TED Üsküdar College Opening Ceremony

TED Üsküdar College welcomed the 2022–2023 academic year with an opening ceremony, attended by officials, leading figures from business and politics, teachers, students and parents. The ceremony featured a music recital and a dance performance prepared by students. In his speech, TED President Selçuk Pehlivanoğlu stressed that the teacher is the key to transforming education: “We have a dream; we call it ‘10,000 young torches’. We believe that if we remove the obstacles facing 10,000 of our children, the future of this beautiful country and the lives of a million young people will change.” TED Üsküdar College founder Assoc. Prof. Ahmet Çetinsaya spoke about the Turkish Education Association’s contribution to the country’s education and wished students success in the new academic year.