BREAKING NEWS | Get well soon message from President Erdoğan to those affected by the flood: All measures are being taken

Breaking news... President Erdoğan is speaking at the "Turkish Maarif Foundation 10th Anniversary Program" at Beştepe National Library.

Highlights from President Erdoğan's statements are as follows:

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. 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. It is understood that heavy rains will continue today and tomorrow. We want our people to carefully follow the warnings of our official institutions in order to prevent new problems.

Our brother Üsküdar Deputy Mayor Dündar Ziya Gültekin passed away in a traffic accident. I wish God Almighty's mercy to our brother Ziya, whose effort, sincerity and love for Üsküdar we have personally witnessed, and I offer my patience and condolences to his grieving family, relatives, AK Party community and the people of Üsküdar.

I hope that the 10th anniversary of the Turkish Maarif Foundation will be fruitful. Our foundation, which set out with big goals for 10 years, operates in 66 countries. Today, I would like to congratulate once again our foundation, which provides quality education opportunities to more than 75 thousand students. This success is a matter of pride for all of us. Our real success is the human stories behind these numbers. What matters is the values ​​we add to the lives of our children who are studying. We see international education as a long-term marathon.

We have developed our education infrastructure in the last 24 years. We ensured equality of opportunity. We organized the course curriculum in line with new needs. We carried out the digital transformation of schools. According to PISA 2025 results, we became the country that increased its scores the most among OECD countries in the fields of science and mathematics.