President Erdoğan: Democracy and Freedoms Island will be the sign of our country’s struggle for independence and future
President Erdoğan spoke at the inauguration of Democracy and Freedoms Island.
President Erdoğan noted that each facility in the island was named in line with its historical significance, and said: “Democracy and Freedoms Island, with all these symbols of its, will be the sign of the struggle our country has waged for independence and future from the past to the present and of the unconditional love in hearts.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the inauguration of Democracy and Freedoms Island, previously known as Yassıada, an island located in the Sea of Marmara where former Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and his minister friends Hasan Polatkan and Fatin Rüştü Zorlu were sentenced to death following the May 27, 1960 coup d’état.
