01.03.2015 Edirne
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, as a part of his Edirne itinerary, attended the opening of the Thrace University Dentistry Faculty and the foundation laying ceremony for the TOBB Faculty of Religion. Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Every investment has its risks. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. You never lose when you invest in people.”
Stating that they are continually contributing to Edirne as TOBB,
Hisarcıklıoğlu underlined the fact that the most precious investment is that
which is made in people. Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Every investment has its risks.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. You never lose when you invest in
people. The country benefits, the city benefits, the individuals benefit. The
factor which determines our country’s status globally is how our citizens are
educated. Today, the most precious capital is not gold, gas or oil; it is
educated people. As TOBB, this is the mentality which guides us. We invest to
the education of every province to fit the needs of each. We must not be
content with only increasing the technical or empirical capacity of our youth;
we must also imbue them with history, culture and spiritual values.”
- Minister of Health Mehmet Müezzinoğlu
Minister of Health Mehmet Müezzinoğlu stated that in order to strengthen
civilization, it is necessary to put spiritual and physical health at the
center of affairs.
Müezzinoğlu stated that countries can only succeed if they build upon
strong foundations of knowledge, wisdom, truth and justice.
Müezzinoğlu reported that the faculty of religion would not only serve
Edirne, but the whole of the Balkans. Directing a question on when it would be
completed to TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, he was answered with a year
and a half.
- There can be no loss in
investing in people
Edirne Governor Dursun Ali Şahin stated that the development of the
country would be achieved with combining the material and spiritual power of
the people.
Rector Prof. Dr. Yenek Yörük thanked Minister Müezzinoğlu for his
contributions to the education of enlightened theologians.
Following the speeches Müezzinoğlu and those accompanying him laid the
foundation and conducted the opening of the Dental Health Center.