Professor Naci Görür was the topic of President Recep Erdogan’s address at the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) election campaign on April 11.
Although Erdogan avoided mentioning Gulul by name, he refuted the top systems scientist’s concerns about the enormous construction projects the government was planning by asking: “What will your professorship bring to the country?”
After the earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey on February 6 caused devastation, Gorür’s warning was made widely known. He frequently criticizes the government’s hurried construction efforts in earthquake-prone areas.
Erdogan’s assault on Görür came after the academic noted that Istanbul’s stock of buildings had reached its maximum and attacked the government’s strategy of keeping the boundaries for endless construction projects raised.
On April 10, Görür stated: “As a country, we don’t want airports, bridges, or roads; we want security.” This was addressing the 75th Geological Congress of Turkey.
The earthquake issue, according to Görür, is the most crucial one facing the nation. The opposition, local governments, and politicians are the ones to whom we are currently trying to communicate this. I don’t think we’ve made any progress, he said.
Erdogan responded on April 11 by claiming, without naming the professor, that Görür hates spending money on dams, bridges, roads, etc.
What recently stated the professor? Ha, Professor “Building airports, dams, and bridges cannot solve the problem” Think about it: You don’t have dams, airports, and (domestic car brand) TOGG. This man is a professor. This dude is a waste of a professor. This man is worthless. What benefits will your professorship have for this nation? Tell me first what is required for a nation to develop, Erdogan commanded.
Gulul responded to those comments by posting a message to his Twitter account, claiming he didn’t think Erdogan was making a reference to him.
“Mr. President, I don’t believe you are referring to me; I never stated anything. I suggested something along the lines of, “Let’s build some roads, bridges, and bridges, but first, let’s build quake-resistant cities and keep our people’s lives safe,” as a scientist who foresaw the Elaz, Maraş, and Gaziantep earthquakes and warned people. I repeated what I had previously said,” he tweeted.