TFF President Hacıosmanoğlu visits Anıtkabir

Turkish Football Federation (TFF) President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu and board members visited Anıtkabir on September 19, Veterans Day, and laid a wreath at the mausoleum of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. 

According to the statement made by the TFF, Hacıosmanoğlu and the accompanying delegation walked along the Lion Road to reach the mausoleum. Following the laying of the wreath by Hacıosmanoğlu, a moment of silence was observed.

After the visit to Anıtkabir, the delegation moved to the Misak-ı Milli Tower to sign the Anıtkabir Special Book. In the message he wrote in the book, Hacıosmanoğlu expressed his gratitude to Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and all the martyrs.

TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu wrote the following in the book:

"Dear Atatürk,

Today, we commemorate with respect and gratitude your Excellency, who inspired this nation in its struggle for independence and bequeathed to us a modern Turkey, your comrades-in-arms, our martyrs who fell for our homeland, and our veterans. In line with the goals you set, we are working with all our might to reach the level of contemporary civilization and to carry our country further.

Today, here in your presence, we reiterate our determination to protect our independence, our republic, and our values.

Adopting your principle, 'I like the athlete who is intelligent, agile, and at the same time moral,' as our motto, we are determined to raise not only athletes focused on sporting success but also moral athletes.

Our greatest desire is to leave a mark on the world in a way worthy of our glorious history, especially by paving the way for our youth in football, and to demonstrate the power of the Turkish nation once again.

May your soul rest in peace."

News Source: 12punto

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