Tarek (carriage driver) testifies about his bond with horses
Tarek, a carriage driver and nephew of Denise's owner, testifies about leaving a software career for his passion working with horses, describes Denise as his teacher, and fears losing all his horses.
Okay, I'll be next.
Hello, dear council members.
My name is Tarek.
The thing what I'm doing right now is some kind of a family business.
You probably heard the name, Denis the horse died in the park because of he ate a poisoned plant, unfortunately, and his owner, Nurettin Kurvik, right over here, is my uncle.
Like I said, it's some kind of a family business and I started to work here thanks to them, him and his brother, Umet Kurbik.
Before that, I was earning my life with the company that I created with two of my friends by developing computer games.
And before that, I graduated from a good college.
With a 3.5 GPA.
And however, this process that started to help my uncles and started spending time with the horses, is it helped me to discover my actual passion.
And that's how, you know, I always defined myself as an animal lover.
And that's how I became able to work with the horses.
There was something precious for me, you know.
So much so that I left my company, that left that company that I created and started to work here.
So, I mean, okay, the AI stuff are coming.
It may take many people's job, but it will never replace my horse, my beautiful horse, Leila.
And I'm not afraid of that, too.
I mean, I can make money somehow from software stuff.
The actual thing what I fear is...
The possibility of shutting down the horse carriage business because unlike the many of these folks behind me, the animal activists, I'm not
calling my, I will never call myself an animal abuser, you know, because
Like I told you before, I love animals.
Denise was also my horse.
I worked with him for two years.
And I learned everything from him.
So, you know, I lost him.
That was so hard.
He was only one of the eight horses that I worked with.
I cannot imagine how it will be hard for me to lose all of them.
I just don't want any alternative job or any way to earn money.
I just want to keep going my life in that way with my horses.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Next.