President Buyukkilic joined the celebration of foreign national students’ holiday and certificate joy

Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç, together with AK Party Kayseri Deputy Murat Cahid Cıngı, attended the Eid al-Adha and Graduation Ceremony program of the Towers of Civilization International Student Academy, where they met with students from different countries. The Kayseri International Students Academy, organized jointly by the Kayseri Towers of Civilization Association and the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities, held an Eid al-Adha, closing, and certificate program as part of its 2024 activities. In this context, Mayor Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç, together with AK Party Kayseri Deputy Dr. Murat Cahid Cıngı, attended the Eid al-Adha and Graduation Ceremony program of the Towers of Civilization International Student Academy. The program started with the activities of foreign students. In the program, students recited poems and sang folk songs. In addition, Turkish Folk Music Artist Namık Kemal Bilgin accompanied the performances with his bağlama, and other students also joined in. Namık Kemal Bilgin also accompanied the poems and folk songs sung by students from Africa, Turkic Republics, and the Balkans with his bağlama. Following the program, Mayor Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç delivered a speech, congratulating the students on their Eid and expressing his pleasure in seeing them in Kayseri. Büyükkılıç expressed that they are always with the students, just like with all citizens of Kayseri, stating: ‘I attended the Eid al-Adha and Graduation Ceremony program of the Towers of Civilization International Student Academy together with AK Party Kayseri Deputy Murat Cahid Cıngı, and we shared the graduation and Eid joy of our students from different countries together. Even though they come from different countries, they should feel like hosts, not guests, while in our country. I wish success to our young people in the international arena and congratulate them on their Eid.’ Following the speeches, certificates were presented to 20 students who were eligible to receive certificates within the scope of the 2024 International Students Academy. The program ended with a group photo shoot.