Near East College commemorated the 80th death anniversary of the great leader Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, with love, respect and gratitude.
The Directorate of Press and Public Relations Office of Near East University released that the ceremony at the secondary and high school buildings began with a moment of silence followed by the singing of Turkish National Anthem. Then, all students along with their teachers placed wreaths and flowers at the Atatürk's Bust. At the ceremony, where the school choir sang marches, Dicle Özakıncı, a student from the class 9N, made a speech expressing her love and devotion to Atatürk. During the ceremony, Atatürk's Address to the Youth was voiced as an oratorio by students. Our National Oath was read by all school students at the end of the ceremony.

As long as his thoughts exist, Atatürk will continue to exist...
In his remarks during the ceremony, Near East College Principal Asım İdris underlined that Atatürk's demise was a fact but he continued to live with his ideas and revolutions that opened new horizons for Turkey, Turkish people and the world.

Explaining that Atatürk's ideas and revolutions constituted the foundations of the Republic of Turkey, the School Principal İdris expressed his views: "If we want a building to remain in place and keep standing for a long time, we should lay strong foundations. A building without strong foundations can't survive long; Atatürk's ideas and revolutions constitute the strong foundations of our republic and future, the youth to be raised without considering these foundations can't survive long. Therefore, Atatürk isn't a leader to be remembered with a single day and Atatürkism isn't a system of ideas to be taught with a single ceremony”.

Expressing that the overriding aim was to teach the students what the Address to the Youth means and how to achieve the ultimate point in all fields, mainly in the fields of ethics, science and technology, the Principal Asım İdris concluded his remarks by underlining the devotion of Turkish Cypriot youth to Atatürk's ideas and revolutions.