“We must have a strong and effective navy in order to live in peace on our lands”

 

Speaking at the Aksaz Shipyard Command Inauguration and Naval Platforms Delivery Ceremony in Muğla, President Erdoğan said: “We are cognizant of the fact that in order to live in peace on our lands, we must have a strong and effective navy in both our Blue Homeland and distant geographies.”

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the Aksaz Shipyard Command Inauguration and Naval Platforms Delivery Ceremony in Muğla.

President Erdoğan said: “We are a country surrounded by seas on three sides and the whole world has its eyes on us. We are located right at the center of a geography that has been the scene for global power struggles throughout centuries. We are a nation who owes its thousand-year-long existence on these lands to the sacrifices and blessed blood of its martyrs. We are cognizant of the fact that in order to live in peace on our lands, we must have a strong and effective navy in both our Blue Homeland and distant geographies. With this understanding, we have been endeavoring since 2002 to strengthen the Turkish Armed Forces in every field with the motto, ‘Strong Army, Strong Türkiye’.”