turkish → English transcript

We regard the Ottomans as our ancestors; a person knows his father's faults, but when explaining them he preserves decorum.

Because it is their offspring.

We do not accept this separation.

We do not share the same sentiment as those who teach Ottoman history as if it were Roman history.

The state that issued our fathers' identity papers is that very state.

We are not a nation that appeared on May 19 and stepped onto the stage of history.

We have existed for centuries.

Even the Ottomans preserved many pre-Islamic customs.

For example, as a political practice they would strangle a prince with a bowstring; they would not spill his blood.

This is a custom that goes all the way back to the Oghuz.

It does not deny its origin.