Your primary duty is to forever protect and defend the Turkish independence and the Turkish Republic. This is the very foundation of your existence and your future. This foundation is your most precious treasure. In the future, there may be malevolent people, at home or abroad, who will seek to deprive you of this treasure. If one day you are compelled to defend your independence and your republic, you must not reflect on the conditions and possibilities of the situation before taking up your duty. These conditions and possibilities may appear unfavourable. The enemies conspiring against your independence and your republic may be the representatives of a victory without precedent in the world. By force or by ruse, all citadels and arsenals of our beloved fatherland may have been captured; all its armies may have been dispersed and all parts of the country may have been physically occupied. More distressing and grievous than all these, those who hold and exercise the power within the country may have fallen into gross error, blunder and even treason. Furthermore, they may identify their personal interests with the political ambitions of the invaders. The nation itself may have fallen into privation and may have become exhausted and desolate.
Youth of Turkiye's future!
Even under such circumstances and conditions, your duty is to save the Turkish independence and the Turkish Republic. The strength you need exists in your noble blood.