Statement from Bilal Erdoğan about Imam Hatip in Konya

Bilal Erdoğan, son of AKP President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, addressed the students at Konya Anatolian Imam Hatip High School as the "Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Knowledge Dissemination Foundation".

Erdoğan said, "Praise be to the Imam-Hatips in 75 years, they have succeeded in not losing the values of this country, this country, which made these lands our homeland. In other words, this country has returned to its normal again. Whatever the mediocre of this nation was, the mediocre has become the mediocre of this country. In other words, the games of those who tried to attract people here and there were foiled. Their plans did not work. Many crises, many coups and coup attempts, this nation has neither February 28th nor July 15th." "Thank God, Turkey is experiencing its most normal, social and cultural period today. This normalization continues at full speed. What is normalization? This means being able to live our own values freely. External manipulations and social engineering will not be successful in this country. With God's permission, the Imam Hatip generation, which has perhaps suffered the greatest brunt of this struggle, will be the guarantee of this in the 21st century."

"IMAM HATIP GENERATION WILL BE AN EXAMPLE FOR THE ISLAMIC WORLD"

Stating that Turkey will not remain silent about the tensions and wars developing in its region, Erdoğan said, "The Imam Hatip generation is a generation that has made it a motto to work harder to be worthy of being the ummah of our Prophet. That is why we have no criteria, no other evaluation or goal other than being the best. Therefore, with God's permission, the Imam Hatip generation will be an example for the Islamic world, and there will be more peace in our region and the world. There will be no genocide in Israel, no genocide in Palestine, "Let there be an end to the Russia-Ukraine war in our region, let there be peace and tranquility in our region. A Turkey that has been affected by constant instabilities, constant wars and indignities all around us for 50 years. From now on, there will be a Turkey that will have the power to ensure that this does not happen. God willing, it will pass on your shoulders, thanks to you," he said.