86 students graduate from Celal Bayar Minority High School

The ceremony, which was held at the event hall in Yassıköy in the province of Rodopi, started with the entrance of the graduating students into the hall accompanied by music.

The programme continued with greeting speeches. The opening speech was made by Fuat Perende, Chairman of the Board of Councillors of Celal Bayar Minority Secondary School and High School.

Then the school principal Tunalp Mehmet and vice principal Eleni Hacı made speeches and congratulated the graduating students and wished them success in their future lives.

The guests of honour of the graduation ceremony were the Consul General of Türkiye in Komotini Aykut Ünal and his wife İlayda Ünal. Unal couple accepted the invitation and did not leave the students and their families alone on this meaningful night.

Attending the ceremony, Consul General Aykut Ünal greeted the students and the guests in the hall. Stating that his wife İlayda Ünal, with whom he could not attend the ceremony last year, took part in the ceremony this time, he shared with the participants the happiness they felt for being present at the meaningful night.

Consul General Ünal congratulated the students who successfully completed their high school education. She gave them advice for their new lives and wished them success.

After the speeches, the school music group, coached by Mehmet Mustafa and Akif Konak, teachers of the school, took the stage and gave a concert with Turkish and Greek songs.

Afterwards, a film show featuring the graduates of the school was presented to the participants in the hall.

At the end of the programme, the zeybek group consisting of the students took the stage and performed.

In the last part of the ceremony, the names of the students who graduated from the high school were called one by one and the students were given flowers and graduation certificates by the school administration and teachers.

A total of 10 students, Fatma Betül Aydoğmuş, Sezer Abdurrahman, Nisa Kara Hüseyin, Sude Mehmet, Elif Molla Ali Ahmet, Erva Nasuf, Emir Pehlivan, Hayrunnisa Şerif, Rana Halil and Ece Hüseyin, graduated with 20 full points and shared the first place.

With an average of 19.9 points, Hilal Balcı Mehmet came second, while Şule Ahmet came third with an average of 19.5 points.

Certificates of achievement were presented to the students by the members of the Board of Councillors.

The graduation ceremony ended with the students throwing their caps in the air collectively.