10.6.2016
Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Ahmet Arslan said, "Those who aim to destroy our unity and togetherness should know that, just like yesterday, today and tomorrow, they will not be able to harm this unity and togetherness."
Minister Ahmet Arslan met with the employees of the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications at an iftar dinner. Hosted by Minister Ahmet Arslan, the dinner held on 09.06.2016 was also attended by Dr. Ömer Fatih Sayan, President of the Information Technologies and Communication Authority, BTK Board members, unit managers, and employees.
Speaking at the iftar program, Arslan said, "Wherever it may be, I have no doubt that this 100,000-member family will join hands, heart to heart, to carry our country to the level of contemporary civilizations shown by our great leader Atatürk, to achieve the 2023 targets, and to devote our nights to days to pass this country on to our children and grandchildren in better conditions," and Minister Arslan continued his speech as follows:
"I want to emphasize one thing in particular. Unfortunately, as our country implements these major projects, it is transforming Turkey from its position as merely a bridge between Europe and Asia on maps and geography into a real corridor in all transportation corridors—whether sea, rail, air, or road, it doesn't matter. Because it benefits commercially and economically from this real corridor position and develops its social and human relations with other countries, there are those who rejoice as much as those who do not. Those who aim to destroy our unity and togetherness should know that, just like yesterday, today and tomorrow, they will not be able to harm this unity and togetherness."
Expressing the joy of the Transportation family in carrying out major projects and completing many of them, Minister Arslan said, "Seeing the dean of this Ministry, its true patron, who served as the big brother of this family for 14 years, in the prime minister's seat today, and as your brother, taking on the responsibility of the family at least at the ministerial level with his support from the prime ministry, both touches me emotionally and pleases me."