An eight-year old girl has written to the Mayor of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality, asking him to build a park in the Arabahmet district (the old Armenian quarter) so the children there can play and inviting him to come and play with them.

Harmanci shared the letter, written by Aysegul Sanverdi, on his social media page. Little Aysegul asked Harmanci to fix the broken lights in the neighbourhood and the car park, which she said “was scary at night” and build a park in the area in which the children can play.

Aysegul asked Harmanci to ensure the park had trees, which she said she was willing to plant with him and invited him to come and play whenever he wanted. She also drew a picture of the park she wanted him to build.

Meanwhile, Harmanci said that the lights in the car park Aysegul mentioned had been fixed and playgrounds had been established co-jointly with Girne American University, the Arabahmet Primary School and the local council.