President Erdoğan inaugurates 2000 village centers

 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of 2000 village life centers, built by the Ministry of National Education, at Beştepe Nation’s Convention and Culture Center.

“OUR CENTURY OF TÜRKİYE DREAM BELONGS TO OUR 85 MILLION CITIZENS”

Noting that the Century of Türkiye programme, declared a short while ago, constitutes the framework for the country’s goals for a new era, President Erdoğan said: “The architect, author and the master of our Century of Türkiye dream is our 85 million citizens.”

“Our 20-year-long experience in democracy and development reforms lay behind our ability today to discuss the Century of Türkiye as opposed to crises,” President Erdoğan said.

“WE INCREASED OUR ANNUAL EDUCATION BUDGET TO TL304 BILLION”

“None of our achievements have been handed to us on a silver platter. We as a nation and country have had to strive, sweat, and even pay a price - when need be – for all our accomplishments. Out of a country of poverty and economic crises, we have built a Türkiye whose economy stands out with its industry, exports, tourism and agriculture,” President Erdoğan said.

“When we assumed the responsibility to govern our country 20 years ago, we promised to raise Türkiye upon four main pillars, and we placed education at the top,” President Erdoğan said. “We have delivered on this promise in the past 20 years, as has been the case for every other promise we made. In every budget we prepared, we have allocated the greatest share to education. We have increased our annual budget for education from TL7.5 billion to TL304 billion as of last year.”