Petition aims to shape Turkey's Batman province like the superhero logo

A petition started last week on the website change.org is seeking to change the borders of Turkey's southeastern Batman province already garnered more than 10,000 signatures. Kemal Atakan Kırca, who started the campaign calls for Batman governorate to "start with the border" after stating Batman needs some change.

Supporters of the campaign count on tourism revenues for the city which is mostly off the tourist trail. "This is a good campaign. I remember when our airport was included in a list of airports with silly names and it made the headlines. This is a small city but such campaigns make it known in the world," Sinan Bozçalı, a resident, told İhlas News Agency.

However, he acknowledged it can never happen as "it is hard to redraw borders of a city."

Burak Cengiz, another Batman resident, says that "there will be more tourists visiting the city,".

Hüseyin Aslan, head of the tourism and hoteliers chamber for southeastern Turkey, disagrees. Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), he said the campaign would not "contribute at all to the promotion of Batman."

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