For years, we have spoken of the virtues of the Republic. We have explained the importance of the great enlightenment revolution that Atatürk dreamed of, laid the groundwork for, and brought to life with extraordinary success.
As a result of these narratives spanning generations and the high value of our founding leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, which has been better understood over the years, the common value upon which the vast majority of the Turkish nation has agreed has been to live as one and whole under the roof of the Republic.
This love and desire came from the heart. Moreover, the most important reason for the increase in this voluntary commitment over the years has been the feeling of the lack of a leader like Atatürk in many countries in our geography, the troubles and pains caused by their lack of an unparalleled Republic, and the struggle for existence they have experienced due to the weak foundations of their states.
We understood the value of the Republic better when people in Afghanistan were desperately jumping from planes…
We understood the value of the Republic better as people in Syria were dying in sectarian wars…
We understood the value of the Republic better through the bans and restrictions Iran imposes on women…
We understood the value of the Republic better as Iraq was being divided into ethnic and sectarian pieces…
We understood the value of the Republic better in the glorious and honorable history of the Turkish army, which commands respect both in our geography and throughout the world…
We understood the value of the Republic better in the success of our doctors, raised with secular and scientific education, during the Covid period…
We understood the value of the Republic in the power of being a nation without falling into Alevi-Sunni, Kurdish-Turkish, or religious-secular internal conflict…
We experienced the value of the Republic in the honor we feel from being part of a nation that has never known captivity in its history, while many countries in our region—Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan—lived under mandate administrations at various periods of history…
We understood the value of the Republic better when we saw the lack of a great commander, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and the Republic founded by that great leader in the history of the countries in our geography that have been burned, destroyed, scattered, and torn apart…
We understood, we understood by growing in number, we understood with sadness, we understood by experiencing, we understood with pain, and sometimes we understood by paying a price for it…
The most important value that still keeps us standing in this geography is that great revolution that took place in 1923.
Taking into account historical realities and the possibilities of the era, its shortcomings and excesses can certainly be criticized. However, if there are those who call it a “bloody 1923 coup” instead of protecting the Republic in a geography that has turned into a ring of fire, and who are eager to destroy it, this is, first and foremost, a betrayal of our nation that waged a struggle for liberation. Let us make a note of this in history.
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