President Erdoğan: I wish Allah’s mercy upon our martyrs, veterans, and our all ancestors

 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a message marking the 95th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey.

“I REMEMBER WITH RESPECT ALL OUR HEROES WHO PIONEERED THE VICTORY IN OUR INDEPENDENCE WAR”

“I would like to celebrate the Republic Day of our citizens, who live in or outside of our country, and of our friends who share this prideful day of ours with us,” the President said, adding that he remembers with respect all our heroes, who pioneered the victory in our Independence War and the foundation of our new state, first and foremost Ghazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, on the 95th anniversary of the proclamation of our Republic.

Extending his gratitude to our deputies, who, as the representatives of the national will, have endeavored for our country’s salvation, development, growth and strengthening since the first Parliament, President Erdoğan said: “I wish Allah’s mercy upon our martyrs, veterans, and our all ancestors, who have their blood and sweat in every inch of the Anatolian lands, our 1,000-year homeland.”

Underscoring that the sacred memories of our citizens and security forces, who lost their lives in the fight against terror and on July 15, will always live in our nation’s mind and our state’s identity, President Erdoğan noted: “I see every distance we have covered towards advanced democracy and strong economy in our struggle to elevate our country above the level of contemporary civilizations as a light for our glorious future.”

“WE WILL CROWN OUR GREAT JOURNEY WITH OUR 2023 GOALS”

Stating that the new airport in Istanbul is one of these lights, President Erdoğan continued: “We will, inshallah, crown our great journey, which has been going on in a historical continuity from the Seljuk Empire to the Ottoman Empire and from there to the young Republic of Turkey, with our 2023 goals, and raise it to an upper level with our 2053 and 2071 visions. Every development, from our victories, which have started with Manzikert and have been continuing over the last century in Çanakkale, Kut Al Amara, Dumlupınar and Cyprus, to our humanitarian approach in Syria, is a testament to our nation’s noble stance. Every success of Turkey feeds, invigorates and energizes the hopes in the shared conscience of humanity as well as in the hearts of all the oppressed and the wronged in our region and across the world.”

“WE WILL NEVER ALLOW ANY OBSTACLE TO PREVENT US FROM OUR GOALS”

“That is why our country, which is world’s 17th biggest economy, ranks first in humanitarian aid in terms of national income,” President Erdoğan underscored, and added: “The only country that has properly fulfilled its humanitarian responsibilities and has opened its heart and doors to refugees, to whom everyone has closed their hearts and doors, has been Turkey. The pride of going down in history as a country which makes its choice in every issue in favor of justice and which shares its house and bread with the oppressed rather than as a country which turns its back on them is enough for us.”

President Erdoğan concluded as follows: “We will never compromise this stance of ours and will never allow any obstacle, sabotage or game to prevent us from our goals. We will continue to work with all our strength to make the Republic of Turkey, which we are marking the 95th anniversary, live forever. With these thoughts on my mind, once again I would like to celebrate our Republic Day.”