Turkish cabinet member Bayraktar: Turkish schools abroad will be appreciated better in the future


Date posted: May 24, 2013

Minister of Environment and City Planning, Mr. Erdogan Bayraktar: “Turkish schools are representing our country successfully. The importance of these services will be better understood better in the future.”

Minister of Environment and City Planning, Mr. Erdogan Bayraktar visited the Rainbow International Turkish School in Seoul, the capital city of South Korea. Students welcomed the minister with roses in the entrance of the school. The general manager of Rainbow International Schools Mr. Esref Saglam, who is a fellow townsman of the minister, said the school is currently educating 65 students.

Minister Bayraktar said, “He always visit Turkish schools in all countries that he travels. They are representing our country successfully. I congratulate with all my heart ‘education volunteers’ who are serving far away from their home country. Importance of these services will be understood better in the future.”

After signing the diary for the remembrance of his visiting the school, Minister Bayraktar presented a vase to Mr. Saglam.

Source: StarGundem, 17 May 2013

Disclaimer: The original article is in Turkish. Slight deviations from the original meaning may have occurred due to the difficulties in translating phrases and idioms. PII volunteers translated the article.

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