President Erdoğan issued a message for Turkish Language Day on September 26. Erdoğan said Turkish is not merely a means of communication between people, but also carries history, culture, the accumulation of civilization and the collective memory.
Erdoğan said in his message that Turkish, as a mother tongue, contains a great accumulation of civilization distilled from thousands of years of history. He noted that Turkish had grown richer over the centuries through contact with different geographies and peoples.
Emphasizing that Turkish expresses the nation’s world of emotions and thought in every area of life, from poetry and literature to science and art, Erdoğan said the language must be protected as a great legacy inherited from the past.
Passing Turkish on to future generations
Erdoğan said on the occasion of Turkish Language Day that enriching Turkish and passing it on to future generations in a strong form was everyone’s responsibility. He said it was important to protect Turkish, culture and civilizational values during the construction of the Century of Türkiye.
Erdoğan said it was important for Türkiye to contribute to the global world with its own voice, concepts and civilizational perspective. He said the correct, beautiful and careful use of Turkish should be promoted.
Erdoğan described strengthening children’s and young people’s love for Turkish as a shared responsibility, saying that a nation that protects its language would also protect its history and future.
Erdoğan expressed his hope that Turkish Language Day would contribute to the further enrichment of Turkish and to its stronger presence around the world. He also commemorated with mercy and gratitude the prominent figures of language and culture who had worked to develop and preserve Turkish.
