turkish → English transcript

Lausanne is not a sacred text; obsession with Lausanne is absurd — it's an obsession, a sickness.

There is no such thing as the Treaty of Sèvres.

The Treaty of Sèvres is a lie.

Fabricated versions were written, and nobody took them seriously.

Sèvres is nothing but a tactic of showing us death to make us accept a lesser evil.

Those who sat at Lausanne didn't make such a great deal that

the islands you can hear from across the water would be ours.

We're not of the 'small is fine as long as it's ours' mentality.

As the Republic of Turkey, not only the Kurdish people living within our borders,

we have won over Kurds throughout the world.

Iraqi Kurds, Syrian Kurds, and Iranian Kurds as well.

They have now turned toward Turkey.

Kurds around the world have now turned toward Turkey.

Turkey is also the homeland of the Kurds.

Just as it is the homeland of all Turks, it is also the homeland of all Kurds in the world.

Are you aware of how much it expands when you say it?

Are you aware of how big a state power you are?