President Erdoğan Önder sent a video message to the 23rd Imam Hatip Students Congress

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a video message to the Leader 23rd Imam Hatip Students Congress. In his message, President Erdoğan said, "I congratulate Önder, who brought together in Trabzon all our brothers and sisters who are devoted to the Imam Hatip cause, from our voluntary organizations to our educational institutions, academics, students, teachers and graduates. I hope that the ideas and suggestions to be put forward in the panels and sessions within the scope of the congress, and the proposals and evaluations covering the past, as well as the present and the future, will contribute to our common vision. The establishment, survival and strengthening of our Imam Hatip schools will enable these distinguished educational centers to become more and more popular." "I remember with mercy and gratitude all our elders who fought to reach our youth. I pray to God for success to you, my valuable brothers, who are the soldiers, carriers and standard bearers of this 75-year-old struggle."

Noting that the Imam Hatip schools, which our nation established, sustained and brought to these days, continues on its way by constantly raising the bar of success, Erdoğan said, "I would like to express this once again with great pride. Imam Hatip schools, which our nation established, sustained and brought to these days, continues on its way by constantly raising the bar of success. From the defense industry to bureaucracy, from academia to politics, from the private sector to civil society, our brothers who are Imam Hatip graduates have a great presence in almost every place." "They serve our country with dedication. We witnessed once again with pride what the Imam Hatip graduates could achieve when the obstacles in front of them were removed, at the graduation ceremony of our latest military schools. Our schools are also impressive with the success they achieved in the exams for transition to high schools and higher education institutions. We see all these as signs that Turkey, freed from prohibitions and tutelage shackles, has now become normal."