24.03.2026 15:27
During President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Rize on Eid al-Fitr, it was revealed that his signature was drawn in LED lights on the hill opposite his childhood home. AK Party Güneysu District Chairman Gökhan Yıldız stated that President Erdoğan liked the signature after seeing it.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spent the Ramadan Bayram holiday in his hometown, the Güneysu district. His fellow townspeople, wanting to surprise Erdoğan, drew his signature with LED lights on the hill opposite his residence. The signature, visible from all over the district, caught the attention of everyone, including President Erdoğan.
"THE SIZE CHALLENGED US"
Gökhan Yıldız, the Güneysu District Chairman of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), stated that they undertook such a project because they really liked President Erdoğan's signature. "In 2027, there was a different project here. There was a work of our party's logo. Before our President arrived, we were excitedly looking for an idea that could make him happy. We thought of having our President's signature in his own district and started working on 'How can we do this?' First, we found the person who did the initial work, and then it gradually took this shape. The fact that our project would be a signature challenged us a bit. Especially since it was a signature, my inclination towards this signature also played a role. Since it would be on the Güneysu district, the size challenged us a bit, but it turned out well," he said.
ERDOĞAN LOVED IT WHEN HE SAW IT
Yıldız noted that President Erdoğan liked the signature after seeing it, stating, "Our primary motivation was for our President to spend the holiday in Rize. There had never been such a gap before. He was constantly coming for programs. We wanted to motivate him and give him a gift. I asked him whether he saw it or not, and he told us that he saw it and was very happy. We knew that our President's signature exists not only in our country but also in oppressed regions whose names we don't even know, and we wanted to do this in our homeland," he expressed.