🇹🇷🇵🇸⚡- "We also send our prayers to the oppressed people of Gaza, who, like our Bosnian brothers and sisters, have been subjected to genocide before the eyes of the civilized world for the past 22 months," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "Forty-seven years ago, on August 14, 1984, the separatist terrorist organization [referring to PKK] carried out its first attack in the Eruh district of Siirt," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "Since then, the separatist organization [PKK] has carried out attacks against our security forces and civilians," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "10,000 of our security personnel have been martyred in the fight against them [PKK]. Nearly 50,000 of our citizens have also lost their lives," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "We have faced an economic burden of nearly $2 trillion [of fighting the PKK]," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "Above all, the terrorist organization [PKK] has inflicted severe damage on the peace, unity, integrity, and fraternity of our country," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "Previous governments came and went, all failing to combat the terrorist organization [PKK]," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "But when we took office on November 3, 2002, we took drastic measures," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "We took measures to prevent the terrorist organization from ensnaring our Kurdish brothers and sisters and alienating them from the state and the nation," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "We developed our defense industry. We produced our own anti-terrorism weapons without relying on foreign sources. We took full control of our borders through cross-border operations," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "Following the treacherous coup attempt of July 15, 2016, we purged FETO from all our institutions, especially our Armed Forces and Police," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "In recent years, we have almost completely destroyed the terrorist organization's [PKK] operational capabilities," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷🇸🇾🇮🇶⚡- "Our operations in Iraq and the December 8th revolution in Syria [the ousting of Assad] have further strengthened our position," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "Yesterday, the organization [PKK] announced that it had implemented its decision, specifically holding a ceremony and laying down its weapons," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "The 47-year scourge of terrorism has entered the process of ending," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "Today, a new page has opened in history. Today, the doors of a Great Turkey," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "We will never allow the honor and pride of the Republic of Turkey to be violated," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "We will never allow Turkey to bow down," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "Turkey has won, my nation has won," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "When you say Turk, you think of Muslim, and when you say Muslim, you think of Turk," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇹🇷⚡- "We are not a nation that emerged onto the stage of history yesterday. We have been making a long march across time and terrain," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.