President Erdoğan's Special Article Published for AK Party's 25th Anniversary
Evaluating the AK Party's quarter-century political journey, President Erdoğan emphasized that Turkey has become a strong country capable of making its own decisions.
In an article written on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the AK Party, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shared the party's role in Turkey's transformation process and its vision for the future. The text, published in the Saudi Arabia-based newspaper Al Arabiya, discusses the distance Turkey has covered in the political and economic fields.
A Quarter-Century Transformation Story
In his article titled 'A Quarter-Century Transformation Story Written Together with the Nation', President Erdoğan stated that the 25 years serve as a historical threshold that determines the road map of the future with the experience of the past.
Political and Economic Vision
Reminding that Turkey was struggling with political crises and economic uncertainties when setting out in 2001, Erdoğan stated that they set strengthening the bond of trust between the state and the citizen as their primary target.
Emphasizing that they acted with the aim of putting politics back at the service of the nation, Erdoğan stated that they aimed to position Turkey as an independent country capable of making its own decisions.
The Power of the National Will
Stating that the greatest assurance of the process, which began on August 14, 2001, with the words 'Nothing will ever be the same again in Turkey', was the national will, Erdoğan emphasized that Turkey has today become a country that determines its own targets.