Damascus and Beirut are two sister cities of Istanbul. Turkey's security is not only from Hatay; It starts from Aleppo, it starts from Damascus, it starts from Beirut. We do not tolerate any fait accompli in our brothers' countries, and we do not condone any attacks against our brothers.

We see that a fire of discord is wanted to be lit in the Mediterranean, especially on the island of Cyprus; We follow these developments closely. I say it very clearly: If the rights and laws of Turkey and Turkish Cypriots in the Eastern Mediterranean are attacked, our response will be very clear and very harsh.

We are well aware of what the ultimate goal of the Arzımevut delusion is. With God's permission, we will never allow this.

I greet all the volunteers with my most heartfelt feelings on the anniversary of the founding of our Turkish Red Crescent, which is the symbol of helpfulness, mercy, compassion and solidarity of our beloved nation. I call on our dear nation to support this distinguished organization that serves peace, tranquility, brotherhood and friendship. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/basin-aciklamalari/365/165281/turk-kizilay-in-kurulus-yil-donumu

We congratulate one by one the winners of the Red Crescent Awards we presented today; I would like to express my gratitude to all our friends in different parts of the world whose hearts beat with us and who protect their covenant, past, future, unity and brotherhood with their donations to the Red Crescent. I send my greetings and love to every member of our Red Crescent, who works with a self-sacrificing spirit with the vision of "Well-being and Safe Life for All". I would like to wholeheartedly thank all our citizens who sacrificed their lives for our Red Crescent, donated their blood, and …

Our Red Crescent has delivered more than 26 thousand tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza, where the Zionist genocide network continues its attacks. Since October 7, it has contributed to the tables of our Gazan brothers and sisters with 15 million hot meals, and distributed hot meals to 30 thousand people daily through soup kitchen services. With the sacrifice by proxy campaign, 22 thousand 757 shares of sacrifice were sacrificed for Gaza. Red Crescent, which provides food services to our children in Gaza with the Cheerful Children Project launched after the ceasefire, also carries out psychosoci…

Our Red Crescent, which broke a new record with over 3 million units of blood donation last year, continues its local and national investments in the health sector successfully. The Protürk factory with an area of ​​130 thousand square meters in our Çubuk district, of which we laid the foundation today, is one of them. With the Proturk project, we will now produce critical drugs obtained from blood in our country. We will use these drugs in the treatment of diseases such as cancer, trauma, burns, immune system diseases and hemophilia. In this way, we will include Turkey in the class of countri…

Red Crescent is the pride of this nation; Red Crescent is the pride of this country; The Red Crescent is the identity document of our civilization and the mirror reflection of our national and spiritual personality.