The Success Story of TMF

Summary

• President Erdoğan’s speech at the program was like a summary of the 10-year journey: “Praise be to Allah, the Turkish Maarif Foundation, which set out 10 years ago with great goals, is today operating on 6 continents and in 66 countries.
• The Foundation, which sees international education as a “long marathon,” aims to build a holistic ecosystem that combines the local curriculum with international programs such as Cambridge, develops its own International Maarif Program (IM), and teaches Turkish as an elective foreign language in every school.
• This education system stretching from Islamabad to Kashmir is the embodiment of what First Lady Emine Erdoğan said during her visit to Islamabad Maarif School: “For our Pakistani children, Türkiye is not a foreign country, but a second homeland.” Transforming from a legacy of few schools and educational campuses taken over 10 years ago into a voice echoing in 66 countries today, the Turkish Maarif Foundation does not only provide education in Pakistan; it carries the historical bond between the two brotherly nations into the future in classrooms, laboratories and graduation ceremonies.

AI Generated Summary

The Turkish Maarif Foundation is 10 years old. Established by a law adopted in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) on June 17, 2016, and setting out with the ideal of “let a new voice rise in the world” under the auspices of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Foundation celebrated its 10th anniversary with a magnificent program held at the Beştepe Nation’s Library , Ankara, Türkiye on October 15, 2026.

President Erdoğan’s speech at the program was like a summary of the 10-year journey: “Praise be to Allah, the Turkish Maarif Foundation, which set out 10 years ago with great goals, is today operating on 6 continents and in 66 countries. I once again congratulate our foundation, which provides quality education to more than 90,000 students in 611 institutions worldwide.” The figures given by the Foundation’s President, Mahmut M. Özdil, also confirm this growth; more than 600 educational institutions and more than 90,000 students on all continents except Antarctica.