Breaking News… Presidential Communications Director Burhanettin Duran made a written statement regarding the Presidential High Advisory Board Meeting held under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Director of Communications Duran made the following statements in his statement:

Our Presidential High Advisory Board met at the Presidential Complex under the chairmanship of our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

In addition to our President, board members İsmail Kahraman, Mehmet Ali Şahin, Cemil Çiçek, Köksal Toptan, İsmet Yılmaz, Binali Yıldırım, Mustafa Şentop, Presidential Secretary General Hakkı Susmaz, Presidential Communications Director Burhanettin Duran and Presidential Private Secretary Hasan Doğan attended the meeting.

On the agenda of our Presidential High Advisory Board, the conflicts in our region, the latest developments in the world and the “Terror-Free Türkiye” process were discussed.

At the meeting, it was stated that it was important to ensure a ceasefire in the process that started with the unlawful attack on Iran, and that contacts with all parties were continuing to maintain calm and extend the ceasefire.

In our meeting, despite the negative developments in our region, the steps that have been taken and can be taken to move Türkiye forward in every field, from defense industry to communication and information technologies, from transportation to energy, from urban planning to tourism, were evaluated.

At the meeting, where the importance of strengthening the internal front was discussed in detail, it was stated that a strong national structure would ensure the elimination of all kinds of threats to our country. It was emphasized that strong steps that strengthen our unity and solidarity, such as the “Terror-Free Türkiye” process, should be taken decisively.

At our meeting, comprehensive judicial, administrative, sociological and cultural measures and detailed road maps were evaluated to combat all forms of violence, especially the violent acts that have occurred in our schools recently.

Minister Tekin, in his statement on his NSosyal account, stated that the heartbreaking events in Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş deeply shook the whole country.

“WE ARE TAKING THE NECESSARY STEPS WITH DETERMINATION”

“I must express with great sadness that we lost our hopeful young people and an educator devoted to his duty with all his sanctity in these tragic events.” Stating that the nation is in indescribable sadness, Minister Tekin said:

“To prevent similar incidents from occurring in our educational institutions, which are the best examples of our climate of social peace throughout our ancient civilization, we are determinedly taking the necessary steps to implement a holistic security approach that covers all digital and physical threats by updating our existing security measures together with the Ministries of Internal Affairs, Justice and Family and Social Services.

This pain that we shoulder at such a time when we are united with the deepest feelings as a nation has fallen on all of our hearts. As a matter of fact, this process will be followed down to the smallest detail, and every necessary step will be taken with care and attention for the peace of our children, the well-being of our teachers and the tranquility of our educational environments. Our nation should never doubt that no aspect of this common pain will be left in the dark. May God have mercy on our teachers and students who lost their lives, I wish patience to their grieving families and every member of our education family, and a speedy recovery to our injured. My condolences to our nation and our education community.”

9 suspects, including CHP Ankara Provincial Chairman Ümit Erkol, were arrested in the operation carried out on April 9 in the investigation carried out regarding the crimes of “embezzlement”, “qualified fraud”, “forgery of official documents” and “neglect of audit duty” regarding the provision of benefits through Gaziemir Limited Liability Business People Gaziemir Construction Cooperative through Izmir Metropolitan Municipality subsidiary İZBETON AŞ.

Ümit Erkol

SECOND ARREST OF 3 SUSPECTS

A new development has occurred regarding former Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç Soyer, former CHP Izmir Provincial Chairman Şenol Aslanoğlu and former İZBETON AŞ General Manager Heval Savaş Kaya within the scope of the “Gaziemir Construction Cooperative” investigation against Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. Statements of Soyer, Aslanoğlu and Kaya by the prosecutor’s office within the scope of the investigation regarding the crimes of “embezzlement”, “qualified fraud”, “forgery of official documents” and “neglect of audit duty” regarding the provision of benefits through Limited Liability Business People Gaziemir Construction Cooperative within the framework of “Urban Transformation and Development Area Projects” in Gaziemir district through İZBETON AŞ, where 9 suspects, including CHP Ankara Provincial Chairman Ümit Erkol, were arrested. received.

THE NUMBER OF DETAINED INCREASED TO 12

An arrest warrant was issued for Soyer, Aslanoğlu and Kaya, who were previously detained within the scope of the investigation of “embezzlement” allegations against İzmir Business People Örnekköy Housing Building Cooperative, by the criminal judgeship of peace on duty, to whom they were referred on charges of “embezzlement” and “forgery of official documents by a public official”. Thus, the number of detainees within the scope of the “Gaziemir Construction Cooperative” investigation increased to 12.

Tunç Soyer

Heval Savaş Kaya

The education cooperation protocol signed between Palet Turkish Music Primary School affiliated with the New Türkiye Education Foundation (YETEV) and Haliç University was signed today at the ceremony held at Palet Turkish Music Primary School. The ceremony was attended by YETEV Board of Trustees Chairman Necmeddin Bilal Erdoğan, Palet Turkish Music Primary School Founding Representative Yüce Gümüş, YETEV Schools General Manager Yusuf Tüfekçi, Haliç University Rector Prof. Dr. Enes Eryarsoy, Haliç University Chairman of the Board of Trustees Kemal Bilal Aydın, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees Abdullah Ceylan, Member of the Board of Trustees Hulusi Yiğit, Conservatory Director Prof. Dr. Murat Salim Tokaç and Secretary General Alim Uçar attended. The signed protocol aims to share knowledge, experience and methods regarding Turkish music education between Haliç University and Palet Turkish Music Primary School, to present the resources of the parties in a common database accessible to students and faculty members, and to establish institutional cooperation in projects aimed at common goals.

‘WE WILL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS TOWARDS EACH OTHER’S COMMON GOALS’

Reading the terms of the protocol at the signing ceremony, Bilal Erdoğan said, “We will support activities and projects aimed at each other’s common goals to the fullest extent possible. Provided that mutual agreement is reached, we will provide various campaigns and advantages to each other’s members, graduates and stakeholders through additional protocols. Meanwhile, none of them will make decisions on behalf of the other party or take any action that binds the other party.” Speaking at the consultation meeting held after the ceremony, Erdoğan said, “When we opened our first kindergarten in 2011, again with the Palet brand, we met Yüce at the end of the studies on how we should do music education, how it should be different for us, where to start in kindergarten, how we can do this both in accordance with the Montessori pedagogy we use and with our music. We started from a place with Yüce, first music education in kindergarten, then when we opened our primary school, how can we continue it in primary school, and then “Palet Turkish Music Primary School has become the place where it was crowned,” he said.

‘LET US RAISE INTELLECTUALS WHO KNOW TURKISH MUSIC, CAN PERFORM IT, AND PERFORM IT VERY WELL’

Bilal Erdoğan said, “So far, we have come together with many institutions, talked about collaborations, held academic symposiums, children’s song composition competitions, and children’s instrument making competition. In this way, we want to use the opportunities here and our children who grow up here, they graduate from here at the age of 10-11, but we want them to graduate in a much more well-mannered and well-equipped way. There are those who attend the conservatory from here, there are those who do not. We do not have a problem that all of them will go to the conservatory, but they are Turks.” “Let’s raise intellectuals who know and perform music very well. This is our concern, no matter what field they pursue. Especially an Alaeddin Yavaşca, a Sadettin Kaynak or Tanburi Cemil who will change the paradigm every 3 or 5 years. Who knows, if someone comes out of here, the goal will be achieved. We believe that we can raise music people who will reconcile a generation with Turkish music,” he said.

‘WE ARE ADMITTING 24 CHILDREN FROM MORE THAN A THOUSAND STUDENTS’

Erdoğan said, “Every year, students are admitted through an aptitude test, we have started again, we are currently doing our exams. We are taking 24 children out of more than a thousand students. Of course, our children have a high level of musical talent. After selecting them according to talent, we give them scholarships according to the income of their families. Most of our children study here with partial or full scholarships. For those who want to graduate from here and continue to the conservatory, Medeniyet University is close, we work with their music department. In cooperation with National Education, Medeniyet University and us, it is in Üsküdar. “A music secondary school has been opened. They can continue there, so they can continue their education in the music department from secondary school. We also support the students in need there by providing scholarships. This is our foundation, the schools within our foundation; therefore, we are not profit-oriented and we are trying to continue our social responsibility projects in this way.”

‘I’M SURE THERE WILL BE A HARMONIOUS SOUND’

Haliç University Rector Prof. Dr. Enes Eryarsoy said, “If I remember correctly, Bach had a work called ‘Crab’ (Crab Canon). When you turned it upside down from left to right, from right to left, and when you read it in a spiral at the same time, it produced different sounds from different combinations. When the sounds mixed together, it became more harmonious when you read it from both sides simultaneously. If Haliç University is going on one side and the Pallet School here is going on the other side, when they come together, it is definitely very sweet, He evaluated the signed protocol with the words “I am sure that a harmonious voice will emerge.”

Acar made the following statements in his statement on his X account:

We have been following the tragic incident that took place in Kahramanmaraş with great sensitivity from the first moment. Our Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of National Education and Minister of Health departed for the region to coordinate the process on site, to closely monitor the treatment processes of our injured citizens and to be with our families and our nation.

In order to carry out the judicial process quickly and meticulously, an investigation was immediately initiated by the Kahramanmaraş Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office; 3 Deputy Chief Public Prosecutors and 4 Public Prosecutors have been appointed. In addition, a publication ban decision has been taken for the safety of the investigation, and our valuable press members and social media users; It is of great importance that they do not share images that are incompatible with ethical values, do not rely on unconfirmed information and avoid disinformation, taking into account the pain of our families and social sensitivity.

May God have mercy on the 4 people who lost their lives, and we wish a speedy recovery to our injured. My condolences to our nation.

Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Numan Kurtulmuş, made a statement about the armed attack on the school in Kahramanmaraş at the exit of the program within the scope of the 152nd General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), hosted by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Istanbul.

Grand National Assembly of Turkey Numan Kurtulmuş said, “Today, we are holding a very important international meeting here in Istanbul. We have gathered here in Istanbul on the occasion of the 152nd General Assembly Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the highest umbrella organization of the World Parliaments, which will be held between 12-19 April. We are holding a meeting with the most intense participation among the meetings of the large international organization of IPU, especially recently. More than 800 deputies, 155 country delegations, “We are organizing a truly successful organization with a wide participation, including 80 parliamentary chairmen and parliamentary deputy chairmen. I would like to express my thanks, congratulations and appreciation to all our friends who contributed here,” he said.

‘I WISH MY CONDOLENCES TO OUR ENTIRE EDUCATION COMMUNITY’

Kurtulmuş said, “Unfortunately, while we were organizing such a successful organization, today we received news of an extremely painful and saddening incident in a school in Kahramanmaraş. Our hearts are truly bleeding, we are in a great and deep pain. My condolences to our nation. Three of our student children and a teacher friend of ours passed away in this attack. May God have mercy on them, innocent little children passed away. Of course, our relevant institutions, especially our Ministry of Internal Affairs, our Ministry of National Education, Mr. As far as I know, our ministers are immediately moving to the scene. We know that the Kahramanmaraş Prosecutor’s Office has started the investigation immediately with a large committee of prosecutors and deputy prosecutors. I offer my condolences to all our children, all our students, and our entire education community. I hope that the truth of the incident will be revealed in its entirety. “I offer my condolences for those who died,” he said.