President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, issued a written message on the occasion of Turkish Language Festival.

The message President Erdoğan issued on the occasion of Turkish Language Festival is as follows: “The best indicator that a nation is independent, authentic, has a rich cultural background and a rooted tradition, is language. Language is the main indicator of a nation's unique ways of thinking, living and expressing. A nation's horizon, world and the depth of their view of life are related to the quality of their respective language. Turkish, with a special place among world languages, is an utterly rich and rooted language that manifests the clarity of nation's mind, their communication skills, and their view of objects and the world. Our people's fondness of their independence, authentic culture, way of thinking and living are best embodied in their own language, Turkish.”

Erdoğan, noted the following in his message:

“Spoken in a vast region, Turkish that expresses our common past and culture, is the warrant of unity and solidarity of our nation. Our language that passes down the exceptional values of our civilization from generation to generation, has preserved its dynamism by interacting with distinct cultures and civilizations. The fate of a nation overlap with the fate and limits of their language. Turkish with a rooted and extensive background, has preserved its essence despite interacting with other languages. It is of utmost importance to continue to think in an authentic fashion, carry out scientific studies, produce distinguished works of culture, art and literature, to preserve Turkish. We must also raise Turkish awareness in our children and youth in the most effective way in education. It is everyone's responsibility to survive and claim Turkish and pass it down to future generations wits all its assets. I call all our citizens to be sensitive and make efforts in this respect. I wish Turkish Language Festival will lead to a beneficial awakening of our nation and especially children and youth in this direction, and I sincerely greet all my citizens.”

Prime Minister Yıldırım's message

 Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said, “Turkish is our most precious heritage through which we can pass down our national culture and values to future generations.”

The message Prime Minister Yıldırım issued on the occasion of Turkish Language Festival is as follows: “A language's survival depends on that language's speakers attaining an awareness of being a nation and their sensitivity towards claiming their culture. Turkish is our most precious heritage through which we can pass down our national culture and values to future generations. Turkish, one of the oldest languages in the world, is among the most spoken and important languages in terms of the vastness of the region it is spoken in, the size of speaker population and richness of its vocabulary. Turkish that integrates sister countries and communities, is the prime element of our national culture and identity. Numerous thinkers, scholars and poets have embroidered the language for centuries so to speak and have greatly contributed in developing Turkish and building our civilization. Turkish Language Society, Turkish intellectuals, artists, politicians, media and teachers have a major responsibility in handing down to future generations a finer, more developed and deeper language. I congratulate Turkish Language Festival with these thoughts and fondly greet all my citizens.”