06.02.2026 09:13
Bilal Erdoğan, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ilim Yayma Foundation, attended the 'Library Conversations' program organized by the AK Party's Culture and Arts Policies Presidency. In the meeting, Erdoğan also spoke about Fenerbahçe's new transfer Kante, stating, "The President is someone who has solved and accomplished important issues for every community, not just the big four. If this transfer were to another club, the President would have done it anyway. But we, as Fenerbahçe fans, took special pleasure in it."
Bilal Erdoğan, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ilim Yayma Foundation, attended the 'Library Conversations' program organized by the AK Party's Directorate of Culture and Arts Policies.
Speaking at the program held in the library at the AK Party Congress Center, Bilal Erdoğan expressed that inequality and injustice continue to grow in the world, stating, "The international system is in disarray. The richest man in the world has multiplied his wealth 5-6 times in a few years, and he still says, 'I need to reach a fortune of 1 trillion dollars from 657 billion dollars to realize my projects and dreams.' Right now, no one whose word is respected in the world is developing anything for the good and welfare of humanity and the world. Capitalism has brought us here. Humanity needs to confront both capitalism and colonialism, and then we need to work on whether a new world order centered on humanity and justice, rather than pleasure, can be possible. Our President says a new world is possible," he stated.
Erdoğan, expressing that young people have a clean reasoning ability and an uncorrupted conscience, said, "As long as they can stand on solid ground, they should not take a slogan that has fallen in front of them on social media as a judgment, but rather think a little and say, 'Let me try to understand the topic a bit more deeply and then I will say something.' After doing that, you cannot hold the youth back; I say this because I have seen it in the work we have done."
"OUR ANCESTORS HAVE DEFEATED ARMIES MUCH LARGER THAN US" Touching on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's emphasis on '3 children', Erdoğan said, "When our President said 3 children, everyone laughed. They said, 'It's another joke from our President about 3 children.' It's not a joke; he is saying and explaining it. Did 2025 have to be the 'Year of the Family'? While 1.5 million students are starting school, last year only 930 thousand students started. As a country, we are finishing, we are running out. We are also aging rapidly; there has not been a country that has managed to turn this around seriously. For example, we have fallen below 1.5, but there is no country that has risen above 2 after falling. Why can't we do it? This nation has truly accomplished what seems impossible; we are a nation that has achieved incredible things. Our ancestors have defeated armies much larger than us. We have cast the best cannons, made the best bows, and had the best swords. Today, with the work of Selçuk Bayraktar, we have achieved the best bows and arrows for hundreds of years with our practicality and use of technology," he said.
After his speech, Erdoğan answered questions from the young participants in the program. When asked about the biggest advantage today's youth have compared to previous generations, Erdoğan replied, "I think young people have an opportunity that does not lag behind other students in the world, and this is a great chance. We have managed to implement models in education that do not exist in many countries around the world without lagging behind any part of the world. We have such advantages. We should also mention that our human infrastructure for young people is now very strong. I believe that a child born in Turkey today, a growing young person, has the courage to think about global situations. Whether it should be or not is a separate issue; it already exists. I think this is also a great chance for young people."
When a participant asked about what President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan felt during the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş, Erdoğan said, "The President's reactions, without thinking, 'I will go there, I will do this job' belief is magnificent. His doing this ensures that the administrators, public officials, and politicians there receive the right message. Many people who have lost acquaintances are demoralized, and he gives them morale by saying, 'The President came, he came this early despite everything.' Since that day, both our President and his ministers and all representatives of the AK Party have continued to go. Thanks to that, so much work is being done. China couldn't do it; you are building on the ruins of cities with 455 thousand houses in 3 years. The infrastructure of the cities is also destroyed; you are rebuilding everything," he said.
"THE PRESIDENT IS SOMEONE WHO HAS SOLVED IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR EVERY COMMUNITY" In response to a question about the transfer process of French footballer N'Golo Kante to Fenerbahçe, Erdoğan said, "This is neither the first nor the last. There is a sportsman President in Turkey. He has played amateur football for more than 10 years, received a transfer offer from Fenerbahçe, and it was turned down. There is a President who is a sportsman himself. Therefore, the sports public has sometimes done injustice to the President. Every community has had serious faults with the President from time to time, but the President is someone who has solved important issues for every community. He has built Galatasaray's stadium, done something for Beşiktaş. If you ask, they will tell you; they won't easily say it without being asked. The President would have done this transfer even if it were for another club. But we, as Fenerbahçeliler, enjoyed it separately," he replied.
In response to a question about the release of the Epstein files, Erdoğan continued his remarks:
"The West is a civilization. It has a culture, has produced works, created literature in various fields, and built cities, but when we look at where this civilization is fed from, we see blood and tears. It has not been blessed because it is built on the enslaved peoples of Africa and the destroyed civilizations of America, and it does not bring peace to humanity."