From the Mount Palandöken to the Congress Building

Dear all,

I have been in Erzurum for three days to finalize the 2007 Seminars of the Ministry of Education & Microsoft Turkey's Innovative Teachers Program. We have started with the Peer-Coaching part and today we welcomed the principals of the innovative teachers coming from different cities of Turkey. The seminar will end on Saturday but this afternoon we organized a city tour to learn more about the historical and the cultural sides of the city. We started with the Mount Palandöken and then we visited Aziziye, Double Minaret and the Congress Building. The deep culture and also the hospitality of the city people have influenced us a lot. I hope you also visit this lovely city to see the different faces of our rich culture. Even though the temperature is around minus ten ot twenty, the warm blood of the inhabitants make you feel happy. With love and peace...

Hayal KOKSAL