Mayor's Bachelor Pad for a Fun 'Night at the Museum'

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Sözcü Newspaper, 18 August 2019)


Mayor explained he sometimes served as the museum's 
nightwatchman, among his many other duties.


In Kocaeli, the İzmit municipality restored the historic 'Yeşil Konak'
(green mansion) in 2011 and adorned it with the sign 'Municipal
Museum'.  But AKP (ruling party) Mayor Nevzat Doğan added a
personal touch to the restoration by having the top floor made into
a luxurious bedroom suite, which he used (!).


                      A mayoral preserve for 'interviews'.

The bedroom was locked and was not part of the museum tour.
It was, however, outfitted with a guest room and a salon, along with
a plasma TV and airconditioning.


                                       İzmit (red marker).

After the local election on 31 March this year, the İzmit municipality
passed from the AKP to the opposition CHP, whose officials
discovered the museum's mayoral bedroom, which has a nice view of
the Gulf of İzmit.


             Now showing on the bedroom's plasma TV.