DURUŞ DERGİSİ YEREL YÖNETİMLER SAYISI | SAMİ ER (MALATYA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYE BAŞKANI )

"We chose the difficult path to preserve the city's soul, demographic structure, and neighborhood relations!" said Malatya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Sami Er, explaining that they prioritized the reserve area model in the post-earthquake reconstruction process to keep historical memory alive. Emphasizing that the traditions of the bazaar merchants would be preserved and the business sectors would be arranged in accordance with the old traditions, Sami Er also stated that they had taken permanent measures to address the city's chronic transportation and infrastructure problems.