WE HAVE TO BE TIGHT-KNIT ON A COMMON GROUND

Paying an official visit to Bucharest which is the capital city of Romania, Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis visited the Monument of Ataturk in the city centre and later the Turkish Martyrs’ Memorial in Bucharest. 

Bagis got information about the Martyrs’ Memorial from the officials there and signed the special book of the memorial. Following the stand in silence and the Turkish national anthem, Osman Aziz, the imam of Bucharest Mosque, said prayers for the souls of the Turkish soldiers who became martyrs in Romania during the First World War.

During his visit, Bagis was informed that the Christian soldiers were also buried in the Martyrs’ Memorial in Bucharest. He said: “The ancestors have left a word to us with this martyrs’ memorial as there should not be a discrimination against those who risked their lives for the sake of common values, at least in respect of earthly opportunities”. Stating that he hoped everybody would learn the necessary lesson from this attitude, Bagis said there was no difference between the emotions of the Turkish authorities who had visited the martyrs’ memorial and signed the special book since 1938. He also said: “The sentences written in 1938 are not different from the ones in 2012. Whoever visits here is moved no matter who is, whether a rightist or a leftist, a soldier or a civilian, a woman or a man. This means we have a common ground. That’s why; we have to be tight-knit on this common ground”.

Source: AA