President Erdoğan visits Anıtkabir with Supreme Military Council members

 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and members of the Supreme Military Council visited Anıtkabir (Atatürk’s Mausoleum) before the meeting of the Supreme Military Council.

President Erdoğan, accompanied by Vice President Fuat Oktay, Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak, Minister of National Education Ziya Selçuk, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Güler, Land Forces Commander Gen. Ümit Dündar, Naval Forces Commander Adm. Adnan Özbal and Air Forces Commander Gen. Hasan Küçükakyüz, proceeded to Atatürk’s tomb through the Lion Road.

Laying a wreath at the mausoleum, the President wrote the following in the Anıtkabir Special Book at the Misak-ı Milli Tower: “August Atatürk, we stand in your presence as the members of the Supreme Military Council on the occasion of 2020 meeting. We continue to work to carry the Republic of Turkey, which you founded and entrusted to us, to its goals for 2023. The historic successes we have achieved at various fronts from Syria to Libya, the Eastern Mediterranean to the fight against terror, demonstrate the power of our country and the capabilities of our military. With its high discipline, sense of duty, deterrence and outstanding abilities, the Turkish Armed Forces continues to act as the assurance of our country’s security and continuity against the malevolent. With this thoughts in my mind, I remember Your Excellency and our heroic martyrs with mercy and hope that the council meeting will lead to auspicious results for our country, nation and the Turkish Armed Forces. Rest in peace!”