He became the mayor of the municipality where he worked as a chauffeur for 19 years.

05.03.2025 13:11

In the Gülüç town of the Ereğli district in Zonguldak, Sadık Recep Kara became the mayor after serving 27 years in the municipality, including 19 years as a chauffeur. Having worked in every level of the municipality before taking office, Kara stated, "If we can go to the field with our heads held high, if we can explain ourselves to the people, and if our party approves, we will be candidates again in 4 years."

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After the prison sentence for Gülüç Mayor Gökhan Demirtaş, Atilla Tarık Semiz from the AK Party served as acting mayor for 99 days. In the election held on February 12 for the mayoralty, Sadık Recep Kara, who received 8 votes, was elected as the Mayor of Gülüç. Kara, who retired from the municipality after 19 years as a chauffeur and 27 years of service, returned to the municipality as mayor this time.

"WE HAVE LEFT RUMORS BEHIND, WE ARE HERE TO SERVE"

Kara, who won the election with the support of the İYİ Party council members, stated that they would do whatever is necessary for service, saying, "Our party's members of parliament, provincial chairman, district chairman, and our town chairman; we had two candidates. One was Atilla Tarık Semiz and the other was me. I thank each of them separately for the support they provided us. I thank them all for managing this process well. With the support of our friends from the İYİ Party, we won the election with the favor they showed us. Our other candidate from the AK Party is also our friend. We have no intention of sidelining or excluding him. We welcome all our friends who started this journey with us and continue on this path. We are here to serve. We have left rumors behind. We will do whatever is necessary to provide service," he expressed.

"MAY GOD OPEN EVERYONE'S PATH"

Kara, who explained that he started working in the municipality during the term of former mayor İbrahim Yalçın, said, "I started working in this municipality during the term of our previous president, İbrahim Yalçın. May God bless him. Then, at certain points, I played football for years in Gülüç Belediyespor. Thanks to football, I entered the municipality. We continue with the bread shown to us by our president İbrahim Yalçın, may he rest in peace. I worked with Aydın Güngör for three terms. May God bless our president Aydın. I have never seen any ill intentions or sidelining from him. He has greatly supported us in reaching today by constantly advising and guiding us. I also worked with the next president for three or four years and then retired. I have not seen anything negative. But of course, there are some things that have formed in the public opinion. They do not concern me. May God open everyone's path. In the next election, our brother Atilla Tarık Semiz served as the deputy mayor for 99 days as our party's representative. We thank him for the services he provided," he said.

"I CAME TO THIS SEAT BY SEEING EVERY LEVEL OF THE MUNICIPALITY"

After the election, Kara, who took his place in the mayor's chair, said, "We were elected in the election arena. We continue with the appreciation and favor of the other friends. We want the fighting, noise, and news pollution to end here. With the help of our government aids and our deputy Saffet Bozkurt, as well as our party administrators, we are all soldiers. I came to this seat by seeing every level of the municipality. From the very bottom to the top. Thank God, if we can go down to the field with our heads held high and explain ourselves to the people, if it is the appreciation of the people and our party, we are already saying that we will be candidates in four years," he stated.

"PEOPLE WHO KNOW LOYALTY MUST COME HERE"

Kara, who explained that he would be by the people's side during his term and that his door would be open, announced that he would run for election again after his four-year term, concluding his statements as follows: "I worked as a chauffeur for 19 years. I retired after a total of 27 years. People who know loyalty, who act according to the wishes of the citizens, who move together with them, who consider them as their own, and who do not look down from above must come here. We do not come from the people. Because we come from the people, we know the people well. We embrace everyone, even if they are my enemy, my door is open to embrace them. If we can bring Gülüç to a certain point by serving for four years, we will be very happy."