The seed sowing for the “Alanya and Surrounding Areas Bottle Gourd Development Project,” which was prepared by the Alanya City Council with the contributions of Turuncu Medya and supported by the Alanya District Governorate, Alanya Municipality, Alanya Association of Tourist Operators (ALTİD), Alanya Tourism Promotion Foundation (ALTAV), Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University (ALKÜ), Alanya Hamdullah Emin Paşa (HEP) University, Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Alanya Service Unit, Directorate of National Education, Directorate of Highways, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Alanya Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ALTSO), and Bir Alanya’mız Var Association, was carried out at the Alanya Municipality Sapling and Flower Production Center.
“30,000 SEEDS WILL MEET THE SOIL”
Speaking at the event, which was also attended by Alanya District Governor Mustafa Harputlu and Alanya Mayor Adem Murat Yücel, Alanya City Council President Nurhan Özcan stated that with this project, they wanted to reintroduce the nearly forgotten art and cultivation of gourd growing to the public and put it into practice, saying, “In our tourism city of Alanya, we want to grow gourds symbolically in the streets and parks. Additionally, we aim to ensure that cultivation spreads throughout the neighborhoods to generate financial gain. We currently have 30,000 elite seeds in our possession. We have delivered 10,000 of these to Alanya Municipality. Once these seeds, the planting of which we have started, turn into seedlings, we will distribute them to villagers, our public, and our tourism professionals. As a continuation of the project, we will hold a workshop in Alanya with gourd decoration masters from all over Turkey. During this workshop, which will last for a few days, we will provide free gourd decoration training to our public, our students, our foreign residents, and the tourists vacationing in our region.”