On December 4, 2021, the "Loyalty and Gratitude from 7 to 70 in Our Care Centres program was held at Nuri Pakdil Culture Centre in Istanbul Arnavutköy Municipality.

            In order to provide spirits and motivation for the personnel of Special Care Centre for Persons with Disabilities, who are on their duty with great devotion and effort by complying with all the measures taken by our Ministry during the Covid-19 pandemic period, on 4 December 2021, at Nuri Pakdil Cultural Centre in Istanbul Arnavutköy Municipality, “Loyalty and Gratitude from 7 to 70 in our Care Centres Program” was organized.

            İsmail ERGÜNES, Deputy Minister of Family and Social Services, General Director of Services for Persons with Disabilities and Elderly, Spc. Dr. Orhan KOÇ, Deputy General Director Önal İNALTEKİN and Head of Department of Private Care Institutions Ömer Faruk BİLGİN, Deputy Governor of Istanbul Mehmet Hüseyin Nail ANLAR and Deputy Mayor of Arnavutköy Municipality Kemal AYGENLİ participated to the program.

 İsmail ERGÜNES, Deputy Minister of Family and Social Services, in the opening speech of the program said: "Departing from the name of the program, I hope that these meaningful days, where loyalty is abundant, will always bring us peace. Even if time steals something from us, what remains to us  is a loyalty, a greeting and a good friendship. I would like to commemorate our late teacher Nuri PAKDİL, who also bears the name of the culture centre where the program is held, with the words "To see each other on earth."

İsmail ERGÜNES, Deputy Minister of Family and Social Services: We Will Establish a Barrier-Free World Together with All Our Employees.

 Deputy Minister of Family and Social Services, İsmail ERGÜNES said: “We will establish a Barrier-Free world together with all our employees. We are especially grateful to the employees of our care centres, who have made great sacrifices during the Covid-19 pandemic. On behalf of the service, each of our employees is valuable to us. Thank you to everyone involved in the program.” Within the scope of the program, Deputy Minister İsmail ERGÜNES and General Director of Services for Persons with Disabilities and Elderly, Spc. Dr. Orhan KOÇ were presented a plaque.In addition, a certificate of appreciation was given to the personnel of Private Care Centres for Persons with Disabilities operating in Istanbul by Deputy Minister İsmail ERGÜNES.

The program ended with the presentation of Şaban KIZILDAĞ called “No Excuses, There is a Way Out” in order to provide spirits and motivation to the personnel of Private Care Centres for Persons with Disabilities who participated in the program.