Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayor Serra Bucak shared information at the municipal council meeting regarding her visit to Japan between 7–10 August.
The third session of the Metropolitan Municipality Council’s regular August meeting was held at the municipal service building. The meeting, chaired by Co-Mayor Serra Bucak, was attended by council members.
Co-Mayor Serra Bucak provided information at the Council meeting about her trip to Japan between 7–10 August.
‘We delivered a presentation on behalf of our municipality and our city’
Stating that they carried out many presentations and activities during the visit to Japan, Co-Mayor Bucak said:
“As you know, last week, together with our council member Umut Aytaç, we made a visit to the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on behalf of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality, representing our city. During this visit, we took part both in the commemoration programmes marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and in the General Conference of the Mayors for Peace Network held in Nagasaki. Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality has been a member of the Mayors for Peace Network for nearly 15 years and has been carrying out work within this framework.
Again, during the three-day meeting, we took the floor and made a presentation on behalf of our Municipality and our city. In this presentation, we explained the social, women-focused, multilingual and multicultural activities we have undertaken in our city in the name of peace, and we expressed our intention to develop joint initiatives with all member cities of the Mayors for Peace Network in the future.
In addition, during side meetings, we had the opportunity to listen to the peace work of municipalities from different countries, and to explore ways of combining our experiences. In the coming period, we also gave one another assurances to carry out some concrete initiatives with both the city of Nagasaki and the city of Hiroshima.”
‘It was an experience that will shed light on our work’
Expressing that the visit was a great honour and pride for them, Co-Mayor Bucak stated that she had the opportunity to closely observe the work of the municipalities of both cities, which, in the face of the human tragedy they experienced 80 years ago, tirelessly placed peace efforts at the centre of local and municipal services and established peace work on the basis of building a democratic society in their own regions.
Co-Mayor Bucak noted that the visit was an experience that would shed light on all the work they carry out on the basis of legal transformation, democratisation and freedoms.
Following Co-Mayor Bucak’s speech, the Council session concluded with the discussion of the agenda items.
