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the
unity of God and the second to gather humanity around this idea of
God’s unity.
Oguz
Han also tried to achieve two targets during his reign. The first was to
become the ruler and the second to establish his order and rule in the
community in order to create a new community.
There
exist nations where the persons who live in them should exalt the
dignity of their nation.
There
exist nations where persons should try to exalt themselves to be part of
this nation.
The
Türkmen nation is the second type; it is a great nation. Its members
should work hard to exalt themselves to the level of their nation’s
dignity.
The
lover who is as exuberant as the tumbling river Jeyhun, does not believe
that there is another sweetheart as beautiful as his sweetheart. He sees
his darling as an angel sent from heaven. We are the lovers of our
nation. However we are not lovers who have totally lost their reason
over their beloved. We are trying to understand our nation by trying to
understand our nation’s ideas; we are proud of our nation’s dignity.
Let us think about the captivity and the unfortunate situation that we
have experienced within the last hundred years. We have been part of a
nation in which it was prohibited to say ‘I love my nation’, in
which it was prohibited to say ‘my nation’. For this reason we
should love our nation twice as much now.
We
love our nation, our homeland, our state. Love becomes much when it is
shared. Fire becomes fierce when it is fed with firewood. Prayer becomes
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