'Trees Opened Books' event was held before Kocaeli Book Fair

Before the 16th Kocaeli Book Fair, organized by Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, the "Trees Opened Books" event was organized. Before the fair, which will open its doors at Kocaeli Congress Center on October 3, 5 thousand books were hung on the centuries-old plane trees on Cumhuriyet Boulevard.

The event, which has now become a tradition, attracted great attention even though it was in the early hours of the morning. Students and book enthusiasts waiting around the trees quickly collected books consisting of Turkish and world classics.

Interest in the event held at the same time in Gebze Çamlık Park and Kocaeli University Campus was also high and 2 thousand books were collected rapidly.

AK Party Kocaeli Provincial Chairman Dr. Şahin Talus and Metropolitan Municipality General Secretary Dr. Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tahir Büyükakın, who attended the event together with Hayri Baraçlı, chatted with students and citizens and gave books as gifts.

Stating that Kocaeli Book Fair has gone beyond the borders of Türkiye and taken on an international identity, Büyükakın said that the increasing interest every year is pleasing.

Büyükakın said, "We are on the eve of the book season again for Kocaeli. Kocaeli Book Fair opens its doors. Our fair has become a tradition for Kocaeli. The people of Kocaeli loved the Book Fair very much. There is a serious influx of book lovers from other cities. Our Trees Opened a Book event, which has become a tradition of our Book Fair, adds a different color. We are especially pleased that our young people and children come here with their mothers and fathers at this time and experience the excitement of the Kocaeli Book Fair." "It pleases me," he said.

Providing information about the content of this year's Kocaeli Book Fair, Büyükakın said, "Our Kocaeli Book Fair will open its doors with 1,065 events and interviews. 550 publishing houses will meet with book lovers. We will promote 5 cultural publications. A very colorful Kocaeli Book Fair, which will break its own record, will meet our city. A very nice program has been prepared. We are waiting for our book lovers, especially the people of Kocaeli, and the surrounding provinces, to this beautiful organization. Our event is already here." "I hope it will be beneficial to our book lovers and bring beauty to our city and country," he said.

International Kocaeli Book Fair will open its doors tomorrow. The fair, where 550 publishing houses, non-governmental organizations and second-hand booksellers will participate, will also host 65 events and interviews. This year's guest of honor at Kocaeli Book Fair, which will have the theme 'In the Trail of Novels and Memoirs', is Prof. Dr. It will be Ahmet Güner Sayar.

Citizens will be able to visit the fair, which will last until Sunday evening, October 11, between 10.30-21.30.