Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin and former Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Binali Yıldırım attended the opening ceremony of Hacı Hacer Mıstaçoğlu Kızılay Kindergarten, which was built in Kırıkkale as part of the "81 Kindergarten in 81 Provinces Project" initiated by the Turkish Red Crescent under the auspices of Binali Yıldırım's wife, Semiha Yıldırım.

 

Expressing his gratitude to the philanthropist Mıstaçoğlu family and all the philanthropists who built the school, Minister Tekin stated that the name of the Mıstaçoğlu family will live on in this way. Noting that the Mıstaçoğlu family will be remembered with blessings, the Minister invited all philanthropists to participate and contribute to this never-ending charity.

 

Emphasizing that education begins in the swaddle in the Turkish state tradition, Minister Tekin stated that the construction of the Century of Türkiye begins with the education of the child at an early age. Underlining that they attach great importance to pre-school education, Minister Tekin stated that with the instructions, leadership and contributions of President Erdoğan, Türkiye has reached a level where it can be set as an example to many countries in the world in pre-school education. Sharing the information that there are currently 40 thousand classrooms in private and public educational institutions that only provide pre-school education, Minister Tekin said that approximately 1.5 million students attend pre-school education institutions. Noting that the schooling rate of the 5-year-old age group is 94 percent in the age population, Minister Tekin thanked Binali Yıldırım for his contributions to the education process during the AK Party governments and reminded that thanks to Yıldırım's contributions, they solved the problems in many blocked points of the Fatih Project.

 

Emphasizing that the most important investment one can make is in people, Binali Yıldırım stated that the investment in people continues to exist forever. He stated that the ancestors of this nation ruled over three continents and seven seas for more than 600 years, within the framework of the 'Keep people alive so that the state can live' principle.

 

Stating that they now talk about computer literacy instead of reading or writing, Binali Yıldırım said that they are experiencing a new process together towards the use of informatics, technology, digitalization and artificial intelligence. He stated that in order to keep up with the changing pace of the world, young people should be raised in the best possible way from the youngest age to adulthood. Expressing that the contribution of his wife Semiha, led by his friends, was a small contribution, Binali Yıldırım underlined that the Ministry of National Education did most of the work. Stating that they aim to develop children's self-confidence before school, to ensure their personality formation, to socialize and to make them ready to start school, Yıldırım stated that 60 Red Crescent kindergartens have started their operations so far and 6 kindergartens are ready for opening. Yıldırım added that they want to complete these schools in 81 provinces. Underlining that this project is entirely a social responsibility project, Yıldırım stated that no public resources were used in the project. Yıldırım said that the work carried out was for the purpose of serving the public and the nation and thanked all the philanthropists.

 

Stating that they have been serving Türkiye day and night with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for 20 years, Binali Yıldırım emphasized that they aim to ensure the unity, solidarity and brotherhood of the country.

 

Drawing attention to the heart-breaking, disproportionate war that started in Palestine, Binali Yıldırım emphasized that terrorism is the scourge of humanity. Underlining that Türkiye knows well the cost of terrorism, Binali Yıldırım added that the fight against terrorism has been continuing for forty years. Noting that the civilian massacre in Gaza under the pretext of terrorism is unacceptable, Binali Yıldırım said that they invited all international organizations and the UN to stop this brutality and barbarism. Stating that he does not believe that the UN can stop this brutality, Binali Yıldırım said that there will be no peace since one of the permanent members of the UN has clearly taken his place in this brutality by being a side of Israel. Reiterating President Erdoğan's emphasis that 'The world is bigger than 5', Yıldırım underlined that Israel should take into consideration the calls of Türkiye and the President Erdoğan and stop the massacre as soon as possible.

 

After the speeches, Tekin, Yıldırım and their entourage opened the school, visited the classrooms, gave gifts to the children and planted saplings in the school garden.

 

Governor of Kırıkkale Mehmet Makas, Kırıkkale Deputy of AK Party Mustafa Kaplan, Erzincan Deputy of AK Party Süleyman Karaman, Turkish Red Crescent Deputy Chairman Ramazan Saygılı, the Mayor of Kırıkkale Mehmet Saygılı, Binali Yıldırım's wife Semiha Yıldırım, the Mıstaçoğlu family, students and citizens attended the opening ceremony.