A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.

These left-overs from the former Young Turk Party, who should have been made to account for the millions of our Christian subjects who were ruthlessly driven en masse, from their homes and massacred, have been restive under the Republican rule.

Teachers are the one and only people who save nations.

This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.

A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.

It was when I entered the military preparatory school and put on its uniform, that a feeling of strength came to me, as if I had become master of my own destiny.

Freedom and independence form my character.