> SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT LEE JAE MYUNG:
> TÜRKIYE IS OUR BLOOD BROTHER IN THE EYES OF OUR PEOPLE, A BROTHER WITH WHOM WE ARE BOUND BY BLOOD.
> WE OWE THE EXISTENCE OF TODAY'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO SOME 20,000 TURKISH SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT ALONGSIDE US FOR OUR FREEDOM AND PEACE ON A DISTANT BATTLEFIELD OVERSEAS, IN A PLACE WHOSE VERY NAME WAS UNFAMILIAR TO THEM.
> TÜRKIYE IS OUR BLOOD BROTHER IN THE EYES OF OUR PEOPLE, A BROTHER WITH WHOM WE ARE BOUND BY BLOOD.
> WE OWE THE EXISTENCE OF TODAY'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO SOME 20,000 TURKISH SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT ALONGSIDE US FOR OUR FREEDOM AND PEACE ON A DISTANT BATTLEFIELD OVERSEAS, IN A PLACE WHOSE VERY NAME WAS UNFAMILIAR TO THEM.