Al Bab Anatolian Cultural Center Visit and Opinion Leaders Meeting
Turgay Aldemir, President of Bülbülzade Foundation and the accompanying delegation visited Al Bab Anatolian Cultural Center in Al Bab, Syria. After the visit, a consultation meeting was held with opinion leaders.
During the visit to the Anatolian Cultural Center, the active functioning of the centers, the studies carried out, the educational processes and the situation of the educators and students involved in these processes were discussed. In addition, classes were visited during the lessons and meetings were held with teachers and students. After the visit, gifts were given to the students studying at the cultural center and a plaque was presented to Cemal Osman, Director of Al Bab Anatolian Cultural Center.
MEETING WITH OPINION LEADERS
After the visit to Al Bab Anatolian Cultural Center, a consultation meeting was held with the opinion leaders in the region together with the management of Anatolian Federation, Bülbülzade Foundation, Gaziantep Syrian Community, Rıdvan Hoca Foundation, Axis Association. In the consultation meeting held with the opinion leaders, information was given about the new period in which Syria, especially Turkey, is in, and various activities carried out by Bülbülzade Foundation in these regions and centers were mentioned.
The opinion leaders emphasized the importance of the visits to Syria and said, "Your visits from Turkey to Syria have a very serious impact on us and our work here. Your coming together with opinion leaders as civil society representatives here shows the quality of your perspective on Syria." In addition, while the opinion leaders gave information about the new period in Syria, civil society activities in Al Bab, the latest situation of the city's post-revolutionary cultural and educational activities and commercial functioning, the reconstruction process, the developments in this process and the difficulties encountered were discussed.
President Turgay Aldemir stated that Al Bab and similar cities have become important centers by assuming a fundamental role in the construction process of the new Syria and said, “The educational, cultural and social activities carried out in these regions have the potential to affect not only the local people but also a wide geography extending from Aleppo to Damascus.” He also stated that he is actively involved in the field in Syria through the Anatolian Cultural Centers and said, “You are taking a leading role in the reconstruction process of Syria, shouldering the work carried out and striving together for this ancient geography to regain its former glory.”
