“The National Turkish Students’ Union serves as a bridge from past to future for our country’s youth”

 

Making a speech at the General Assembly of the National Turkish Students’ Union (MTTB), President Erdoğan said: “With its history dating back nearly 107 years, the National Turkish Students’ Union continues to serve as a bridge extending from past to future for our country’s youth.”

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the General Assembly of the National Turkish Students’ Union (MTTB).

Drawing attention to the MTTB’s history dating all the way back to 1916, President Erdoğan said: “The Union, which continued its activities following the proclamation of the Republic as well, was closed in 1936 due to the action it took in the most heated days of the Hatay issue. The National Turkish Students’ Union, which resumed its operations nearly 10 years later, got worn out under an administration unfit for its name and the mission it represents. The Union, which afterwards, returned to a national direction compatible with its name, remained under the rubble of the September 12 coup d’état like many other NGOs in our country.”

“THE UNION HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GUARDIAN OF OUR NATION’S VALUES UNDER ATTACK”

“With the persistent actions of our seniors and juniors, whose hearts beat with the love of serving their country and nation, the Union became officially operational again in 2008,” stated the President. “With its history dating back nearly 107 years, the National Turkish Students’ Union continues to serve as a bridge extending from past to future for our country’s youth. The Union has always been a guardian of our nation’s values under attack, starting from the Battle of Çanakkale to the National Struggle and various stages of the Republic.”

“WE REIGN IN A REGION THAT INCORPORATES THE HUMANITY’S OLDEST LEGACIES” 

President Erdoğan said: “We reign in a region that incorporates the humanity’s oldest legacies. Possessing such a grand and glorious legacy also necessitates confronting a myriad of problems, troubles and crises. As you also follow, our country is encircled by a ring of fire indeed.”

Noting that Türkiye, amid this ring of fire, moves forward on its path towards its goal of becoming one of the world’s most advanced countries in every area including politically, militarily, economically, culturally and socially, President Erdoğan said: “Those who ignite and constantly fuel this ring of fire have only one aim, which is to prevent Türkiye, the locomotive country of the Turkic and Islamic world, from achieving its goals.”