“You are right, my dear teacher. If there are foreign colleges in our country, why should there not be a Turkish College? I see that Turkish parents prefer to send their children to private schools opened by foreigners. Why and for what reason do they not show interest in Turkish schools? You will establish such a school and carry out such work that it will be pointed out with admiration. I invite you to such a challenging struggle. Give me your word.”

“My teacher, you have given me a very great and heavy responsibility. In a sense, you have placed a national duty upon me. I believe that I will be able to shoulder this responsibility, and I give you my word…”

“May İzmir Özel Türk Koleji become the most beautiful and most disciplined school in Türkiye, and even in the world. May the scientists graduating from this school reach a level respected by our country and the world and leave their mark on science. Let us educate such graduates that they register unparalleled achievements in ‘Turkish Commercial History,’ become the most distinguished names of Turkish Literature and Turkish History, serve as pioneers and symbols of irreplaceable successes in industry, the economy, and national development, attain the honor of providing the highest services in the field of health, and become the pride of Türkiye in the teaching profession, monuments of science, knowledge, morality, and virtue. Let us establish such an educational and teaching staff that our school’s teachers and administrators are educators who have grasped the virtue of the teaching profession, who are idealistic, devoted, and highly talented.”