President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a message marking the 105th anniversary of the Sakarya Victory. Erdoğan said the Battle of Sakarya was one of the greatest victories in the Turkish nation’s struggle for independence.
In his message, Erdoğan stated that the Turkish nation was able to demonstrate unity and solidarity even under the most difficult conditions and amid scarcity. He noted that the struggle waged in the Battle of Sakarya had become a victory recorded in world military history.
“It was once again demonstrated that Anatolia is a Turkish homeland”
Erdoğan said the Sakarya Victory gave the nation great self-confidence on the road to the establishment of the Republic of Türkiye, adding that the victory once again demonstrated that Anatolia is a Turkish homeland.
Erdoğan said the state would be carried into the future with strength drawn from past victories and the legacy of Turkish civilization. He said the homeland would be protected and that the memory of the martyrs who lost their lives in making Anatolia a homeland, from Manzikert to Sakarya, as well as the rights of the nation, would be upheld.
At the end of his message, Erdoğan prayed for God’s mercy for the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for freedom, independence and the homeland, and commemorated all the heroes of the War of Independence, led by Gazi Mustafa Kemal, with mercy and gratitude.