Important messages from President Erdoğan on the AKP's anniversary: We are overturning the imperialist plan

Erdoğan made statements at the AKP's 25th anniversary program.

Here are the highlights from President Erdoğan's statements:

I send my heartfelt greetings on behalf of my party and all my colleagues to our People's Alliance partner, Mr. Devlet Bahçeli, with whom we walk together on this path.

HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY

We are celebrating our 25th year with great pride. Happy 25th birthday to us. May the 25th anniversary of our Justice and Development Party be auspicious and beneficial for all humanity. I heartfully thank our female sisters who have embraced this movement with sincerity since the very first day it was founded. I thank our young people who have added color to our AK Party with their enthusiasm for 25 years.

I also thank our citizens whose votes we have not been able to receive to date, but whose choices we have always respected, for their contributions to our democracy. Over these 25 years, we have bid farewell to many of our brothers and sisters who have passed away. I pray for God's mercy upon them.

THIS PARTY WAS FOUNDED BY THE NATION, ITS FABRIC WAS WOVEN BY THE NATION

The AK Party was born 25 years ago as the hope of our nation. This party was founded by the nation, its fabric was woven by the nation, and its dough was kneaded by the nation. We have brought the greatest investments and the greatest projects in history to Turkey in the fields of economy, health, education, and transportation. We have used the authority we received from the nation and the resources we collected for our nation, to grow, develop, and strengthen our country.

OUR NATIONAL INCOME HAS REACHED 1 TRILLION 600 BILLION DOLLARS

We have used the authority we received from the nation and the resources we collected for our nation, to grow, develop, and strengthen our country. Our annual exports, which were 36 billion dollars, rose to 278 billion dollars in June. Our national income has reached 1 trillion 600 billion dollars from 240 billion dollars.

ALL OF TURKEY WILL BE TRAVELABLE BY HIGH-SPEED TRAIN

We will connect our 27 cities to each other with a high-speed train network. All of Turkey will be travelable by high-speed train. We have built 422 thousand new classrooms. We have appointed a total of 836 thousand new teachers. We said we would end the headscarf ban, and we ended it in universities and the public sector. We kept our promise.

WE HAVE PRODUCED 1 MILLION 766 THOUSAND HOUSING UNITS

We have achieved a revolution in the field of health. We have literally transformed our cities with our national gardens. We have produced 1 million 766 thousand housing units with TOKİ. The construction of 366 thousand housing units is ongoing. In the disaster of the century, we delivered 455 thousand housing units to our earthquake-affected citizens in a short period of 3 years. We are meeting a very important need with 500 thousand social housing units.

We are producing 83 thousand barrels of oil per day in Gabar, where terror once roamed. We all feel proud whenever we see Turkey's car, TOGG, on the roads.

THEY TRIED EVERY WAY TO TURN US FROM OUR PATH

They tried every way to turn us from our path. They wrote coup scenarios. They attempted a treacherous armed coup on July 15. 25 years later, here we are. We are at the Ankara National Garden with our energy, passion, and determination from the first day.

EVERY MORNING WILL BE LIKE THE MORNING OF AUGUST 15

For 25 years, we have been in the hearts of the nation. Thank God, we have achieved great things in a quarter of a century. Let no one expect us to get tired. Every morning started anew, we embraced our work as we did on the first day. Every day will be a new day for us. Every morning will be like the morning of August 15. We have much more work to do. We have raised Turkey to its feet. We have rebuilt it from its ashes. But we will not stop, we will not rest, we will build the future, we will develop it. We will be reborn every day. We will start anew every morning.

WE ARE OVERTURNING THE IMPERIALIST PLAN

Brotherhood will grow this country, brotherhood will strengthen it. Hopefully, it will make the 21st century the Century of Turkey of brotherhood. Let no one have any worries. If our brotherhood weakens, our country weakens. Whatever we do, we do it for the salvation, prosperity, and bright future of future generations. We do it to leave a Turkey without terror to our children. Look, we are not just ending the terror problem. Hopefully, along with terror, we are also overturning that imperialist plan that is stirring up Turkey from within."