President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke to soldiers at the iftar program at the 4th Corps Command
Speaking at an iftar with soldiers, President Erdoğan said: “If we want to live freely, honorably and peacefully on our own homeland watered with martyrs’ blood, we have no other choice but to continue to foil games and frustrate treacherous aspirations. In this regard, it is an obligation, rather than a preference, for us to have a powerful military.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with soldiers during an iftar at the 4th Corps Command in Ankara.
Conveying his Ramadan Mubarak wishes to the participants, President Erdoğan expressed his happiness to be coming together with soldiers during this holy month.
Wishing success to soldiers, who carry out their duties at the cost of their lives for the state’s permanence and the nation’s security, President Erdoğan said: “May Allah help all our security forces, including soldiers, police, gendarmerie, village guards and intelligence personnel, and protect them against all kinds of accidents, troubles, attacks and treasons.”
“We have sacrificed lives, shed blood, put up a fight and paid a heavy price since 1071 both to make these lands our home and defend our eternal homeland,” the President stated, further stressing that they will continue to protect the country, adhan and flag with the same determination and perseverance in the future as well.
“WE SHOULD MAINTAIN A MAXIMUM LEVEL OF DETERRENCE”
Stressing that attacks against the country will never come to an end as long as Türkiye, the defender of the oppressed, continues to maintain its existence, adhere to its roots and stand with the downtrodden, President Erdoğan underlined: “If we want to live freely, honorably and peacefully on our own homeland watered with martyrs’ blood, we have no other choice but to continue to foil games and frustrate treacherous aspirations. In this regard, it is an obligation, rather than a preference, for us to have a powerful military. We are a country, a nation, an army that should always maintain a maximum level of deterrence. Only our own strength, only the means and capabilities that we ourselves develop can protect us, the Turkish nation, against our enemies.”
