The award ceremony of 2nd Local Government Awards organized by SODEM (The Association of Social Democratic Municipalities) took place on Friday, 12th October in Ankara. The event was hosted by Çankaya municipality. In the scope of the award, the CHP municipalities has been evaluated by a jury according to the projects undertaken. The awards were presented by CHP President Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.
The award ceremony was organized on Friday 12th October at 17:00 in Zübeyde Hanım Social Facilities in Çankaya.
SODEM Board Member and Çankaya Mayor Alper Taşdelen made the opening speech of the award ceremony. Taşdelen said that it was an honour to host the ceremony of Local Government Awards. Taşdelen added that the municipality, which are at the board of SODEM, didn’t join the competition on fairness ground.
SODEM Chairman of the Board and Seferihisar Mayor Başkanı Tunç Soyer also made a speech.
The Projects Were Evaluated Under Categories
The projects will be classified and evaluated under these subjects: Urban progress, social projects and employment, environment-health and stray animals, culture-art-tourism, science and history, agriculture, democratic and participatory governance, children-education-youth and sports.
The social democratic local governments joined the competition with maximum 5 projects. The Jury consists of the following members: Ateş İlyas Başsoy, Cem Seymen, Ercan Karakaş, Dr. Erdal Atabek, Faruk Göksu, Fikret Toksöz, Doç. Dr. Gökhan Günaydın, İbrahim Betil, Prof. Dr. İlber Ortaylı, Doç. Dr. Koray Çalışkan, Prof. Dr. Korel Göymen, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Rıfkı Aktekin, Melda Onur, Prof. Dr. Murat Barkan, Kadri Gürsel, Pınar Türenç, Rıdvan Budak, Selami Öztürk, Seyit Torun, Sunay Akın and Şafak Pavey.
Award Winning Municipalities
95 municipalites applied for the award with 340 projects. The award winning municipalities and their categories are listed below:
Agriculture: Aydın Çanakkale, Odunpazarı.
Art and Culture: Eskişehir, Burdur, Çaycuma, Kartal, Karşıyaka
Social Projects: Tekirdağ, Balçova, Manavgat, Şişli, Samandağ, Avanos.
History: Mudanya, Beydağ.
Democratic Participation and Governance: Kadıköy.
Urban Development: Kırklareli, Avcılar, Beylikdüzü.
Environment: Muğla, Yalova, Bozcaada, Konyaaltı.
Health: Döşemealtı, Kepez.
Tourism: Didim, Kuşadası, Merzifon, Mengen.
Children: Ayvalık, Süleymanpaşa.
Education, Youth and Sports: Buca, Yenişehir, Maltepe.
Honorable Mentions: Gümüşhacıköy, Bozkurt, Çat, Pülümür, Kaynarca, Küçükkuyu, Ulalar, Kaytazdere.