."Whoops! & Retreat": State Theater Director Wrongly Blames City for Shabby Building His Own Ministry Owns, in Antalya

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(Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 30 March 2024)

Karadağlı pointing the finger...unknowingly in the mirror.

Tamer Karadağlı, the Director of State Theaters,  took a look at the 

shabby condition of the Haşim İşcan Cultural Center that is used jointly

by the Antalya  State Opera and Ballet Company, as well as by the 

Antalya State Theater Company, and declared "Doesn't the (Antalya)

municipality see this?! It's a disgrace!"  This statement by Karadağlı

was made on the eve of the 31 March municipal elections throughout

Turkey. 

However (!), Antalya Mayor Muhittin Böcek (and candidate for 

reelection from the opposition CHP party) was quick to point out that 

the care, repair and maintenance of the building in question is the 

responsibility of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 

Karadağlı's boss (!).  In this regard, Böcek said that "rather than 

making misleading political propaganda, had this fellow been doing 

his own job properly he would have known what the true situation 

was."

Böcek added: "On the eve of the election, when such propaganda 

statements are banned by the Federal Elections Commission, he's

trying to cast aspersions on the Antalya municipality.  We'd be happy

to show him our municipal theaters and facilities so he can see how 

much importance the municipality gives to the arts.  But by coming to

Antalya and making misleading videos like this he's just after some

cheap political gains."

He gained fame as the obnoxious blowhard in this "Married

With Children" spinoff.  Seems he wasn't acting...