Erdoğan calls youth Türkiye’s ‘greatest source of strength’
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged young people to remain strong, resolute and confident on July 31, describing them as Türkiye’s “greatest source of strength.”
Speaking at the final event of the Turkish Youth Foundation’s (TÜGVA) summer schools at RAMS Park in Istanbul, Erdoğan said young people carried society’s energy, ideals and goals from the past into the future.
“Youth is the lifeblood of this nation,” he said, adding that the strength of the younger generation was vital to the country’s future.
Erdoğan said TÜGVA’s six-week summer school program had drawn more than 700,000 participants this year, a record for the foundation. TÜGVA had reached more than 1.5 million young people through all its activities during the year, he added.
