> TURKISH PRESIDENT ERDOGAN:
> AS THE PRESIDENT OF A GREAT NATION, GUIDED BY ITS CONSCIENCE, ITS HISTORY AND ITS COMPASSION, GOD WILLING, FOR AS LONG AS GOD GRANTS ME LIFE, I SHALL CONTINUE FROM THIS PODIUM HERE TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF THE OPPRESSED, THE RIGHTS OF THE AGGRIEVED AND THE VOICELESS, AND CONTINUE TO BE THEIR VOICE, TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF AND TO FIGHT FOR THEM.
> IF NECESSARY, WE'LL ENDURE HARDSHIP.
> IF NECESSARY, WE'LL PAY THE PRICE, BUT WILL NOT REMAIN SILENT IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE AND WILL NEVER CONSENT TO OPPRESSION.