President Erdoğan marks 80 years since Hatay rejoined motherland

 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan marks 80 years since Hatay rejoined motherland.

Turkey on Tuesday marked the 80th anniversary of the reunion of its southern province of Hatay with the national borders. 

Following a 1939 referendum of Hatay’s residents, the province was reunited with the motherland and bonded its fate with Turkey’s, boosting the credibility and effectiveness of Turkey’s politics and diplomacy, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a written message. 

“Hatay, which chose to embrace the motherland of its own free will, strengthened our national unity and integrity, and has been a symbol of our determination to live in peace, to protect our unity and solidarity,” he added.