President Ersin Tatar issued a message on the 83rd anniversary of the demise of Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey
"We will not deviate from the path drawn by the Great Leader Atatürk"
“ I commemorate the most important commander, statesman and reformer of the 20th century, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, on this 83rd anniversary of his demise. Atatürk raised a nation from its ashes and founded a state by liberating it from the clutches of imperialism with the Turkish War of Independence.
Turkish Cypriots, who have always followed in the footsteps of Atatürk and with the support of the Republic of Turkey, paid great prices, gave martyrs and established their own state while they struggled for existence and freedom for many years. Our people will never deviate from the path drawn by the Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and will not give up their sovereignty, independence, freedom and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. May God rest his soul in eternal peace in paradise”