Erdoğan visited Nebahat Özdemir İmam Hatip Secondary School in Akçakoca district and met with teachers and students.
Erdoğan sang "Again, A Gülnihal" with the students playing orff and melodica, shot arrows with the students in the school's multi-purpose hall, and visited the laboratory.
Later, Erdoğan went to Orhan Özdemir Science High School and met with the teachers there.
Speaking to students here in a chat program, Erdoğan said that he has been trying to serve the country, society and young people in various non-governmental organizations and educational institutions in Türkiye for about 15 years.
Erdoğan stated that the point Türkiye has reached in 23 years is a gain for them and that they continue to invest tirelessly in generations and young people to maintain this, and said, "One day, when you have a job, when you start working in your careers, sooner or later you will understand and see that the most accurate investment is always an investment in people." he said.
Talking about the developments in artificial intelligence and robotic technologies, Erdoğan explained that behind this is human development and the acceleration of human technological developments.
Referring to the importance of institutionalism, Erdoğan noted that the financial resources of universities in the country should be further increased in order to compete with universities such as Harvard and Stanford, that they have made great progress in this regard, and that the number of universities in Türkiye among the top 1000 and top 1500 in the world has been increasing continuously for 20 years.
Explaining that he takes part in foundations and associations to provide service and support to students and that they work to create strong institutional structures, Erdoğan talked about the importance of universities and non-governmental organizations.
"THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM AIMS TO EROSE THE TIES OF TRUST BETWEEN PEOPLE"
Erdoğan advised students not to plan only for themselves, but also to keep "What can I do?" for people on their agenda, and said, "The economic system called capitalism, the world order that has been formed for 200 years, makes people more and more selfish. Isn't it? A system that considers everyone as a customer. Algorithms that can target everyone one by one by dividing them, cutting off the relations between them, prefer you to be selfish." he said.
Pointing out that the capitalist system aims to erode the bonds of trust and compassion between people, Erdogan said, "Do you think the world will be a better place after 50 years? I mean, no matter where you conduct a survey in the world, we will probably get the same answer. Humanity agrees that the situation is not good. What do we need to do to make things better? We need to return to our originals. We need to focus on the characteristics that make us human and try to strengthen them." he said.
Asking the students to be followers and diligent in spreading the beauty and institutionalizing them, Erdoğan said, "We should not be ineffective members of society, members who just talk and do nothing, but individuals who are both troubled and who mobilize their work, opportunities and ideas to cure the troubles. If we are like this, our country and our city will be more beautiful." he said.
Drawing attention to the size of Türkiye, Erdoğan said, "The Turkish world is 200 million, the Islamic world is 2 billion, and there are hundreds of millions of people in the world waiting for leadership from Türkiye, their eyes are on Türkiye. Therefore, when we act, the dynamics we can put into action are far beyond what you think." he said.
Erdoğan wished young people to see that they are the generation that will do many groundbreaking works around the world by taking people like Selçuk Bayraktar, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the T3 Foundation and Chairman of the TEKNOFEST Board of Directors, as an example.
Erdoğan also answered the questions of the participants and took photos with the students.
Akçakoca District Governor Hacı Arslan Uzan, Akçakoca Deputy Mayor Alev Ünal, MÜSİAD Chairman Burhan Özdemir, Provincial Director of National Education Gülşen Özer and AK Party Provincial Chairman Hasan Şengüloğlu also attended the program.
Erdoğan, who later performed the Friday prayer at Akçakoca Central Mosque, greeted the congregation. Düzce Governor Mehmet Makas, Düzce Mayor Faruk Özlü, Akçakoca District Governor Hacı Arslan Uzan, Akçakoca Deputy Mayor Alev Ünal and other relevant people also took part in the program here.
Erdoğan then attended the "NGO Meeting" program at Düzce Municipality Culinary Arts Center.
Düzce Governor Mehmet Makas, AK Party Group Deputy Chairman Leyla Şahin Usta, AK Party Düzce Deputy Ayşe Keşir, Düzce Mayor Faruk Özlü, MÜSİAD Chairman Burhan Özdemir, AK Party Provincial Chairman Hasan Şengüloğlu, MHP Provincial Chairman İlhami Caboğlu were also present in the program.
