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The
commanders and soldiers who took part in the Gökdepe War unanimously
say in their writings that they never even encountered a traitor, let
alone received any help from a traitor. They point out the Türkmens’
indifference to money, gold and other such things when patriotism,
independence or some other invaluable principle is concerned. Our nation
knows that a noble Türkmen would never commit high treason. Of course,
it is not right to say that no one has ever committed such a crime out
of greed and weakness of character. In fact, there were a few such
traitors in the Gökdepe War. They were flattered or bribed with favours
by the Russian Tsar and in exchange sold their motherland to the Tsar.
Those traitors were punished in their destiny. Every fact should be
evaluated by our nation, as should any good or evil in our history.
May
those who would betray the motherland (atavatan) never be allowed to
take a place among us!
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The
Türkmen nation always maintained its freedom, honour and dignity,
although needless to say it is not always easy to protect such values.
Wars took place in Garrygala, Merw, Sarahs, Balkan and İolöten in the
previous century. The fact that wars were being fought in Türkmenabat
and Daºoguz was always concealed from our nation during the Soviet era
because no other nation has faced as many wars as the Türkmen nation. I
wholeheartedly wish that there may be no more wars in the world from now
on!
Fighting
for freedom is right. The jewels of Türkmen literature, “The Book of
Gorkut Ata”, “Görogly”, Legends of Döwletıar, “The Epic of
Yusup-Ahmet”, the writings of İunus Emre, Garacaoglan, Burhanetdin of
Sivas, Baıram
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