President Erdoğan: Our state is on alert

President Erdoğan made a statement at the "Turkish Maarif Foundation 10th Anniversary Program" at Beştepe National Library.

Highlights from President Erdoğan's statements:

I wish a speedy recovery to those affected by the rain, floods and floods in Antalya and Istanbul, and I pray for God's mercy on the 3 citizens who lost their lives.

It is understood that the showers will continue in various parts of the country. We want our people to carefully follow the warnings of our official institutions in order to prevent new problems.

All institutions of our state, especially AFAD, work in coordination and take precautions in the field while giving the necessary warnings to our citizens.

I would like to thank my brothers who brought Türkiye's education vision together with the whole world. We ensured equality of opportunity in education. We started to reap the fruits of all our work. According to the Pisa results, we became the country that increased its score the most in the OECD.

We improved our education infrastructure. We have increased access to education and our institutional capacity many times. Undoubtedly, what is much more proud is that this vision is carried to different corners of the world. It is a great success for Türkiye that we have become a country that attracts tens of thousands of students from abroad every year. It is the clearest symbol of the historical transformation in education.

We provide quality education from pre-school to higher education, a success that was unimaginable 25 years ago.

Even though those who look at the world and Türkiye from other people's perspectives may not yet realize it, our country is a global player today. We are now in a new league, not only in the defense industry, diplomacy, tourism and foreign trade, but also in terms of international education vision.

We are a nation that has no shame of colonialism in its history. In many countries that talk about respecting differences, social memory has been erased.