Azerbaijan Karabakh Park, which is constructed by Bolu Municipality-a member of Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB)-also including the Monument of Har-ı Bülbül by sculptor Akif Askarov, was inaugurated with a ceremony held in 22 February 2017, Wednesday.
The opening ceremony was attended by Governor of Bolu Aydın Baruş, Mayor of Bolu Alaaddin Yılmaz, PM of Azerbaijan Ganire Paşayeva, Mayor of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zivinice Municipality Samir Kamenjakoviç, Mayor of Seben Süleyman Özbağ, Asif Heyderoğlu Rüstemli from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Aqil Memmedov from Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, Sculptor Prof. Dr. Akif Askarov, Member of Provincial Council Yaşar Yüceer, Deputy Mayors Emine Davarcıoğlu, Zerrin Biçen, İhsan Ağcan and many other guests.
While speaking at the opening ceremony of Karabakh Park, Mayor of Bolu Alaaddin Yılmaz said, “We embrace Bosnia and all Turkish World from Bolu. Now we are opening this park with our friends coming from Bosnia and Azerbaijan. Turkey has a bright future as long as it has friends with it. If the future of Turkey is bright, so are Bosna’s, Azerbaijan’s, Turkish World’s and Islamic World’s.”
Saying that the opening of the park would tell what happened in the past to the next generations, Governor of Bolu Aydın Baruş added, “Azerbaijan is very important for us, it is more than a brother country for us. We always remember their sorrows. The younger generation and children who pass this park will remember what happened in Karabakh and will improve themselves so that they won’t experience this kind of crime against humanity again. They will be conscious of bringing peace, brotherhood and solidarity not only to Turkey but whole world. I thank first of all to Bolu Municipality which brought this monument to our city, to dear architect who constructed the monument, to dear PM who came to Bolu to show the brotherhood of Azerbaijan and to other guests.”
Stating that Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan and that Karabakh won’t be given to anyone, PM of Azerbaijan Ganire Paşayeva continued, “I thank Mayor of Bolu Alaaddin Yılmaz for constructing such a nice park. Monument of Har-Bülbül has been constructed in Bolu for the first time. This flower only grows in Karabakh. It doesn’t grow anywhere else in Azerbaijan. I thank to all contributors.” After the speeches Karabakh Park was opened following the prayers and ribbon cutting ceremony by protocol members.
23.02.2017
