Because of the ongoing Kurdish-Turkish conflict, the formation enlarged from the size of a battalion to a brigade.
In 2000, the servicemen of the unit started a lecturing program for high school students in Hakkari, who want to take part at the Student Selection and Placement Examination (ÖSYS), which is compulsory to enter a university in Turkey, lack however adequate financial means to visit a cram school.
The next year, the lecturing service was extended to a four-group program including also students, who want to prepare themselves for the exams such as the high school entrance (LGS), foreign language proficiency (YDS) and postgraduate education (LES) in addition to a course for English language.
Within four years, a total of 2,000 students benefited from this social service of the military at the cram school called "Mehmetçik Dershanesi".
The monument was built in 1995 by the brigade commander of the period, Brigadier general Osman Pamukoğlu.