The International Association of Horticultural Producers ( AIPH ) welcomes rescheduling the opening for Expo Kahramanmaraş 2023 to Saturday , August 12 , look at the immense effects of the 7.8 and 7.7 earthquakes that lay waste to the lives of one thousand thousand .
‘ Nature - Friendly City and Sensitivity ’ is the International Horticultural Expo ’s theme , which gained a more profound relevance for the people of Kahramanmaraş after hold up the earthquake ’s aftershocks . Mr. Hanefi Mahçiçek , President of Expo 2023 Kahramanmaras and Mayor of Onikisubat Municipality spoke about how the Expo ’s site quickly became a improvised asylum for the survivors .
The city manager described the tumultuous place at the recent AIPH Expo Conference as part of the Spring Meeting hosted in Lisbon , Portugal . Mr. Mahçiçek recounted how the exposition buildings on the 79 - hectare Expo site were unaffected by the earthquake – “ not a dough . ” But in this province , where 1,171,298 citizen live , the Turkish Government confirms that 10,800 buildings were razed , more than 100,000 people were injured , and the last toll reached 12,000 in just the city of Kahramanmaraş alone .
From February 6 , Mayor Mahçiçek said the Expo took on a new purpose for the people of Kahramanmaraş . The Expo ’s Hobby Houses and 3,000 - space machine parking area fleetly became host to the displaced hoi polloi offering them a collapsible shelter and container camp to protect them from the freeze temperatures plummet many degree below zero .
Representing the Expo , Mr. Harun Güzel added to the Expo 2023 Kahramanmaraş presentation at AIPH ’s Spring Meeting Expo Conference , where he line the wake . He said there is nowhere in the metropolis center for citizenry to socialize and come back to normal . People are still afraid . The Expo site is the only open , green blank where people experience dependable with their families and , through the power of nature , these space can bring around .
exposition 2023 Kahramanmaraş was approved in 2018 at the AIPH Congress in Padova , Italy . It was Mayor Mahçiçek ’s vision to stir the metropolis ’s profile on a orbicular stage . The Expo ’s prescient sub - themes will explore nature - found education for children ; biophilic urban renewal designing ; urban horticulture and local solid food ; immature , healthier , and happy , and the wiseness of simplicity . The city manager had design the Expo ’s opening date to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the base of the Turkish Republic on Sunday , April 23 .
Logistically , with all these challenge , this is now not potential , and at the Spring Meeting , AIPH agreed to reschedule Expo 2023 Kahramanmaraş , which will now take place from August 12 to November 30 . AIPH Secretary General Tim Briercliffe commented on the change , “ We have been mortify by the resiliency and conclusion of Mayor Mahçiçek and the citizen of Kahramanmaraş . He think this Expo can act an important function in re - energizing and rehabilitate the region , and he has our full support . ”
International Horticultural Expos surrogate cooperation and knowledge share-out between countries address important egress refer to healthy life-style , immature economies , sustainable living , education , and excogitation . This exhibition can boast 30 International and 30 National participants in this disembodied spirit , all pulling together and on - internet site justly now , ready to make Expo 2023 Kahramanmaraş a success .
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