President Erdogan spoke at the ceremony of presenting diplomas to graduates of the Academy of Gendarmerie and Coast Guard.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: “Terrorists will either repent and surrender to the Turkish justice, or will face the iron fist of our state. They have no other way.”
Having expressed his pleasure in the presence of this important ceremony, Erdogan congratulated those who successfully completed the academic year.
The President noted that this academic year, a total of 791 officers (690 men, 82 women, 19 invited) and 2 thousand 700 men and 319 women of sergeant composition receive diplomas. In total, the Academy graduated from 3 thousand 810 students of various branches of troops.
President Erdogan continued his speech with the words: “3 thousand 112 officers and 22 thousand 835 non-commissioned officers, 351 officers and 960 non-commissioned officers, were received in the gendarmerie service. In addition, 44 foreign students from friendly and allied countries returned to their countries after the successful completion of training at the Academy. “
“Turkey will definitely get rid of terrorism sooner or later. Neither trucks with weapons, supplied under the guise of fighting Daish, nor the support they receive from their” older brothers “, will not prevent a bitter fate awaiting terrorists. I would like to do from here. Once again, to declare that in the future, neither in our country nor in our region there is no place for a single terrorist organization. The terrorists will either repent and surrender to Turkish justice, or will face the iron fist of our state. They have no other way. “
The head of the Turkish state also especially noted an active struggle against illegal migration.
“Since the beginning of the year, we have prevented the entry into our country of 143 thousand illegal migrants. We also identify those who are in our country illegally or involved in crimes, and promptly deport them. In this context of 61 thousand illegal migrants, it detained over the past 2.5 months, 25 thousand were deported. Non with this, in order to promote the voluntary and safe return of migrants, the construction of houses for their permanent residence in the north of Syria continues. After the construction of these houses erected with the financial support of Qatar, around 1 million of our brothers and sisters will be able to calmly return to their homeland. “