« Edremit » takes part in the European Local Democracy Week - a paneuropean event coordinated by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe - as « Partner city »
Children experience democracy
Edremit Municipality Council Chamber
From 10/10/2017 to 10/10/2017
Children have been received by the Mayor who explained them the main responsibilities of the mayor and deputy mayors and the different organs within a municipality. After a brief and enjoyable time spent with the Mayor, the students have been invited to take place at the Council Chamber where they elected representatives among themselves to run the meeting. The agenda of the council was to decide about the colour to paint a bridge in the city centre. All the children members of the council expressed their preference among four candidate colours throughout a secret ballot. The purpose of this activity was to acquaint children with the election mechanism of a democratic system showing them how democracy can be efficient and crucial in a decision process. For this reason Mayor Mr.Kamil Saka promised the children that the bridge would be painted blue in a few weeks to strengthen their future certainty that voting means to make a change.
At the end of the Children's council session, the students received several gifts from the Mayor such as balloons, leaflets of ELDW and the book “Lokum’la Avrupa’ya” an introduction to EU edited by EU delegation of Turkey.
Within the framework of the European Local Democracy Week, Edremit Municipality decided to enhance the main theme of this year demonstrating the children of an Primary School of Edremit (Cumhuriyet ?lkokulu; Republic Primary School) how a local government works.
Children have been received by the Mayor who explained them the main responsibilities of mayor and deputy mayors and the different organs of the organisation within a municipality. After a brief and enjoyable time spent with the Mayor, the students have been invited to take place at the Council Chamber where they elected representatives within themselves to run the meeting. The agenda of the council was to decide about the colour to paint a cross-over bridge in the centre of the city. All the children members of the council expressed their preference among 4 candidate colours throughout a secret ballot. The purpose of this activity was to acquaint children with the election mechanism of a democratic system showing them how democracy can be efficient and crucial in a decision process. For this reason Mayor Mr.Kamil Saka promised the children that the cross-over bridge would be painted blue in a few weeks to strength their future certainty that voting means to make a change.
Edremit Mayor Kamil Saka and Deputy Mayors Ms. Fatma Özgirgin and Mr. Mehmet Erta? left their places to the Presidents of the Children's Assembly and their assistants.The result of the voting (blue colour) was declared by the president of the council. At the end of the Children's council session, the students received several gifts from the Mayor such as balloons, leaflet of ELDW and the book “Lokum’la Avrupa’ya” an introduction to EU edited by EU delegation of Turkey.
