06.10.2015 Bingöl
Built by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) in Karşıyaka, Bingöl, the 24 classroom TOBB Cevdet Yılmaz Middle School was opened with a ceremony attended by TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and Deputy Prime Minister Cevdet Yılmaz.
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that TOBB had also built
480 residences in Bingöl following the 2003 earthquake.
Hisarcıklıoğlu explained the reason for the school’s name with, “Plains
of Bingöl are drawing in investments and investors; Bingöl’s rocky mountains
are hosting ski resorts; Bingöl’s children are crossing seas and attending the
best schools, taking part in the country’s politics and economy. The most
prominent example of this is the Deputy Prime Minister Yılmaz. He is a true son
of these lands. Born in Bingöl, he was educated in the best schools of the
world through his own efforts, became a bureaucrat, minister and is now the
Deputy Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic – showing just how much the
children of Bingöl can accomplish with education. The life story of the Deputy
PM is what inspired us to build this school.”
Deputy Prime Minister Cevdet Yılmaz expressed his happiness in attending
the opening of such a beneficial service.
Stating that the government’s priority has always been education, Yılmaz
touched on the impossibility of managing all education activities with the
means of the government.
Pointing to the school as the best example of public – private
cooperation, Yılmaz thanked TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and the TOBB
Board for all of the similar projects they undertake throughout Turkey.
- Bingöl TSO visit
TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu and Deputy Prime Minister Cevdet Yılmaz
visited the Bingöl Chamber of Commerce and Industry and met with the Board
Chairman Erkan Çalbay and the Council Members.