09.11.2025 18:22
During President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Rize in recent weeks, a dialogue with unemployed teachers came to light. In the footage, teacher candidates stated that they had gone to Ankara multiple times and tried to meet with him, but when they said, "All doors have been closed in our faces," Erdoğan responded, "Look, you are lying. The doors of my party are never closed to anyone."
Images have emerged from President Erdoğan's visit to Rize last week that caught attention.
In a video shot in Erdoğan's hometown of Güneysu, the dialogues of female teacher candidates speaking with the President about teacher appointments were featured. It was revealed that two teacher candidates shared their struggles of not being appointed to Erdoğan while in tears.
"THIS IS NOT MY PLACE"
One of the young women in the footage was seen saying, "We trusted you. These quotas have never been seen in Turkey's history; it dropped from 800 to 29."
Upon hearing that the teacher candidates were trying to reach him by following him from city to city, Erdoğan responded, "This is not my place; you should have come to Ankara." The young women replied, "We came, Mr. President, we came many times."
"WE CAME, THEY DIDN'T LET US MEET"
The teacher candidates reiterated their difficulties. To the women saying, "We came, they didn't let us meet," Erdoğan once again replied, "You should have come to Ankara."
While the unappointed teachers continued to express their grievances, Erdoğan's bodyguard intervened. Showing a blue folder in his hand, the bodyguard asked, "Is this your file?" As the young women stated that the file belonged to them and continued to share their complaints, Erdoğan said again, "My daughter, this is not my place; it's Ankara."
Continuing his words, Erdoğan stated, "If you had come to Ankara, we would have called our Minister of National Education there." Upon this, one of the teacher candidates responded, "We have come to the headquarters many times; you can ask Muhsin Bey. He has seen my face many times."
ERDOĞAN: LOOK, YOU'RE LYING
Upon one of the teacher candidates saying, "You can ask Muhsin Bey," Erdoğan asked, "Who is Muhsin?" The young woman replied, "Your bodyguard."
One of the candidates, trying to explain their experiences by saying, "All the doors were closed in our faces, please," was met with Erdoğan's response, "Look, you are lying! The door of my party is not closed to anyone!"
The young teacher candidate replied, "No, we came, but we couldn't see you."
ERDOĞAN GAVE INSTRUCTIONS, RIZE PROVINCIAL CHAIRMAN ADDRESSED TEACHERS
One of the teacher candidates featured in the video later shared a message on her social media account explaining what happened. The candidate stated that under Erdoğan's instructions, AK Party Rize Provincial Chairman Yılmaz Katmer was concerned about them and that they prepared a report together.