“Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.”

Peace at home, peace in the world.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

The nation has placed its faith in the precept that all laws should be inspired by actual needs here on earth as a basic fact of national life.

In human life, you will find players of religion until the knowledge and proficiency in religion will be cleansed from all superstitions, and will be purified and perfected by the enlightenment of real science.

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

Freedom and independence form my character.

A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.

Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.

To write history is as important as to make history. It is an unchanging truth that if the writer does not remain true to the maker, then it takes on a quality that will confuse humanity.

On the meeting point of two worlds, the ornament of Turkish homeland, the treasure of Turkish history, the city cherished by the Turkish nation, İstanbul, has its place in the hearts of all citizens.

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.

Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.

Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.

Freedom and independence is my character.

The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.

I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.

I don’t mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.

Sometimes it is easier to feel the veins wilted and empty than to sense the coldness of blood in fear.

Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.

A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.

Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.

I can feel her resurrecting. The one he thought he had killed. Strength realised in her resting. It was worth all the blood spilled.