The opening program of the Istanbul Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Anatolian Imam Hatip High School Student Dormitory, whose construction was completed within the scope of the "1000 States of Kindness to St. Istanbul" project, within the scope of the protocol signed between the Istanbul Governorship and Tay Group Companies, started with the recitation of the Holy Quran and watching the promotional video.
Speaking at the program, Istanbul Governor Davut Gül said that it is a very beautiful project where every detail of the dormitory has been calculated down to the smallest detail.
Regarding the earthquake resistance of school buildings, Governor Gül said, "With the contributions of the Istanbul Project Coordination Unit, the budget of our Ministry of National Education and our other philanthropists, 550 of our buildings were demolished and rebuilt, the others were strengthened and made earthquake resistant. Today, the most reliable buildings in Istanbul are education buildings, and we do not have a single building in Istanbul for education that is not earthquake resistant." he said.
Pointing out that the quality of education is increasing day by day, Gül said, "Hopefully, our dual education rate, which dropped from 81 percent to 18 percent, will be built within 2 years, including all those without land problems, and our Istanbul will switch to single education like other cities in Türkiye." he said.
Necmeddin Bilal Erdoğan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Knowledge Dissemination Foundation, said that imam-hatip schools are also a plane tree in the education system.
Stating that the high school was one of the schools that was the reason for the establishment of the Science Dissemination Society, Erdoğan noted that he was pleased with the completion of the school's dormitory.
Erdoğan said, "It is a very high quality school with its 10-year-old new building and all its equipment. Now, with its dormitory capacity, students from all over Anatolia will choose this place and find accommodation right next to the school. If it were not for the support of Mesut Bey and his team, our Governor and the entire administration, it would be a miracle that such a thing could be accomplished in 6 months." he said.
Stating that the country has been revived in a manner befitting the heart of Istanbul, the most important city of civilization, Erdoğan said, "Our educational staff here has shown and continues to show an amazing performance in the last four or five years with their achievements. This is a cornerstone in our adventure of revitalizing our civilization and culture. Here is the embodiment of our need to revive Istanbul with its spirit." he said.
Stating that they, as Ibn Haldun University, also have projects in the madrasahs in Suleymaniye, Erdogan said, "We want scholars to start wandering around the Suleymaniye Mosque again, and we want master's and doctoral students of Islamic Sciences and academics to mingle among the congregation of that mosque. Because these are the streets where the most important scholars of all Ottoman towns lived and walked for centuries, they are not places that will be left only to tourists." "I hope and pray that this exemplary action taken here today will set an example for all other established organizations in reviving this wonderful city with its spirit and identity." he said.
Wishing that the students who will graduate from high school will carry the flag they inherited further, Erdoğan said:
"May many Recep Tayyip Erdoğans, many Mesut Topraks, many Yusuf Tülüns continue to grow from here. Thank God, after many local goals and dreams have been realized, after a certain level of economic development has been achieved, Türkiye now needs to raise people who will carry these global claims, and with God's permission, they are. If it had not been possible, we would not be able to talk about 1.5 million young people in TEKNOFEST competitions. The dynamism in these schools, "We could not talk about the excitement and the bright faces of our children. With God's permission, this blessed generation will be the generation that will end the genocides. Therefore, may our path be bright and our children's luck be bright."
Tay Group Chairman of the Board of Directors and Fatih Education and Science Foundation Board of Trustees Chairman Mesut Toprak also noted that the dormitory, the foundation of which was laid on March 6, was put into service quickly and that they set a goal and achieved it.
Stating that the school is rising in the success rankings day by day and that the students will now stay next to their school, Toprak said that they did not build the dormitory as an investment, they earned in this country and paid their debt to the children of this country.
Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Coşkun Yılmaz, Fatih Mayor Ergün Turan, Fatih District Governor Cafer Sarılı, Istanbul Provincial Director of National Education Murat Mücahit Yentür, Science Dissemination Society President Yusuf Tülün, foundation trustees, school graduates and students attended the ceremony.
After the speeches, Governor Gül presented a certificate of appreciation to Toprak.
