Bilal Erdoğan and MÜSİAD President made civil society and youth themed visits in Düzce and Akçakoca.

Bilal Erdoğan, Chairman of the World Ethnosport Confederation and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Knowledge Dissemination Foundation, and MÜSİAD President Burhan Özdemir made a series of visits and programs in Düzce and Akçakoca. The first stop of the delegation, which attended schools, youth meetings, non-governmental organizations and mosque programs throughout the day, was Akçakoca Nezahat Özdemir Imam Hatip Secondary School. While the teachers' room and classrooms were visited, students came together in the school garden and organized an archery shooting activity. The delegation then went to Orhan Özdemir Science High School and chatted with high school students in the conference hall with a capacity of 500 people. In his speech here, Bilal Erdoğan stated that one of the most distinctive features of developed societies in the world is the strong civil society structure, and pointed out that civil society has the power to create public opinion and direct politics and those who govern the country. Emphasizing that non-governmental organizations can lead law-making processes and legislation in developed countries, Erdoğan stated that strengthening civil society in Turkey is one of the basic requirements of being a modern and developed society.

'DON'T PLAN JUST FOR YOURSELF'

Addressing young people and individuals seeking a career in his speech, Erdoğan touched upon the importance of institutional structures and made the following recommendations:

"I would especially like to emphasize this to you. After talking about creating structures that will serve our country and the world consistently, never make your plans only for yourself."

Stating that young people who set career goals should keep their vision broad, Erdoğan said that even when one is an engineer, doctor, lawyer or teacher, only individual life and subsistence should not be placed at the center of life. Erdoğan concluded his call with the following words:

"What can I do for the people around you, for the people in need, for the suffering people in your city, in our country, in the Islamic world, all over the world, in this career search? When you become an engineer, when you become a doctor, when you become a lawyer, when you become a teacher, I wonder what I can do and where I can be that will cure other people's problems, apart from my own plans, my plans that concern my life, my plans regarding my food and living."

The delegation then went to Düzce center and met with representatives of non-governmental organizations. Erdogan, who listened to the problems of non-governmental organizations, then left Düzce.