:34:25very valuable place, Afyon Karahisar. It needs
02:34:29to be promoted, it needs to be explained.
02:34:34Also, protect your
02:35:55It's already a gastronomy city, what is this?
02:35:59Our lentil börek, börek, yes. Our famous
02:36:03lentil börek. Famous
02:36:05Turkish delight. Our famous Turkish delight, clotted cream Turkish delight, hazelnut Turkish delight, walnut Turkish delight, there are thousands of varieties.
02:36:09We have Şuhut keşkeği.
02:36:12We have
02:36:15clotted cream candy, we have sausage, we have
02:36:18stuffed vine leaves,
02:36:21we have tandoor soup. We were going to open this kebab,
02:36:24we said let's make a surprise, we said let's make a surprise. Also,
02:36:27we have Turkish delight and sausage images, Kürşat, if you prepare them, now this is
02:36:31kebab, right? Let's give it, let the lady explain the rest, yes,
02:36:35you explain. We actually have a special pita bread,
02:36:39let's bring the microphone closer. Diced meat with
02:36:42meat broth, Afyon kebab.
02:36:57We need to walk around. We will also have sauce, right? Is there sauce there? Is there tomato paste sauce there? Yesterday we were in Ayaş, dear viewers, people went to Ayaş in crowds. And is our sauce there? Yes.
02:37:00akın gitmiş sevgili seyirciler insanlar ve sosumuz orada
02:37:04Let's take the sauce from here,
02:37:07one minute, you take this, friends. Let's take the sauce from here.
02:37:11Let's take it from here, yes. From here, like this, my sauce.
02:37:33eggplant moussaka kebab, eggplant moussaka kebab.
02:37:37And this is Afyon kebab, dear viewers.
02:37:41Here, when you open it like this, oh my, Afyon.
02:38:49To show the pita bread under
02:38:52this kebab, right? Oh, there's pita bread
02:39:06Turkish delight. So, it's
02:39:10there, this is also our boiled
02:39:12bread.
02:39:45At the stand of Yeşil Çiftlik Municipality, the mayor of Yeşil Çiftlik, Mayor Devrim,
02:40:53Önder's father is also here. Önder's father was a school
02:40:56principal.
02:40:59He was here in Şanlıurfa. He comes here with his family. Önder was
02:41:02born in Urfa, he came and takes care of Ebergölü. Let's applaud Önder
02:41:05too.
02:43:18These are the good people of Afyon, there are Yoruks,
02:43:21there are people from every mosaic
02:43:38famous here. When I did a program in Kocatepe, they came.
02:43:41Yes, we also came there, we also came to Dumlupınar.
02:43:44We are always together,
02:43:59for our country, for Afyon.
02:44:03But as my presidents just explained, Kocatepe, where the Great Offensive
02:44:06began, is very important. It is like
02:44:10a pilgrimage site for Turks. Everyone
02:44:13should see it, yes. We definitely say Kocatepe, we just
02:44:16now... now I'm explaining like this:
02:44:20We talk about Turkish history, we talk about Malazgirt,
02:44:24but if we had lost in Kocatepe...
02:44:59principal also came, he taught
02:45:03in Urfa, and
02:45:12I am Önder Çiftçi's
02:45:16father. I am proud of my son
02:45:19because he loves this nature, because he protects Ebergölü,
02:45:22and he spends all his strength and energy for Ebergölü.
02:45:26harcıyor.
02:46:20You said, "Protect your votes."
02:46:23Look, in Afyon, in Afyon,
02:46:26in Afyon. In the Aegean,
02:46:29the blacksmith Ephéses, the Çakırcı Ephéses are still standing.
02:46:33In Afyon, Halme Sergeants,
02:46:36Makbuleles, Kara Fatmas are standing.
02:48:10We commemorate the deceased with respect in this regard. So,
02:48:13let's send greetings to Yörük Ali Efes. Today is the 41st
02:48:17anniversary of Ruhi Sun's passing, dear
02:48:20viewers. We know him. We will protect all the beauties of Afyon.
02:48:24Afyon is yours,
02:48:28it's yours. Afyon is yours,
02:48:31it belongs to this country. You must come and see Afyon, dear viewers.
02:48:34We are concluding the program with Ruhi Su. I bid
02:48:38you all farewell.
02:48:43An empty sack cannot stand upright. We will always
02:48:45read books. We will protect Afyon.
02:48:49We will protect
02:48:49Eber.
02:55:23Turkish Education Foundation.
02:57:00News of price increases and decreases for fuel are constantly coming,
02:57:04the pump prices are fluctuating wildly, citizens are confused. Following
02:57:08fuel prices is more difficult than following the stock market.
02:57:11Now, timing is also important. So we asked the public:
02:57:14When and according to what do you decide to fill
02:57:18your tank? Frankly, we can't make that decision
02:57:22perfectly in Turkey anymore, because it's volatile every day.
02:57:25We only buy when the fuel level drops to rock bottom.
02:57:28That's it. The fee, I mean,
02:57:31however much money we have, according to my needs or my pocket...
02:57:35I mostly act according to my pocket. There are times when
02:57:38I go on intercity trips, in which case
02:57:41my eyes are always on the signs, wondering which one
02:57:44will have a discount, which one will have an increase.
02:57:48Following the stock market is perhaps easier, because
02:57:52why, screens are always in front of your eyes. But it's not like that here.
02:57:55Will you follow the road, or will you follow
02:57:59the labels on the road? These are big problems.
02:58:02When my tank is empty, I have to fill it. We don't look at price increases or decreases. Okay,
02:58:05when there is a discount, that's our loss. For example, I
02:58:09just filled my tank, but if there's a discount at night,
02:58:13I'll lose money, that's what I mean. We can't keep up with the prices anymore,
02:58:16we can't catch up because it changes every day. There's no stability in the country,
02:58:20one day they lower it, one day they raise it. Those discounts don't affect
02:58:24me at all. I will buy 50 liters of fuel, it
02:58:27will make a 200 lira difference, but my tank that used to fill for 15 lira
02:58:31now fills for 4.5 lira. A 200 lira discount I get from there
02:58:35doesn't affect me at all. We always keep our tank full, but
02:58:38price increases and current prices are high, of course.
02:58:42Well, my car is both gasoline and LPG.
02:58:45I cancelled the gasoline, I mean, fuel is very expensive.
02:58:49LPG is also expensive, I mean, in some places it's 30 lira, in some places
02:58:52it's 35 lira, it goes like that. I don't know, I buy LPG
02:58:56and use it, but it's very bad for the engine. What can I do? I have to. They are mocking
02:59:00us. Today they raise prices, 3 days later,
02:59:04you look and they say: "There's a discount." What's the point?
02:59:08It will come again, it will come again in 3 days. I don't think it's necessary.
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03:00:20Happy Sundays, indeed. The 20th day of September, we are facing
03:00:23you again with a hot and intense agenda. Especially,
03:00:27there are operations and expanding investigations. A new operation
03:00:31against the Süleymancıs, the latest developments in the fund investigation, again with Kaşif Kozinoğlu.
03:00:35We are following it. We have also included developments regarding the economy and the world in our agenda,
03:00:38but at the beginning of our bulletin, let's first go to the capital, Ankara,
03:00:42because after the earthquake, there are those who are holding
03:00:46a vigil for justice due to the inadequacy of the sentences.
03:00:49Today is the 10th day of that vigil. Members of the Justice Seeking
03:00:53Families Platform are in front of the Ministry of Justice.
03:00:56Our colleagues Eda Erdağa and a press statement. When?