People living in coffee houses in Rize’s Hemşin district were invited to a march organized to draw attention to healthy living.
District Governor Furkan Dinçer, Mayor Halim Kazım Bekar, Provincial Director of Youth and Sports Ramazan Öztürk, Deputy Head of Public Health Salih Yıldırım, Green Crescent Rize Branch President Selçuk Beşikçi and citizens attended the “Healthy Life” walk organized by the Green Crescent Rize Branch.
Participants of the event, which started from Hemşin Square Park, walked on Atatürk Street with banners in their hands.
Citizens sitting in the coffeehouses along the route supported the march upon the invitation of the participants. Ali Kenan Pehlivan, who participated in the march with a tea glass in his hand, told reporters that his only addiction was Rize tea.
District Governor Furkan Dinçer stated that Green Crescent is an important non-governmental organization.
Pointing out the importance of fighting addiction, Dinçer said, “Hemşin is one of the smallest districts of Turkey. We can immediately see the reward of the work we do here. We held a healthy lifestyle walk under the leadership of our youth. We invited our citizens to the cafes with the beautiful examples of our elders, it was a nice walk.” said.
Dinçer explained that they were warmly welcomed in coffeehouses and said, “They supported us when we went to the cafe and explained our purpose. I think they also liked this dynamism. It was a nice day when we walked together. We are more addicted to tea than cigarettes in the region. We love tea. Let’s just continue our addiction to tea and stay away from all other addictions.” he said.
Beşikçi, Green Crescent Branch President, pointed out that healthy living is one of the avenues in the fight against addiction. “Laziness is one of the worst addictions. We organized marches and festivals to mobilize people. We invited people in coffee shops and on the streets to our march. There was a very good participation.” made his assessment.
