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Turkish Youth!
Your first duty is to ever and always protect and defend Turkish
Independence and the Turkish Republic. This is the main cause of
your existence and of your future. This cause is your most valuable
treasure.
In the future, there will be enemies, both in your homeland and
abroad, who will try to deprive you of this treasure. If one day you
are compelled to defend the independence and the republic, you shall
not hesitate to perform your duty whatever possibilities
and circumstances may present themselves. These circumstances may be
unfavourable, It may be that the enemies who nurture designs against
your independence and your republic may have won a victory the
likes of which have never seen in world history. By force or by
deceit, all fortresses and shipyards of the sacred fatherland may be
seized, all of its armies may have been dissipated and every inch of
the country occupied. More tragic and grievous than that, those who
is power within the countryman have fallen into error and
corruption, they may even be traitors. Moreover, those who are in
power may have identified their personal interest with the political
aims of the invaders. The nation may have fallen in to complete
destitution and distress; the country may be ruined and exhausted.
Turkish Youth of the future! Even under these conditions your duty
is to save Turkish Independence and the Turkish Republic! The
strength
you need is present the noble blood that flows through your veins! |
