Yunus Emre Institute (YEI) held a certificate ceremony for 75 students who successfully completed the Turkish preparatory class at the medical faculty established in Çobanbey, a town in northern Syria.

75 of the students in Çobanbey Faculty of Medicine, which was established in northern Syria last year by the decision of the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, completed the Turkish preparatory phase.

“A SAFE FUTURE AWAITS SYRIA”

A certificate ceremony was organized in the town Çobanbey for the students who received not only medical training, but also Turkish language classes for approximately a year, with the cooperation of the University of Health Sciences and Yunus Emre Institute. Turkish proficiency certificates were presented to students who reached B2 level.

Yunus Emre Institute President Prof. Şeref Ateş, Vice President Abdullah Kutalmış Yalçın, Secure Area Health Coordinator Bahadır Karaca, Çobanbey Hospital Chief Physician Muhammed al-İdris, Çobanbey Hospital Chief Physician Consultant Dr. İsmail Hakkı Göl and Dean of the Institute of Health Sciences Prof. Mehmet Okumuş attended the ceremony.     

In his speech, Ateş said that a safe future awaits Syria and that the younger generation’s efforts are crucial to this end.

“PEOPLE LIVE IN THE REALM AS THEY DREAM”

Noting that Syria is a top priority for Yunus Emre Institute, Prof. Ateş underscored that Turkey and Syria have strong historical and cultural bonds and that the younger generation will strengthen these bonds.

At the ceremony, Syrian Razan al-Kadri, a first year student at the Faculty of Medicine, who received his Turkish certificate, said: “One who speaks only one language is one person, but one who speaks two languages is two people. We thank you for what you contributed to us here. I hope to be a moral and successful doctor in my safe country.” He referenced Yahya Kemal’s line “People live in the realm as they dream.”

Çobanbey Faculty of Medicine and Çobanbey Health Services Vocational School in the north of Syria are affiliated to the University of Health Sciences Rectorate.