The animosity of the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan led to more street names to be changed in İstanbul province.
According to a report by pro-government Hürriyet Daily News, the İstanbul Municipal Council has decided to change the names of a total of 90 streets that included words, which could allegedly be associated with the Gülen movement.
Accordingly, a street in İstanbul’s Şişli district bearing the word “Samanyolu” was named after Hırant Dink, the prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist killed in 2007 outside his office. Also, a street in the same district previously known as “Işık” was named after Uğur Mumcu, who was killed in a bomb attack in Ankara 25 years ago.
The municipality also resolved to change the name of “Samanyolu” street in the Beyoğlu district to “Münir Özkul” street after the late actor.
The name of “Işık” street in the Bakırköy district was changed to “Yaşar Kemal” street to honor the famous novelist.
“Samanyolu” street in the Bahçelievler district became “Eren Bülbül” street. The 15-year-old Eren Bülbül was killed by outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) during clashes between the group and security forces in Trabzon’s Maçka district in August 2017.
“Renaming streets after Hırant Dink and Uğur Mumcu will contribute to social peace,” said Cevdet Bayram of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), who is a member of the İstanbul Municipal Council. Bayram thanked Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) members of the council for the renaming initiative.
This is not the first time the megacity’s municipality has launched a renaming campaign to rid street names of related allegedly to the Gülen movement.
In December last year, the Istanbul Municipality unanimously approved the renaming of 192 streets across the metropolitan area that reminded the movement.
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