15.07.2025 19:50
In his speech at the "July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day Commemoration Program" at the Gölbaşı Special Operations Headquarters, President Erdoğan delivered striking messages. Erdoğan stated, "The FETÖ traitors, who are the hashishers of the 21st century, have set a great trap for our country, national will, and our future. Those who sell their souls for 1 dollar will pay the price for it."
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President Erdoğan spoke at the July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day Commemoration Program at the Gölbaşı Special Operations Headquarters, where 51 police officers were martyred during the treacherous coup attempt. In his speech here, Erdoğan emphasized that the fight against the FETÖ terrorist organization will continue without interruption.
PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN AT THE GÖLBAŞI SPECIAL OPERATIONS HEADQUARTERS
President Erdoğan said: "I greet you with my warmest feelings and respect. I send my greetings and love to each and every member of our esteemed nation from here. On the 9th anniversary of the treacherous coup on July 15, we are together with you. Today, we are at our special operations headquarters where 51 of our brothers, who loved this country and this flag, were martyred.
The treacherous FETÖ members carried out two separate attacks on this point with F-16 aircraft on the night of July 15. In the first attack, 7 of our brothers serving in the Aviation Department were martyred. In the second attack, 44 of our brothers assigned to the Special Operations Department were martyred here. Most of these brothers, who walked to martyrdom without blinking an eye in the spring of their lives, were defenders of the homeland who stood out with their personalities and abilities.
"EVERY POLICE OFFICER MARTYRED WAS A MONUMENT OF COURAGE"
They were lovers of the homeland and the nation, deeply attached to every inch of this country and our star and crescent flag. Every police officer martyred was a monument of dignity, compassion, and courage. They were the raiders of Turkey. Greetings to the raiders of this nation. May the heroic police officers of the Special Operations sacrifice their lives. May the graves of our heroic martyrs be filled with light. May God grant them to be neighbors to our Prophet Muhammad, insha'Allah. As you know, a martyr means one who witnesses and is present. Yes, they are currently seeing us and hearing us. May they also be granted the grace and mercy of our Lord.
"THE HASHISHINS OF THE 21ST CENTURY LAID A GREAT AMBUSH ON THE NATIONAL WILL"
They sit in the highest position after prophethood, in peace and tranquility. May the Almighty grant us the intercession of our martyrs. I pray that God does not let a stone touch your feet and always makes you victorious and successful. My dear brothers, on July 15, 2016, we faced one of the heaviest betrayals in our thousand-year history on this land. Our Gazi Parliament, our Presidential Complex, our Chief of General Staff, our Ankara Police, as well as TRT and TÜRKSAT, were attacked, along with our Special Operations Headquarters in Gölbaşı. The FETÖ traitors, who are the hashishins of the 21st century, laid a great ambush against our country, national will, and future. Those who betrayed their state on July 15 and sold their souls for 1 dollar will pay the price for it."
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