Kurtulmuş attended the 2026-2027 Academic Year Opening Ceremony held at Selçuk University Sultan Alparslan Cultural Center and gave the opening lecture titled "Türkiye Model, National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy".
Stating that Selçuk University is one of the most important education centers of both its region and Türkiye with more than 60 thousand students, Kurtulmuş expressed his gratitude to those who have contributed since the establishment of this shining university in the middle of Anatolia.
Emphasizing that the most important problem of the first century of the Republic was the issue of terrorism, Kurtulmuş said, "With God's permission, Turkey is being freed from a scourge that took Türkiye nearly 50 years, took tens of thousands of people from their lives, caused thousands of our young children to fall to the ground at a young age, cost our martyrs and veterans, and caused us to bear a great cost, with the most modest calculations, over 2 trillion dollars with the alternative costs it created, and freed Türkiye from its shackles." "We are taking steps to save it." he said.
Kurtulmuş underlined that the Terror-Free Türkiye process is a common issue and common goal of 86 million people and one of the most important breakthroughs for the future of Türkiye.
Stating that many politicians in Türkiye worked hard to solve the end of terrorism, Kurtulmuş stated that all of these attempts were blocked by some dark circles from inside and outside, and that these processes were ended before they even started with some political assassinations in some years.
Kurtulmuş said, "Now, with the coming together of the state mind and the nation's conscience, important steps have been taken and great progress has been made to solve this problem." he said.
Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Kurtulmuş stated that the results obtained in the effective fight of the security forces against terrorism both at home and abroad in recent years had a great share in the process reaching this point.
Underlining that Turkey has no choice but to stand strong in this geography in a period of great turbulence and conflicts, Kurtulmuş stated that Turkey's belief in fortifying the inner castle constitutes one of the most important motivations of the process.
Kurtulmuş said, "Türkiye, which is dealing with such big problems in the world, is the leader of its region and is a candidate to become a global actor, has neither the time nor the opportunity to linger inside, waste time and waste internal conflicts. We will fortify our inner castle and continue on our way. This determination is not just a political determination. This determination expressed by our President two years ago has also become a state policy." he said.
"ARABS, TURKS, KURDS, WITH ALL OTHER ELEMENTS, WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THESE LANDS"
Explaining that Israel's expansionist policies in the region have reached an unacceptable point in parallel with the developments in the world, Kurtulmuş stated that Israel directly attacked almost many countries in the region and hit many countries with its weapons during the period it started with the occupation of Gaza.
Kurtulmuş continued his words as follows: "As Turkey, as the most important country of this geography, we say that Israel should not pursue wild dreams in vain. Israel will not be allowed to create a wishful desire in this geography, and they will never reach it. Because, as the Turkish nation, we know that God did not promise any land to any nation. All these lands, the lands that they dream of as their dreamed land, are the own countries and homelands of the people living in them. Arabs, Turks, "Kurds, together with all other elements, are the original owners of these lands, and Israel will never dominate these lands and will never dominate them."
Stating that the obviousness of the supply of goods makes it a vital necessity for Türkiye to fortify the inner castle, Kurtulmuş said, "No separation, no matter what the reason, will serve the national interests of this nation. That's why we say that we will truly accept our differences as a means of wealth, and hopefully we will continue on our way as a strong Turkey, with its feet firmly on the ground, despite this great turbulence in the region and in the world. The threats made to Türkiye by the terrorist organizations, which are the most important obstacle in this context, will be completely eliminated." We will eliminate it." he said.
Drawing attention to the importance of the coming together of the state and the nation's mind in the terrorism-free Turkey process, Kurtulmuş said, "I would like to express my gratitude once again, on behalf of our entire nation, to our President, who has made an extraordinary effort to make this issue a state policy from the very beginning. I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Devlet Bahçeli, on behalf of our nation, for the extraordinary support he has given in the most difficult parts of the process. Likewise, the presidents and managers of all other political parties have given exceptional support to this process and helped manage a strong process in Türkiye." They were instrumental." he stated.
Kurtulmuş also pointed out the work of the National Solidarity, Fraternity and Democracy Commission established in the Turkish Grand National Assembly and made the following evaluations:
"The process of preparation of the commission report, the process of meeting the commission, revealed an extremely important stage for Turkish democracy. We have successfully carried out a process that will be an example for world politics and, I believe, will be taught as a course in universities in terms of solutions to many conflicts in the world. In the 50-person commission, which was formed with the participation of all but one of our parties in the parliament, everyone listened to even the most contrary ideas with great maturity and democratic maturity, all of them were openly expressed in front of the nation, all of them were recorded, and after that, all of them were recorded in the minutes." "The commission report was revealed. The commission report was accepted with the votes of 47 of our 50 deputies. This is something unprecedented in Turkish democracy, an important example of multilateral diplomacy, a striking application of deliberative democracy. It is an extraordinarily good practice that parties can easily negotiate the views of others while protecting their own views."
Kurtulmuş thanked all the deputies and commission members who contributed to the process and said, "This has demonstrated that the most difficult issue of democracy can be solved through dialogue. Let me say this, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, which can solve this issue, will, with God's permission, solve the heaviest and most difficult issues in front of it in an extraordinarily beautiful way." he said.
Reminding that the law regarding the execution of the process was accepted by the votes of 467 deputies in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Kurtulmuş said, "It is truly extremely valuable that such a wide mass of people, each with different political opinions, agree on the same point. It shows the maturity of Turkish democracy and Turkish politics. Let me say this very clearly, the vote that reached 467 in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey is a vote for unity, solidarity, brotherhood and the future of Türkiye." From now on, hopefully the country will continue on its way much stronger." he said.
"WE ARE PICKING UP OUR PIECES THAT WERE SCATTERED A CENTURY AGO"
TBMM Speaker Kurtulmuş pointed out that a terrorist-free Türkiye will also be the guarantee of a terrorist-free region, and drew attention to the developments in Syria and Iraq.
"Now, with the Terror-Free Türkiye, terror-free zone project, we are gathering our pieces that were scattered a century ago, bringing together the dispersed peoples and directing them towards a common goal." Kurtulmuş said, "It will be their right to disperse this region drawn by Elin's son with rulers, but won't it be the right of the beloved Turkish nation to gather this geography? This is more than our right, it is our duty. We will unite our scattered pieces, we will gather them together and we will all walk in the same direction. Every people in this land is a part of us." he said.
Stating that they will unite the scattered pieces, gather them together and walk in the same direction together, Kurtulmuş said:
"Syria belongs to the Syrians, Iraq belongs to the Iraqis, Lebanon belongs to the Lebanese, Iran belongs to the Iranians, and Turkey is the center of civilization to which all of them are devoted. Everyone is heavy in their own place. These friends of ours should be successful and strong in their own countries, but everyone should be a part of a whole. That's why we are actually starting to collect our pieces that were scattered with the issue of Terror-free Turkey and terror-free zone after a century. I have always said this, and I am saying it once again here. This was not just a legislative activity or just a political activity for us. "The acceptance of the report, the opening of the door, the adoption of the law with 467 votes were the opening of a new era. This is the era of brotherhood. This is the era of eliminating differences. This is the era of peace, not of guns."
Kurtulmuş underlined that in order for the process to continue successfully, it is necessary to be careful against provocations and not use discriminatory language, and said:
"I say it very clearly, there should never be a place for a separatist language among us, and there will never be a place for it. Similarly, we do not need or have a place for a discriminatory language. If we can achieve these, we will see that Turkey has left this issue behind and solved it completely in a very short time, and with God's permission, we will have eliminated the biggest problem of our beloved nation in the first century of the Republic, together with its consequences. Hopefully, the second century of the Republic will be a time of unity, solidarity, brotherhood, Turkey, a great power in its region, and the superpower of the world." "This will be the century of Turkey, one of the greatest powers. May God guide our path. May God make our words strong and make our unity and solidarity permanent."
At the ceremony, Konya Governor İbrahim Akın and SU Rector Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Yılmaz also gave a speech.
AK Party Konya Deputies Hasan Ekici, Mehmet Baykan, Meryem Göka, Mustafa Hakan Özer, Ziya Altunyaldız and Konya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Uğur İbrahim Altay also attended the ceremony.
Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Kurtulmuş, SU Rector Prof. after the opening ceremony. Dr. He also visited Hüseyin Yılmaz.
