Hooray, it’s holiday time in Turkey!

The school holiday has begun in Turkey. The first half of 2017-2018 term was completed and almost 18 million Turkish students went on vacation.

In total, the children have two weeks to rest. Training sessions for the second half of the year begins on February 5^th and lasts until June 8^th, then the children will have a summer vacation.

With the beginning of the school holidays, the Minister of Education of Turkey, Ismet Yılmaz, congratulated, stating that “the children are the future of our country” and said that all the children of school age are now getting education in Turkey.

“I wish you a good rest, you can play sports, visit museums and communicate with friends and come with a clear head and a new strength.” The head of the department said.

22.01.2018

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