22.04.2025 Ankara
The President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, in his message published on the occasion of April 23rd National Sovereignty and Children’s Day, stated that national sovereignty is an indispensable form of government for Türkiye and that, “Our children who grow up with this fact and are equipped with knowledge are our greatest assurance for our future.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu included
the following statements in his message:
“We celebrate the
anniversary of the opening of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye and the
acceptance of national sovereignty once again with enthusiasm and joy. We are
also proud to be the first and only country in the world to bestow a holiday
unto its children and to share this holiday with the whole world.
We are grateful and
thankful to Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and all his comrades-in-arms for giving
us this day of pride. We have to be worthy of our glorious and our ancestors
history who put their lives on the line for the sake of independence and
national sovereignty.
As Atatürk said,
national sovereignty is the basis of freedom, equality and justice. Immediately
after our fight for independence, our race for civilization, which will last
for eternity, began and was set as the greatest goal for our children.
With these feelings and
thoughts, on behalf of the Turkish business world, I celebrate our nation on
April 23rd National Sovereignty and Children’s Day.”
