Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Numan Kurtulmuş, attended the 2026-2027 Academic Year Opening Ceremony held at Batman University's Central Campus Conference Hall and gave the opening lecture titled "Turkey Model, National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy".
Wishing the new academic year to be auspicious, Kurtulmuş expressed his satisfaction to see that Batman and Batman University have made significant progress.
Kurtulmuş stated that they now proudly say everywhere that Türkiye has a huge higher education staff with 208 universities and approximately 6.7 million students.
Stating that the race between universities is getting faster every year, Kurtulmuş said that they see that the universities are rising not only numerically but also in terms of quality, and they are very pleased with this.
TBMM Speaker Kurtulmuş noted that he tried to explain the point reached regarding Terror-Free Türkiye and the experience they had at the universities he visited for the opening of the academic year this year.
Pointing out that the world is going through one of the most turbulent periods, Kurtulmuş stated that the geography where all the major struggle areas of the world intersect is the geography where Türkiye is located.
Stating that Turkey should have its feet firmly planted in this geography, Kurtulmuş emphasized that Türkiye has demonstrated its ability to resolve conflicts in this geography by negotiating and keeping the diplomacy table open, for the sake of its own future, the future of the people of the region, and the well-being of the world system.
"Israel's aggressions no longer stop"
Stating that Türkiye has shown its stance against the ongoing problems in Palestine, Kurtulmuş said:
"Israel's aggressions are now unstoppable. Especially, Netanyahu and his gang, who use the election as an excuse, are committing all kinds of atrocities against Muslims and Palestinians not only in Gaza but also in the West Bank. Even in places where no Jews lived 20 or 10 years ago and Arabs had almost 100 percent of the population, for example, in a city like Hebron, they are doing their best to de-Muslimize that place by changing the structure of that city. "The usurpers, whom they call settlers, not only displace Palestinians from their homes through terrorists, but also force them to migrate to Palestine by uprooting even the olives inherited from their ancestors."
"Türkiye is one of the countries making efforts to stop Israel."
Kurtulmuş stated that in such an environment, Türkiye is one of the countries that speak out to the fullest on every platform in the world and make efforts to stop Israel, and that they continue to fight this fight in every field.
Stating that they bring the Palestine issue to the agenda in every meeting they go to, no matter what, Kurtulmuş continued his words as follows:
"Unfortunately, representatives of many countries could not open their mouths to speak, but when we went out they said, 'Thank you, we agree with your ideas.' they would say. Last week we attended the meeting of European Parliament Presidents in Rome. We put these issues on the agenda again in our speech there, but I can easily say that the parliamentary speakers of many countries, I will not name them now, some of them supported the words we said in our speech by giving references by name. Even before going out, people at the meeting openly stated in the conference room that Western countries applied double standards regarding Palestine, for example, that they did not support Palestine as they did Ukraine. I want to say this, right alone is the strongest, right alone is supreme. No one can ever prevail or defeat the righteous and righteous. "The issue of the Palestinians is right and just, and no matter what the conditions are, eventually a free Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital will be established and hopefully it will be recognized by the whole world."
"Türkiye has become a country that openly declares its sovereignty in the Mediterranean."
Kurtulmuş stated that, as Türkiye, they always take negotiation as a basis on many issues in this region, and that one of them is the developments in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Evaluating the approval of the memorandum of understanding on the delimitation of maritime jurisdiction areas signed between Turkey and Libya in 2019 by the Libyan House of Representatives, Kurtulmuş said, "This is a great diplomatic success for Turkey. Thus, the imperialist project that wanted to confine Türkiye to the Mediterranean Gulf within the framework of the Seville map has collapsed and Turkey has become a country that clearly expresses and declares its sovereignty in the Mediterranean today. With the realization of this agreement, both Turkey and Libya will win, and all the friendly and brotherly countries in our region will win." They will benefit from the development.” he said.
Stating that their main goal in this geography is not to throw gasoline on the fire, but to get results by using mechanisms that use state intelligence to extinguish the fire, keeping democracy open and using diplomacy channels, Kurtulmuş said, "The agreement on border jurisdictions and maritime jurisdictions with Libya, which destroyed the Seville Agreement, is an important and successful step in this context. In this geography, it is inevitable for Türkiye to be strong, to be in peace and well-being, away from conflicts, and to have a strong internal structure that has fortified itself." he said.
"The reason of the state and the conscience of the nation coincided and a great determination emerged to end terrorism."
Making an evaluation about the Terror-Free Turkey process initiated in Türkiye to fortify the inner castle, Kurtulmuş said, "The idea of fortifying the inner castle did not emerge as a result of a political vision, but as a requirement of Türkiye's future. In this context, we tried to fulfill all our responsibilities as politics to end terrorism." he said.
Pointing out that efforts have been made in the past to end terrorism in Türkiye, Kurtulmuş said, "Now, for the first time, I say this assertively, in Türkiye, the mind of the state and the conscience of the nation coincided and a great determination emerged to end terrorism. I would like to wholeheartedly thank all political parties and all political leaders who supported the process, especially our President." he said.
"It was an exemplary work for world democracy"
Kurtulmuş, who also gave information about the work of the National Solidarity, Fraternity and Democracy Commission established in the Turkish Grand National Assembly, said that in this process, the Law on Strengthening National Solidarity and Social Integration was accepted with a record vote of 467 deputies.
Kurtulmuş said, "This is a first in Turkish democracy. Such a great acceptance has never been achieved around any law. Both the mind of the state and the conscience of the nation have come to a common point on this issue and thank God, we have achieved results so far." he said.
TBMM Speaker Kurtulmuş stated that they call the work carried out in this context the "Türkiye model" and continued as follows:
"In conflict resolution models, there is always a third eye or another country or an international organization, but there is no third eye in this model, which we call the 'Turkey Model'. Both the third eye and the first eye are the nation itself, the Turkish Grand National Assembly, representatives of the nation on behalf of the nation. As required by law, a higher committee under the chairmanship of the Vice President has started its work and continues successfully. In the coming days, a monitoring process will be established with representatives from the political parties in the parliament in order for the Parliament to monitor and follow this process." "The commission will be established. I hope we will get the result as soon as possible. I hope this process will continue from now on."
