Zeytinli Rock Festival, one of the biggest music festivals in Turkey, was canceled recently. Today, it turned out that the objection to the annulment decision was rejected. The company that organized the festival made statements on the official social media account of the Zeytinli Rock Festival after the events.
One of Turkey’s biggest music festivals Olive Rock Festivalhas been held since 2005, bringing together thousands of young people and many artists from all over the country. However, the news recently revealed that the event, which will be held on August 17-21, was canceled with a sudden decision.
In the statements made by the District Governor’s Office, the festival to be held in Burhaniye was cancelled.public safety and health, public peace and environmental protection’ Why was it shown? This decision, sitting on the agenda of social media, drew reaction from many citizens and artists.
The appeal against the annulment decision was rejected.
The organizer of the event, Million Production Organization, made this decision after the festival was canceled. objection He announced that he was going to do it with the statements he made from his official accounts. However, the information received today indicates that the objection made to the Burhaniye District Governorship being rejected revealed.
Statement from Zeytinli Rock Festival
After the news, Zeytinli Rock Festival made a post on its official Instagram account, under the words “Important public announcement about Zeytinli Rock Festival”. The festival, in the statements made by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, “We will leave everything to the youth. They are the hope of the future, their luminous flowers. All of my hope is in the youth” gave his word. After that, a detailed explanation was given about what happened.
In the first part of the statement, it was stated that a total of 70 local and foreign groups will participate in the festival and the event will be held in a place rented from Burhaniye Municipality for 7 years. Afterwards, the municipality, the mayor and the people of the district were thanked. Following are the explanations regarding the cancellation decision:
“We regret to say that after a call made by a foundation whose contribution we do not understand, Balıkesir Governorship and Burhaniye District Governorship started to act as if they had sworn to do their best to prevent the festival from happening this year. We did not take the allegations seriously that some sects pressured government agencies to cancel the festival. However, our experiences started to make us think that what we were told was more than just gossip.”
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In the continuation of the statement, the festival It creates employment for thousands of people and makes an undeniable contribution to the region’s tourism and economy. and the following expressions were used:This arbitrary decision, taken without considering the chaos caused by the paid reservations made by thousands of festival participants to the hotels in the region, and the grievances of the tradesmen who stockpiled for the Zeytinli Rock Festival, which has been eagerly awaited for two years after the difficult pandemic process, will not benefit the public and will not benefit the region. cause irreparable harm it is clear as day.
It was also among the statements that all the officials were interviewed for the festival and solutions were produced for all reservations. Stating that they are trying to redesign the festival area in a way that will not cause any worries, the event officials added that their priority is always to address the concerns of the authorities and added that they appealed to the district governor’s office regarding the cancellation decision. negative response He said they got it.
Finally, the statement emphasizing that the Zeytinli Rock Festival is one of the longest-running events organized for young people ended with the following statements:Those who withhold happiness from our youth for a few days should never forget that; The Turkish Youth, to whom Atatürk entrusted our Republic, will never give credit to reaction and darkness.