Monthly Archives: June 2024

Today, Tuesday, the 11^th of June, 2024, in the conference hall of the Presidency of Erbil Polytechnic University, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University and in collaboration between the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the first graduation ceremony of the students of the Department of Criminal Evidence was held in Erbil Medical Technical Institute.

In the ceremony, Dr. Hemn Mirani, the General Director of the Office of the Ministry of Interior. Dr. Tawana Najaf Mohammed, the General Director of the Office of the Ministry of Higher Education, the members of the Council of the Erbil Polytechnic University, the Director of the Criminal Evidence Office of the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Yasin Karim, the General Director of the Kurdistan Regional Forensic Medicine Office; Dr. Sabah Wais, the consultant of  the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, a number of officers of the Ministry of Interior and teachers of our university were present.

The ceremony began with a minute of silence for the martyrs of the path of freedom and independence of Kurdistan with the national anthem Ay Raqib, then the head of the preparatory committee Mr. Bahzad Hilmi Akrayi delivered a speech and warmly welcomed the guests. He said: “ Erbil Polytechnic University is proud to present the first group of graduates of the Department of Criminal Evidence of Erbil Medical Technical Institute, to Kurds and Kurdistan, which is the first department in the Kurdistan Region.”

Later, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, President of the Council of Erbil Polytechnic University delivered a speech:

“In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Dear Audience… Dear Guests,

Resilient and loyal teachers,

Dear students,

Dear Graduates,

Graduates’ Families,

On behalf of the Erbil Polytechnic University, we welcome you to the graduation ceremony of the first graduation of the Department of Criminal Evidence in our university. It is a pleasure to congratulate the academic and administrative staff of Erbil Medical Technical Institute, the graduates and their families, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Ministry of Interior of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Dear,

The Department of Criminal Evidence is the first scientific department in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq in the Erbil Medical Technical Institute in our university for employees of the Ministry of Interior of the Kurdistan Region, which was the result of signing the memorandum of understanding in the 14^th of December, 2021. To train expert cadres in the field of criminal evidence and crime laboratory for practical lessons and access to the source of crime, first as the first group (23) officers and employees of our Ministry of Interior receive and support the courts in finding the source of criminal evidence in a scientific manner.

Dear audience,

Erbil Polytechnic University is one of the leading universities in the Kurdistan Region in training scientific and professional cadres for the labor market in Kurdistan The students who graduate today, like other classes, will return to the institutions of the Ministry of Interior with a full scientific baggage to serve the citizens with great enthusiasm and carefully, skillfully and scientifically their main task This is the main goal of the ninth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government, especially the Prime Minister himself.

Dear friends.

Our university, in recent years, not only awards technical diplomas and bachelor’s degrees, but with the expansion of scientific departments in Erbil province in the opening of colleges and institutes, we have started the higher education process. We also award higher diplomas, masters and doctorates, which is a sacred step on both academic, scientific and professional work to serve Kurdistan.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, for his support to the education process and the success of the universities With the support of God and the support of the new cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government, the procession of science in Kurdistan will move forward Dear students, we would like to thank both the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Ministry of Interior for their support for the success of this department.

Finally, I congratulate the graduates once again. I hope you will always be successful in all areas of life. A bright future awaits you. The Kurdistan Regional Government needs your physical and scientific skills So that they can become the main pillars of the rule of law and the elimination of crime in society.

Long live the Kurdistan flag in an independent and peaceful country.

Then the speech of the Ministry of Interior by Dr. “On behalf of the Minister of Interior, I would like to thank the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Erbil Polytechnic University, Erbil Medical Technical Institute and teachers for opening the department I congratulate the graduates and their families and I am happy that today with my friends in the Ministry of Interior to participate in the graduation ceremony of these dear ones that we will certainly use their skills in the future because now is better than worth They understand evidence of crime, how to collect and preserve evidence, and investigate to expose the perpetrators and protect the rights of the public and their victims.”

Then the speech of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research by Dr. “Today is a historic and important day for both the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Interior that the first graduation round of students of the Department of Criminal Evidence will be held today Have had for your work.”

Then the Dean of Erbil Medical Technical Institute asked the President of the University Council to award the graduation certificates to the students. Idris Harki, President of the University Council, presented certificates to the students of the Department of Criminal Evidence.

Finally, certificates of appreciation were awarded to the graduates and prizes were distributed to the first, second and third students.

On Sunday, the 9^th of June, 2024, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, accompanied by a delegation visited the Qatar Consulate in Erbil and was received by Mr. Hussein Ali Saleh, Consul of that country.

In the meeting, Prof. Dr. Azad Hassan Qadir, the Vice Rector for Administrative and Financial Affairs; Asst. Prof. Dr. Ranj Sirwan Abdullah, the General Director of the Scientific Research Center, and Mr. Bahzad Hilmi Akrayi, the Director of the Rector’s Office were present.

The Qatar Consul in Erbil warmly appreciated the Rector and his accompanying delegations’ visit and expressed his admiration for the working strategy of our university and wished further success to our university.

In another topic of the meeting, views were exchanged on building and promoting relations between the two countries.

The Qatar consul also expressed his readiness to assist our university in the areas that are necessary for the university, and revealed that they are going to arrange several events in the near future in the Kurdistan Region and one of them will be dedicated to culture. Several representatives of the country are coming to the Kurdistan Region to introduce the Kurdish people to the culture of their country.

Another part of the discussions was about the exchange of students between our university and universities in Qatar. Asst. Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the university Rector expressed the universities’ readiness that a group of students from Qatar universities to conduct summer internships at our university.