Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Qatar, H E Dr Mustafa Goksu addressing the gathering at the embassy.
The Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye yesterday celebrated 100th anniversary of Victory Day in the presence of number of Their Excellencies Ambassadors, military attaches, Turkish citizens and other dignitaries.
A message of President of Türkiye H E Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was also read at the occasion in which he said.
“Today, we are living the rightful pride of reaching the 100th anniversary of the Great Victory. I congratulate our brothers and sisters in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and all of our citizens living all across the world on August 30 Victory Day.”
President Erdoğan in his message said: “I thank on behalf of myself, my country and nation all of our friends who share our joy of festival. Our nation, whose history is full of glorious victories, ended the liberation struggle, which it waged despite every kind of poverty and deprivation, with a clear and undisputable victory on August 30, 1922.
“The August 30 serves as the clearest evidence of what the Turkish nation can achieve and what it can sacrifice when forced to choose between slavery and liberty. Instead of staying under the yoke of the enemy even for a single day, our nation walked to the martyrdom with a bravery that scared the death itself, and defended its freedom and future.
“Lastly, the incidents that took place on the night of July 15 have once again shown that the unwavering will that inspired the Great Offensive is still alive in hearts. With the strength it draws from its history, Türkiye determinedly advances on the path to building a bright and prosperous future for itself.
“Türkiye takes the place it deserves in the new world system with its growing production capacity, its exports that break new records every month and the projects it implements in defence industry as well as the responsibilities it assumes in the solution of regional problems.
“With these thoughts in my mind, I remember with gratitude Ghazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who is the founder of our Republic and the Commander-in-Chief of the Great Offensive, and his comrades-in-arms. I wish Allah’s mercy upon our august martyrs, who breathed their last for the sake of our homeland as if they had been stepping into a rosary, and remember with gratitude our ghazis.”
Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Qatar, H E Dr Mustafa Goksu, also addressed the gathering. He congratulated Turkish citizens in Qatar, Türkiye and in every part of the world on the August 30 Victory Day.
“Our fight for independence, started under the leadership of Ghazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Samsun in 1919, ended in a decisive and lasting victory with the Battle of the Commander-in-Chief. It was proclaimed to the entire world with the August 30 victory that these lands are our eternal homeland.”
He added: “This victory is the proclamation of the re-emergence on the stage of history and the rise from its ashes of a nation sought to be buried in history.
With these thoughts in my mind, I commemorate with respect Ghazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of our Republic and the Commander-in-Chief of the Great Offensive, and his brother-in-arms.”
He further said: “We are very happy for the State of Qatar, this brotherly country and our strategic partner, for hosting 2022 FIFA World Cup, and we are very excited about it, like our Qatari brothers and sisters. We will give our full support to finalise the event successfully.”
