Dr. Üzeyir Garih

People can be happy as long as they get to a stage where they can think about and plan their future and implement their plan. Actually, happiness can be described as the forward progress of an individual's material and spiritual life. Increased material and spiritual success often makes people happy.

Turkey has a bright youth whose education level is getting increasingly better; this gives us hope for the future in every aspect. Young people finding short or long-term employment opportunities abroad, particularly in the West, not only demonstrates our brainpower to the entire world, but they also promote our country, which is one of the greatest needs of our nation at the moment. Currently, there are more than 40,000 Turkish students in the USA alone, and multiple times of this figure in Europe, who are doing their Master's studies. This gives us tremendous hopes for the future.

I am sure that a bright future is awaiting all the hard working and educated youth.

Turkey has a bright youth whose education level is getting increasingly better; this gives us hope for the future in every aspect. Young people finding short or long-term employment opportunities abroad, particularly in the West, not only demonstrates our brainpower to the entire world, but they also promote our country, which is one of the greatest needs of our nation at the moment. Currently, there are more than 40,000 Turkish students in the USA alone, and multiple times of this figure in Europe, who are doing their Master's studies. This gives us tremendous hopes for the future.

In a globalizing world where commercial borders are being removed, information and communication have become one of the most important elements of profitability. Today, brain power comes before all other strengths.

Knowledge has come to produce capital. Techno-parks and techno-cities are being established in our country for research and development purposes, and venture capital practices will start soon enough. It has become inevitable for the educated, knowledgeable and skilled youth of our country to make use of these opportunities. This means that the information developed and discoveries made in Turkey will be transferred to global markets in the near future. It is also observed that vocational education for the youth has gained impetus. This workforce will be very successful in production and, for a while, cheaper than that of Western countries; this competitive power will surely attract foreign capital into our country.

My advice for the youth;

Make sure to educate yourself. Refresh and improve your own knowledge continuously to keep abreast of modern knowledge.Select a path where you can contribute to application of knowledge, on the one hand, and production of science and technology, on the other; and make progress on that path.
If you are planning to be self-employed, try obtaining venture capital funding. If you are going to be self-employed, start at small- or medium-sized enterprises where you can have a full view of everything; pay utmost attention to grasp how things work. If you want to rise at a company, prefer good educational and on-the-job training opportunities over a high salary at the beginning. Persevere; and show your managers that you are capable of applying what you learn.

I am sure that a bright future is awaiting all educated and hardworking young people. I wish my young friends success.

Dr. Üzeyir Garih