President Erdoğan spoke at the 30 August Victory Day Special Concert Program at the Presidential Complex. Erdoğan said, “We are closing August with the anniversary of a great victory that paved the way for the establishment of our republic, our last state in Anatolia. On August 26, 1922, our army launched the great offensive with the attack order given by Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Our heroic army, which destroyed the enemy lines one by one, opened the road to Izmir by destroying a significant part of the Greek occupation forces in the Commander-in-Chief Square Battle on August 30.
15 days after the start of the Great Offensive, Turkish flags were flying in the skies of Izmir, which was destroyed by the fleeing enemy. Thus, we won the war we fought in the field against the enemy, who destroyed our eternal homeland Anatolia for 3 and a half years and polluted it with its treacherous ambitions and dirty boots. With the Great Offensive, as with every victory, we showed once again to friends and enemies that there are no sacrifices we cannot make or difficulties we cannot overcome for our independence and future.
Of course, our century-old republican period has its own special moments. “By leaving behind a century with all its sorrows and joys, we have proven the deep depth and solidity of the roots on which our republic, the last link in our chain of states, each heir and representative of the other, rests,” he said.
TODAY, TURKEY CONTINUES TO WALK ON THE SAME IDEAL PATH.
Erdoğan emphasized that in this period when 101 years have passed since the Great Offensive and 100 years since the establishment of the republic, the nation has united around the vision of the Turkey Century with the same feeling, the same determination and the same determination, and said: As a nation, we did not say ‘goodbye’ to those who tried to bring our unity to its knees with many traps.
We broke all the games by adhering together to the principle of the superiority of the national will, which forms the basis of our Republic. We tore up all the scenarios. Whatever ideal the brave sons of this nation were pursuing when they opened the gates of Anatolia to the end a thousand years ago to establish new states, whatever feelings they resisted against attacks from all around to destroy the state that ruled over 3 continents and 7 climates, what new heights did they take the inheritance they received from their history and culture while establishing their republic? If he dreamed of carrying it, thank God, today he continues to walk on the same ideal path with the vision of the Turkey Century.
I believe that the 100th anniversary anthem, which we will introduce in the second part of our program, will be embraced by every individual of our nation as a work that reflects all this accumulation and energy. “I congratulate everyone who contributed to bringing this work to our country, from its words to its composition, from its jury to its execution,” he said.
