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Türkmen
is the friend and brother of another Türkmen. This idea must be the
most sacred idea of Türkmens. Within the golden personality of Türkmens,
national feelings and values must be to the fore and other ideas, such
as tribalism and racism must be eradicated in the golden era. In order
to eradicate them, we must abandon the outdated process of
identification of tribal differences. When we look into the depths of
our history, we can find periods when there was no tribalism.
Nevertheless, the Türkmen nation still existed in those eras. The Türkmens,
starting with Oguz Han, have a history of 5000 years.
Nations
are forever, but tribes are temporary. Nationality carries a society
towards eternity, while societies based on tribalism are short-lived.
Every member of the Türkmen nation must accept this principle. Life
depends on our understanding life and reality. The more we understand
our being of Türkmen nationality, the stronger our nationality becomes.
In the 21st century, the Türkmen nation gains its strength
from the model of personality it puts forward.
Two
factors are necessary to be powerful: knowing our origin and devoting
ourselves to our aim.
The
world knows the origin and roots of the Türkmen nation. We have to know
our origin well even better. As a nation we have set ourselves the
target of having a great history, and we must advance towards this
target with firm and determined steps. Each member of the Türkmen
nation plays a part in reaching this target and he must feel responsible
for his part. We are encouraged by the clarity and certainty of our
target. The finite nature of life does not disturb us. We accept that
our life is a period of opportunity of fixed duration granted by Allah.
Well then, what is this opportunity and duration? Of
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