Bakiri claims that “insensible people” have had a share in Balat turning into a center of profit through gentrification. Bakiri believes that the people who handed their properties over to investors didn’t look at their living environment with passion due to their economy-oriented mindset. “It is not right to gain something by destroying historical places”, Bakiri says and adds that “It is important to sustain and know the value of existing things rather than just adding something to it. The neighborhood culture needs to be protected”.
Bakiri îdia dike ku yek ji sedema ranta li Balatê “gelê nezan” e. Kesên milkên xwe radestî sermeyadaran dikin, tenê li ser aboriyê difikirin û taybetiya mekanê nabînin. Bakiri wiha dibêje: Ji bo qazankirina tiştên piçûk, nabe mirov berhem û devera dîrokî feda bike. Mirov divê qedrê kevirên ku rihê dîrokê di nav xwe de dihewînin, bizanibe. Wan bi wî taybetiya wan ve biparêze. Divê mirov çanda taxê biparêze.”