Gebze Technical University and Yılport Container Terminal and Port Operations signed a protocol for "Gebze Technical University Mehmet Yıldırım Yılport Education Campus ".

Yılport Container Terminal and Port Operations Inc. signed a protocol for the education campus planned for the Gebze Technical University (GTU) in the framework of " 100% Support to Education" campaign. The campus to be located within the GTU campus will have 54 classrooms, one dormitory with 200 students’ capacity and one sports complex.


YILDIRIM Group of Companies Chairman Robert Yüksel Yıldırım, COO Özer Öz, Yılport Gebze Public and Corporate Relations Director Bahri Kaya, Attorney Mübeccel Öztürk, Governor of Kocaeli Hüseyin Aksoy and Rector of Gebze Technical University Dr. Muhammed Hasan Aslan participated to the ceremony held at the governorship.


Kocaeli Governor Hüseyin Aksoy emphasized that "Today, we are signing a protocol with Yılport Chairman Mr. Robert Yüksel Yıldırım and Gebze Technical University Rector, for the construction of Mehmet Yıldırım Yılport Education Campus within the Gebze Technical University Campus. We have been working on for an educational campus that will have a closed area of approximately 25 thousand square meters. Yılport is a corporation which contributes to the education both in Kocaeli and other regions of Turkey. In this sense, I thank them for their contributions to education. "


Rector of GTU Dr. Muhammed Hasan Aslan said that GTU is proud to be included such an important educational service. Aslan said that the support of deceased Mehmet Yıldırım, who gave the name to the campus, will continue to be remembered forever with this complex. He added that they will do their part diligently for the implementation of the project as a university.