At COP31, the main halls were named Anatolia and Gaza

Türkiye will host the world's most important climate summit, COP31, at the 1 million 100 thousand square meter COP31 Area in Antalya. Within the scope of the COP31 events, which will host 1.5 million people as well as world leaders between 9-20 November, the halls and meeting rooms in the Blue and Green Zones were named after "Gaza", taking into account the natural beauties of the Anatolian geography as well as Turkey's sensitivity to Palestine, with the names of people who left their mark on humanity in different fields from the Turkish-Islamic civilization. The name of the most important general assembly hall in the Blue Zone was "Anatolia". In the Green Zone, the largest hall with a capacity of 5 thousand people was named "Gaza".

The preparations for the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31), the world's most important climate summit, to be held in Antalya under the coordination of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, have reached the final stage. Nearly 100 thousand visitors, including country delegations, are expected in the Blue Zone for the summit. It is expected that 1.5 million people will visit the Green Zone. 527 thousand square meters of the area is the Blue Zone; 582 thousand square meters of which will host events as the Green Zone. The Blue Zone will be open only to participants accredited for official interviews. The Green Zone will be open to the public with exhibitions, events and awareness activities. While the Blue Zone will host UN negotiations and the Leaders' Summit on 11-12 November, the private sector, academia, non-governmental organizations, young people and children will come together with different events in the Green Zone.

COP31 Mavi Bölge’de en büyük genel kurul salonuna Anadolu ismi verildi. The hall, where state and government representatives will be hosted and negotiations will be held, will have a capacity of 1794 people. Another general assembly hall with a capacity of 828 people was called Akdeniz General Assembly Hall. Yine Mavi Bölge’de bir Antalya Salonu da bulunacak. One of the two press conference halls was named "Mevlana Press Conference Hall", inspired by the world-renowned Sufi and Islamic scholar Mevlana Celâleddîn-i Rûmî. Diğer basın toplantısı salonu da ismini Türk şair ve mutasavvıf Yunus Emre’den aldı. In the Blue Zone, Selimiye, Evliya Çelebi, Ayder, Göbeklitepe, Topkapı, Kaçkar, Zeugma, Kapadokya, Boğaziçi, Patara, Sümela, Sezai Karakoç, Piri Reis, Harput, Mimar Sinan, Mount Ararat, Lake Van, Troy, Fethiye, Pamukkale, Ephesus, Gelibolu, Ahlat, Uludağ, Çatalhöyük and There will be meeting rooms with the names Aspendos. Yan etkinlik alanlarına da Uzungöl, Likya, Assos, Perge, Ahi Evran, Aşık Veysel ve Hattuşa isimleri verildi.

The largest hall in the Green Zone was named "Gaza Hall", considering Turkey's sensitivity to Palestine. The aim was to keep the hall with a capacity of 5 thousand people alive in the spatial identity of an international meeting called "Gaza". This hall, which has a strong meaning in terms of peace, human solidarity and common responsibility, will be moved to the world showcase hosted by Turkey and will also contribute to Gaza's hope for peace. Different events open to the public will be held in the hall.

Also in the Green Zone, the famous physician of the Turkish-Islamic world, Ibn-i Sina, Nobel Prize-winning Turkish biochemist and molecular biologist Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar, Farabi, the famous philosopher of the Turkish-Islamic world, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, the poet of the National Anthem, Hacı Bektaş Veli, a Sufi and pioneer of the Bektashism tradition, Cacabey, a statesman and the founder of the madrasah, Ahmet Yesevi, one of the pioneers of the Turkish Sufi tradition, Atatürk's adopted daughter and sociologist Prof. Dr. The names of Afet İnan, Fatma Aliye, one of the first female novelists of Turkish literature, astronomer, mathematician and geographer Biruni, and painter, archaeologist and museum curator Osman Hamdi Bey were given to the halls and meeting rooms.

Türkiye under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; draws attention to the genocide committed by Israel in Gaza on all national and international platforms. President Erdoğan has been calling the world for support for Gaza from the UN podium at the United Nations General Assemblies he has attended so far. In his address to the 81st General Assembly of the UN on September 22, President Erdoğan said, "As a father and a grandfather who dotes on his children and grandchildren, I have to say this with a heavy heart on this podium: Gaza is not only the largest children's cemetery in the world today. It is also the region with the highest child amputation rate in the world."

Gaza is the most inhumane and shameful concentration camp of our time. Today, I will express some facts clearly here, without putting a curtain between my heart and my words. No one should be sorry, no one should be offended or offended. This is not Tayyip Erdoğan's personal issue. This is a humanitarian issue, a matter of conscience for all of us. We are faced with a genocidal mentality that cannot get enough of killing. We have an extremely dire situation before us. He made a call to the world for 'conscience' with the words "No one who has humanity in his heart, who has mercy and compassion in his heart, who has fairness and conscience can close his eyes to this picture." Poet Sezai Karakoç said, "They think that if we keep silent, there will be no problem. However, if we remain silent, history will not remain silent. He drew attention to the genocide committed by Israel in Gaza with the lines "Even if history remains silent, the truth will not remain silent."

Source: TRT Haber Açık RSS (Gündem) (Open Press / Translated Full Text)