President Erdoğan: We will deliver you a Türkiye without terrorism.

President Erdoğan attended the 'AK Party Youth Strategy and Consultation Camp Closing Program' held at the AK Party Congress Center. Speaking at the event, Erdoğan noted that the AK Party continues to foster a culture of consultation at every level. He said, "First, our Women's Branches came together and held a highly productive meeting. Then, between July 11th and 13th, we held our 32nd Consultation and Evaluation Meeting with our party's staff. I was very pleased to learn that our youth camp was productive, beneficial, insightful, and thought-provoking in every respect. Before the camp, we took a high-resolution snapshot of Turkish youth through field research involving 100,000 young people. During the camp, we had the opportunity to thoroughly evaluate this comprehensive dataset on the youth's expectations, desires, concerns, and goals. On behalf of myself and all my fellow executives, I thank our ministers, academics, and party leaders who shared their expertise with you, our brothers and sisters, on topics as diverse as strategic communication, crisis management, public speaking and discourse, political representation in digital media, and organizational leadership."

Erdoğan said, "As the youth of the AK Party, you will not stain our trust even by the slightest stain, nor will you embarrass us before our nation. You will not disappoint the millions who place their hopes in you. You will continue to set an example for the youth of our country and the world. Remember, you will work with an approach that unites, not divides, embraces, not alienates, and unites, not polarizes. Our AK Party Youth Branch is Türkiye's largest, most organized, and active youth organization. The political address of young people is unquestionably the AK Party, as it has been for 24 years. We were favored by more than half of the more than 5 million young people who voted for the first time in the 2023 elections. With the support of millions of our young people, we crushed our opponent, whom young people flattered by calling him their 'democrat uncle,' at the ballot box. In the last three months alone, 130,000 new members have joined our family."

'OUR YOUTH IS THE YOUTH CHASE FOR THE RED APPLE'

Erdoğan, noting that the AK Party Youth Branch is one of the most broad-based youth movements in the world with over 1 million members, said, "Despite all the attrition campaigns and all kinds of perception management operations, we are expanding our ranks even further. With new members, our family is growing and strengthening. We continue to inspire trust in our friends and fear in our rivals. As the AK Party Youth of Türkiye, I ask you to never forget that you carry the future of our nation on your shoulders. There will be new members tomorrow as well. We will continue on our path, strengthened by diverse participation in our party. You are not an ordinary cadre. You are not a team brought together by interests. Each of you is a dedicated soldier united around the same cause. Remember, our youth is the youth pursuing the Red Apple. You will bring Türkiye together with its century-old goals. You will again be the guarantee of peace and tranquility in our region. As I was entering Pınarhisar Prison because of a poem we read in Siirt, I said the following to my nation, especially to the young children of this country: I had said, "The Turkey of the 2000s will be your bright and beautiful Turkey. But for this, we all need to work hard. I promise to work hard at home. You too, work hard in your schools. Work hard to become good engineers, good teachers, good doctors, good administrators, and especially good lawyers. I'm going to do my homework now, and you should do yours well." Young people, we did our homework well. Young people kept their promises to us and did their homework well. Thank God for giving me friends in the struggle like you. Throughout my political life, I've considered it an honor to walk the path with young people. I've always found peace in your presence. I felt a surge of confidence whenever I looked at you. When I saw you by my side, I embraced our cause of serving my nation even more tightly."

"WE WILL DELIVER TERRORISM-FREE Türkiye"

Erdoğan, stating that they have been on the political scene for nearly half a century, said, "We have been governing Türkiye for 23 years. God willing, tomorrow we will proudly celebrate our 24th anniversary. Young people, we have overcome obstacles together on this challenging journey, we have faced attacks together, we have repelled betrayals together, we have overcome hardships together, and together we will make the Century of Turkey a reality. Master Necip Fazıl, when he said, 'Youth is not a matter of age, but of the soul,' pointed to a will that protects and safeguards the values ​​of a sacred trust. Just as we were excited when we set out, we work day and night with the same excitement today. We never take our eyes off the horizon. With our works, investments, projects, and services, we are carrying our country above the level of contemporary civilizations. As the greatest legacy we will leave you, we are building a 'Türkiye Without Terror' with patience, courage, and sincerity. We will not pay attention to those who inject pessimism every time they start talking. 'You can't do it,' "We will not listen to those who say, 'You cannot succeed.' No matter what schemes anyone pulls, no matter what obstacles anyone puts up, we will deliver you a Türkiye free of terrorism," he said.

'IT'S NOT POLITICAL DISCOURSE, IT'S JUST WORD SALAD'

Criticizing CHP Chairman Özgür Özel, Erdoğan said, "We see that the dominance established by the AK Party Youth in every square meter of our 81 provinces worries the opposition, especially the main opposition party. The CHP Chairman has stopped dealing with the corruption, theft, and bribery system surrounding his party and has started targeting the AK Party Youth Branch. He constantly criticizes AK Party Youth. He taunts you, tries to create polemics in his own way. He does this in the same primitive way as everything else he does. We look at his statements, and there is no depth. We look at his arguments, and there is no consistency. We look at his sentences, and there is no logical structure. Unfortunately, we cannot find any statement that would improve the quality of politics, draw a horizon for young people, or give hope to the nation. The gentleman talks a lot, but mostly he talks empty words. He thinks insults, threats, and slinging mud is politics. In fact, what we have here is not political discourse, but a third-rate salad of words. While trying to make a difference with his blunders and mistakes, he ends up making a difference. We are faced with a political novice whose clumsiness has left no one taking him seriously, and who has lost all credibility and respect even within his own party. If you recall, at one point he was constantly walking around with a red card in his hand. He would show the red card to anyone who came to him from the podium. Then, for some reason, he abruptly abandoned this brilliant idea, this groundbreaking action. He then played revolutionary with the slogans of bank robbers. He couldn't maintain consistency there either. We know very well the reasons for this dilemma, this instability, this carelessness experienced by the CHP Chairman. On the one hand, the magnitude of the robbery revealed through confessions, and on the other, the shame of having to defend this robbery due to a debt owed to him, are severely disrupting Mr. Özel's balance. It's clear that Mr. Özel, like many CHP members, is dissatisfied with the deplorable state into which the century-old party has fallen. I believe that the looting of public money, which should go to investment, services, works, and actions, by a handful of greedy individuals, also unsettles and unsettles him. It's causing us to question. Trying to cover up corruption that can't be covered up with tape every day with words, of course, can't be easy. As the saying goes, "Spit down to get a beard, spit up to get a mustache," and this is precisely the CHP Chairman's predicament. The fact that he still asks for the biggest radish while bales of bribe money are pouring out of baklava boxes, bags, pouches, and suitcases is, if not arrogance, a sign that his sense of shame has seriously eroded. I pray that God never leaves anyone in such a bind. If he had a little courage, a little self-confidence, and a little conscience, he would see that he has nothing to lose but his chains, but he can't do it, he can't muster the will. It's clear he doesn't have a friend to warn him, to whisper the truth in his ear.

'AK YOUTH WILL APPRENTICE MR. ÖZEL'

Erdoğan said, "Mr. Özel should not worry at all. As a result of the corruption operations, the municipalities will be freed from the corrupt gangs, the CHP octopus's tentacles, Turkey's ballast, and he himself will be freed from his shackles. When justice is served, not only he but also our CHP citizens, whom he dragged from here to there to defend a handful of self-centered people, will be at ease. The CHP Chairman should not forget this: The AK youth he is attacking will make Mr. Özel his apprentice in terms of both political caliber and diligence. The horizons, political skills, knowledge, and love for country and nation of every young brother in this hall are miles ahead of the CHP bigwigs. Those who complain about their country to Western television channels, with all due respect, cannot teach the AK youth either morality or homeland lessons. Mr. Chairman should stop messing with the AK youth. Let him continue to do what he knows best, which is to run errands for criminal organizations. Of course, if he can get permission from his bosses, he can go and sit for hours with water canisters in his hands." "Let them worry about the problems of their Izmir voters, whom they kept waiting under the sun, and let them deal with the problems of our brothers, whom they condemned to the thirst of Karbala because of their incompetence in the Turkey of 2025."

DHA

Reporter: News Center