
President Erdoğan emphasized that the bond between muhtars and the Presidency has strengthened and drew attention to regional crises.
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President Erdoğan aims to strengthen the ties of local governments with the state by meeting with muhtars regularly.
“HEADMEN ARE THE MARCHLORDS OF DEMOCRACY”
Highlights from Erdoğan's speech are as follows:
"- We have always kept the bond between the headmen, the margraves of democracy, and the Presidency alive. We promised that we would turn the Presidential Complex into the home of the nation. Thank God, we remained true to this promise. As a brother of yours who came to his position by the will of the nation, I would like to express with all my heart that there is nothing more important than walking the road with you.
“THEY COULD NOT ACCEPT ALL DOORS OF THE STATE TO OPEN TO MY MUHTAR BROTHERS”
- Those who cannot understand the unshakable bond between us and the headmen have also slandered our meeting with the headmen. They used such derogatory expressions that; They revealed the national will indigestion they had accumulated within themselves. Those who thought they were insulting us by saying 'He can't even be a headman' could not accept that all the doors of the state were opened to my headman brothers. Those who did not consider us worthy of the presidency actually did not consider you worthy of this place either. The reason for their discomfort was not that we were chatting here, but that you came here as if you were coming to your own home.
“THE MUHTAR INITIATIVE HAS BEEN HAPPENED IN POLITICS”
- As the doors of the top of the state opened to our headmen, this atmosphere spread throughout Türkiye, from city centers to villages. Along with the Presidential Complex, the doors of public institutions and municipalities began to open wide to my muhtar brothers. This work is not just at the local level. Our meetings also had a transformative effect on Turkish politics. So to speak; There was a headman initiative in politics. Of course, we cannot measure how sincere they are, but we still see it as valuable for those who changed their ways until yesterday when they saw a mukhtar to organize a mukhtar meeting, even if it is limited to election periods, in terms of strengthening the national will in Türkiye and reconciling the opposition with the society.
“WE HEARED THE PROBLEMS AND SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR HEADMEN PERSONALLY”
- Imitation always magnifies the original. As they imitate us, whether forced or voluntary, we continue to grow and become stronger. Our Mukhtars meeting is not only about regressing the single-party, top-down, arrogant mentality; He also made a significant contribution to the improvement of the conditions of our headmen. We have spared no sacrifices so that you can provide better service to our citizens. We personally listened to the problems and suggestions from our headmen and took the necessary steps quickly.
“THERE IS AN INCREASINGLY INCREASING CRISIS STORM EXPERIENCED”
- There is an increasingly violent crisis storm in our region. The Russia-Ukraine war will complete its fifth year in a few months. Israel's attacks against Palestine continue unabated. Before the tension in our neighbor Iran was completely over, the fuse of a new conflict was lit, this time in Yemen. The Houthis' attacks targeting our friend Saudi Arabia have caused the tension in our region to escalate. Good news is coming from Syria, but Zionist Israel is doing its best to create confusion there, too.
“RING OF FIRE AROUND US”
- You know, I say; 'We are surrounded by a ring of fire'... This is exactly the situation we are in. In such a chaos and crisis environment, we are working day and night to ensure that no harm comes to Türkiye. So far we have been successful in this. We kept our country away from the conflicts around us. We did not succumb to provocations or fall into traps. We successfully managed all these difficult processes in a smart and patient way. Remember; The test of great nations is also great.
“WE WILL NOT GIVE THEM THIS OPPORTUNITY”
- Today, we are in the middle of a great struggle. In this struggle, they will never leave us idle as they put a damper on those who want to tear our region into pieces. As long as we stand by the oppressed, regardless of their faith, rather than the oppressors, they will continue to deal with us. Sometimes they will come against us with their internal agents such as FETO, sometimes with their external lobbies, sometimes with their economic hitmen, sometimes with their stooges in the international press, and sometimes with their apparatus on social media. “We will not give them this opportunity.”
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