KILCA: THE TASTE OF SHARING IS DIFFERENT

ÜZÜLMEZ: HIGH-CAPACITY SOUP KITCHEN WILL ALSO SERVE THE HOMELESS

ELLIALTI: KONYA IS THE CENTER OF CHARITY AND THE INVESTMENT IN SOUP KITCHEN IS A PROOF OF THIS.

The foundation of the new soup kitchen building, which will serve the citizens in need within the scope of social municipality understanding, was laid by the Karatay Municipality with a ceremony. Hasan Kılca, the Mayor of Karatay who spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony of the project, that will serve not only Karatay, but all of Konya after completed, and which will have a hot meal capacity for 2500 people every day, also stated that they had previously allocated land for soup kitchens to the Red Crescent, but, on the top of that, they also undertook the construction of the new building.  Hüseyin Üzülmez, the Chairperson of Red Crescent Konya Branch, who thanked Hasan Kılca, the Mayor of Karatay, for the new soup kitchen project, also emphasized that when the new building is put into service, it will serve the homeless as well. Murat Ellialtı, the Vice President of Red Crescent Headquarters, said that "Konya is known as the center of charity," and underlined that the new soup kitchen is proof of this.

The foundation of the new soup kitchen building, which will be brought to Konya by the Karatay Municipality, was laid with a ceremony.

The soup kitchen, which will be built on Müverrihhadidi Street in Hacıveyiszade Neighborhood, will be built on an area of 3000 square meters. The soup kitchen project, which will cost TRY 8.675.000, will include a dining hall, five  warehouses for vegetable, fruit, and legumes, a slaughterhouse, a cold store, distribution departments, administrative offices, and a meeting room.

WE ARE NOT CONTENTED WITH THE ALLOCATION OF LAND, AND WE UNDERTAKE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW BUILDING OF THE SOFTWARE

Hasan Kılca, the Mayor of Karatay, who spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony of the project, emphasized that  Karatay Municipality lays a foundation or makes an opening every week, and said that they had fruitful days as a municipality.

Mayor Hasan Kılca, who stated that they had allocated land to Kızılay before, but they were not contented with this and also undertook the construction of the new soup kitchen building, said the following: We, the Karatay Municipality, are either at a groundbreaking or an opening every day. We are living really fruitful days in Konya.  As Konya Municipalities, we always provide at least one service in every street and district of our city. Mr. Hüseyin Üzülmez, the Chairperson of Red Crescent Konya Branch, you allocated this land to us during one of his visits, could you also build the building? said. We wanted to contribute to this charity, and we decided to build the soup kitchen as well.”

WE ARE MOBILIZED TO SUSTAIN SOUP KITCHEN CULTURE

Hasan Kılca who stated that they attach special weight to the new soup kitchen project said the following; “As the Karatay Municipality,  we are implementing a new project today to sustain and support the soup kitchen culture, which is one of the important milestones of our centuries-old civilization journey. We make multi-functional facilities, roads, schools, or many  other physical investments for our district and people almost every day as a municipality. However, we attach special importance to this project. Because we know that this project is a completely different project with its spiritual dimension rather than its material aspect, and it is the finest and most valuable acceleration of social municipality. We are happy to add the most special link to our service chain, acting within the framework of our responsibility, following the hadith of our Beloved Prophet Muhammad (SAV), who said, “He is not a believer whose stomach is filled while his neighbor goes hungry”. Within the framework of this understanding, we are building our soup kitchen, the foundation of which we laid together, on an area of ​​3 thousand square meters. Our soup kitchen, which will cost TRY 8.675,000, shall have a dining hall, five warehouses for vegetables, fruits, and legumes, a slaughterhouse, a cold store, distribution departments, administrative offices, and a meeting room. I hope that our soup kitchen will be beneficial for Konya, Karatay, and our fellow countrymen, and I wish that it will heal our fellow countrymen who will benefit from it and bring peace and well-being to our stakeholders.”

KARATAY MUNICIPALITY CONTRIBUTES TO KONYA WITH ITS INVESTMENTSAhmet Şalvarcı, the Karatay Deputy District Head of MHP, thanked those who contributed to the acquisition of the soup kitchen building in Konya, and said that Karatay Municipality is instrumental in making important contributions to Konya with its investments every day and mentioned that “The soup kitchen is very important both for social events and for our low-income people. We want to thank the Mayor of Karatay and everyone who contributed to the foundation of the soup kitchen. We know that the investments of Karatay Municipality shall continue.”

CONGRATULATIONS TO KONYA FOR ITS NEW SOUP KITCHEN

Mehmet Genç, the Karatay District Head of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), stated that the new soup kitchen will contribute to those in need in Konya: “I want to thank our mayor and the Chairperson of Red Crescent Konya Branch who contributed to this service. It is charity work, and many people will benefit from it. I hope our citizens who will benefit from the food cooked and to be distributed here will be healed and be a remedy and fruitful. I wish this facility to bring benefit to our Karatay and Konya. I hope it will be completed as soon as possible.

HIGH-CAPACITY SOUP KITCHEN WILL OPEN DOORS TO THE HOMELESS

Hüseyin Üzülmez, the Chairperson of Red Crescent Konya Branch, thanked Hasan Kılca, the Mayor of Karatay, for the new soup kitchen building to be added to Konya, and said that when the soup kitchen building is put into service, it will serve the homeless.

Hüseyin Üzülmez said, “Our Karatay Municipality allocated us this land. When Hasan Kılca conveyed our situation to our Mayor, we said let's be a charity partner here, and today we are laying the foundation of the soup kitchen building. Kızılay has a soup kitchen.

In this soup kitchen, we have been serving food to 500 people a day for about 100 years. However, during the pandemic we are experiencing, this figure has increased to 2000 thousand. Our building has become inadequate. In this respect, our conditions were difficult. We hope the new soup kitchen will serve 2,500 people in need a day. In extraordinary situations, this figure can reach 5.000 to 6.000. There is another important detail in our project, there will be a dining hall for the helpless and the homeless for 80 people. The soup kitchen culture comes from our history. The soup kitchen culture comes from our history. Because our ancestors left inns and provided free meals here. These cultures and traditions continue by our foundations and the Red Crescent soup kitchen culture. We acted with the principle that "the one who does good is like the one who does good". Our Mayor supported this idea. I want to thank the Mayor of Karatay, who provided great support to our Red Crescent in such an important service. I hope that our institution, on which we will lay this foundation, will lead to charity for our country and our city. Hopefully, we will realize the opening of the service as soon as we have laid the foundation"

TRADITIONAL DISHES OF KONYA WILL ALSO BE MADE

Noting that they want to be with the people in need of soup kitchens, İbrahim Altan, the General Manager of Red Crescent, stated that the traditional Konya dishes will be prepared by master chefs in the new soup kitchen that will be brought to Konya.

İbrahim Altan stated that he is pleased to be a partner in charity as the Red Crescent and said the following; “Today, I am very happy to be a partner in such a beautiful charity in Konya. Thank you very much to our Mayor and Chairperson of the Branch. We have also become partners in this work. This will be the 30th soup kitchen of our Kızılay. We have soup kitchens all over Turkey, from Ağrı to Edirne, from Samsun to İskenderun. Food is served to 36.000 people every single day. In exceptional circumstances, our capacity can be doubled. We also have mobile soup kitchens. We attempt to be with those in need through our soup kitchens with the support of our people. This soup kitchen will also be a very functional place. At the same time, let this be a place that produces food. Let the traditional dishes of Konya be produced by master chefs here. In other words, let this soup kitchen be a place that produces the traditional dishes of Konya. Those who learn this will also earn their food. Good luck to this beautiful soup kitchen in Konya”

 KONYA CONTINUES TO BE THE CENTER OF CHARITY

Murat Ellialtı, the Vice President of Red Crescent Headquarters, said that "Konya is known as the center of charity," and noted that the new soup kitchen is proof of this.

Murat Ellialtı said; “Konya has always been mentioned with charity, and it is the place where charity spread. Konya will continue to be the center of charity by leading the way in this regard as in every field. Kızılay is also a representative of our foundation tradition. Kızılay harmonizes with Konya and Kızılay harmonizes with Konya very well. These two beauties complement each other. Kızılay has benefits not only for the participants but also for benevolent. That is to say, we also need to benefact. Konya reveals an example of this today. Today, I want to thank our Mayor of Karatay and the Chairperson of Red Crescent Konya Branch, who contributed to the creation of this valuable work. I wish the soup kitchen to bring good luck”.

After the speeches, the foundation of the soup kitchen project to be brought to Konya was laid with prayers, while Karatay civil servants, AK Party Provincial and District Executive Board Members, Karatay Municipality Council Members, and headmen participated in the program.