In order to draw attention to the contribution of qualified educational environments with modern architecture and activities that complement the curriculum to the success of our children and to raise awareness about educational investments, our General Directorate, the European Union Delegation to Turkey, KfW Development Bank officials and European and World champion young athletes met with children at Kahramanmaraş Onikişubat Şehit Tebernuş Özler Secondary School.
To our Youth Gathering Event, General Manager of Construction and Real Estate Mr. Umut GÜR, Head of Economic and Social Development Unit of the European Union Delegation to Turkey Angel Gutierrez HIDALGO, KfW Southeast Europe and Turkey Director Klaus MÜLLER, Head of Purchasing Department of our General Directorate Hacı Mehmet KULOĞLU, Kahramanmaraş Provincial Director of National Education Yusuf KAHRAMAN, European and World Champion in Shooting Safiye SARITÜRK TEMİZDEMİR, Paralympic Swimming Second in Europe and third place in Tokyo Olympics Sevilay ÖZTÜRK, Paralympic Swimming World Champion Beytullah EROĞLU and General Directorate Departmental Manager and technical staff attended.
Our General Manager, Mr. Umut GÜR; started his speech by stating that they see schools as educational centers that contribute to our children at every stage with their architectural and structural features. Emphasizing that the main motivation of the project team is that no child should fall behind in education within the borders of our country, GÜR added that besides the investments made by our government with its own resources in the field of education, the schools built with the financial support of the European Union also contribute to the education infrastructure. Umut GÜR, General Manager of Construction and Real Estate, said, “The main factor that motivates us is that there will be many champions such as Safiye, Sevilay, and Beytullah in our schools. Today, we are holding this beautiful event with the technical team of our General Directorate in charge of this school to tell our children everything they wonder about the school. Access to education is the fundamental right of all children. All of our schools, which were built with the financial support of the European Union, have the status of public schools and are at the service of all our children without discrimination with their address-based registration system.”
Safiye SARITÜRK TEMİZDEMİR, our European and World Champion in Shooting, who took the floor at the youth meeting, stated that sports give meaning to our lives from a young age and that success can only be achieved with hard work. Sevilay ÖZTÜRK, who is the second in Paralympic Swimming Europe and the third in Tokyo Olympics, emphasized that the biggest factor that motivates her in achieving success is to hold on to life and set an example for young people. Paralympic Swimming World Champion Beytullah EROĞLU stated in his speech that nothing should be accepted as an excuse to achieve success and that time is too precious to be wasted.
Angel Gutierrez HIDALGO, Head of the Economic and Social Development Unit of the European Union Delegation to Turkey, who took the floor in the interview, said that he was happy to be in an event with a very high energy, that as the European Union, they attach great importance to education and that they support education by building schools throughout Turkey with the Ministry of National Education.
Table tennis and chess tournaments, rubik’s cube solving and 3-point shooting competitions, music concerts and exhibitions were also held within the scope of the youth meeting, using the materials provided to the schools within the scope of the project. Participating delegation and young athletes participated in competitions and activities together with the children.