17.03.2016 Ankara
In his press release regarding the March 18th Martyrs’ Commemoration Day and the 101st Anniversary of the Çanakkale Naval Victory, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “One of the most important turning points of our history, the Çanakkale Naval Victory, is the best example of national unity and solidarity.” Hisarcıklıoğlu said in his message:
“The Çanakkale
Naval Battle which ended on March 18th, 1915, in victory for us
greatly effected the outcome of the pursuant ground battles. The Çanakkale Battles
is our proclamation that we will never accept defeat in even the worst of
conditions, that we have no alternative to freedom.
Everyone know how
we come together as a nation in times of difficulty; how we never even consider
our own lives when our homeland is on the line. Today, we require this unity
and solidarity more than ever.
We owe first and
foremost, the point we’ve reached as a country, to the heroic martyrs who are
an example to the generations to come who sacrificed their lives for the
homeland without a second thought and taught us what love of country means and
the importance of freedom.
Our duty, and that
of the generations which follow us, is to create a modern and developed country
wherein peace and development reign, wherein everyone coexists in peace in a
bright future. It is our dream to reach this goal and to never go back once we
achieve it.
On behalf of the
Turkish business community, it is with these thoughts and sentiments that I
once again bow with respect and gratitude before the martyrs of Çanakkale and
our great leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and their hallowed memory.”