2. Hayrettin Güngör, the mayor of Kahramanmaraş Metropolitan Municipality, who gave a speech during the opening ceremony of the International Kahramanmaraş Poetry and Literature Days said that "We thought that the word of Kahramanmaraş is the word of Türkiye. Because poets and minstrels such as Karacaoğlan, Necip Fazıl, Sezai Karakoç, Cahit Zarifoğlu, Erdem Bayazıt, Abdürrahim Karakoç, Mahzuni Şerif lived in these lands. And this city will continue to inspire many more beautiful men."

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