Zeytinburnu Dr. Canan And Activity Center

zeytinburnu-dr-canan-and-activity-center Dr. Canan And Activity Center of the Association for Supporting Contemporary Life (ÇYDD) Zeytinburnu Branch held an opening ceremony on October 23, 2019.

 

8th grade student and a self-taught violin player Tuana Ekin Şahin welcomed the guests with music.

A student at the Zeytinburnu Branch, Gözde Çetin talked about her experiences with the ÇYDD. She said, when she first came to Istanbul from a county of Antalya to attend university, the difficulties and complexity life presented her with had scared her very much. She also missed the greenery she had left behind. She praised the fact that the branch managers welcomed her with open arms and made her life easier.

Zeytinburnu Branch President Sema Murat informed the attendees about the Zeytinburnu district.  There are people of 53 different nationalities living in Zeytinburnu.  Each month around 9743 people are deported.  The registered population is 284,935. Due to a high count of domestic and foreign emigration, children and young people are impacted negatively.  Murat said that the branch will focus on the specific needs of the district and continue to work with projects that will provide vocations and a satisfying life for the youth of the future.

Zeytinburnu Branch member İhsan Kurtoğlu told about his work at the branch. After he graduated from university he worked and retired from his job in Germany. He provided scholarships for students through the ÇYDD Headquarters for years. He contributed to the purchase of the building of Zeytinburnu Center.  He expressed his sentiments with the words, “I’m very happy to be paying back my debt to my country.”

Dr. Canan And who set an example by her willingness to serve the people of her country gave her savings to ÇYDD and she first donated the Ataşehir, then the Zeytinburnu branch locations. She thanked all the ÇYDD managers and said, “Since my school years, it was my wish to be able to provide to the future generations the education that I, myself, was able to receive thanks to the foresight of our great leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. With the savings I was able to accumulate because I was educated, remembering the words of our legendary president Prof. Dr. Türkan Saylan-every educated woman owes the Republic-I’m happy to be able to pay a little to the future what was given to me in the past.

ÇYDD President Prof. Dr. Ayşe Yüksel reminded everyone of Türkan Hoca’s (master) saying that ‘no toil goes without being reciprocated’ and mentioned all the service ÇYDD accomplished in 30 years. She indicated that there are 6 more activity centers that are going to be opened.  She thanked Dr. Canan And, İhsan Kurtoğlu and everyone working for a better future.

Rear Admiral Türker Ertürk who took the floor next, thanked Dr. Canan And and İhsan Kurtoğlu.  He told the guests that at a time when people are taking their savings out of the country, it is an important investment to bring savings back from abroad and make a donation to ÇYDD to be used for one’s country, for children and for youth. He conveyed his wishes of success to ÇYDD.

Both the ÇYDD Headquarters and the Zeytinburnu Branch managers presented plaques to Dr. Canan And, İhsan Kurtoğlu, Hakkı Ertunç, Mehmet Damarlıoğlu, Salih Ertör and a thank you certificate to Canan Tuna.

After the ceremony, the quests were offered künefe, a specialty dessert from Hatay made with kadayif and unsalted cheese.

At the opening ceremony of the Dr. Canan And Çağdaş  Activity Center of the ÇYDD Zeytinburnu Branch, the guests present were CHP Party Member of Parliament Umut Oran, Rear Admiral Türker Ertürk, Vice-Mayor of Zeytinburnu Hurşit Bekaroğlu, Head and the members of the district representative political party, ÇYDD branch presidents, members and volunteers.

 


26.11.2019