00:00Dear friends, dear young leaders, greetings to you all from Silivri.
00:05You are meeting in Istanbul, my city, a city I love, a city I have served with all my heart,
00:13a city that belongs to its people.
00:16I cannot be with you in person, but my heart and my spirit are with you.
00:22I send my warmest regards to each of you.
00:25You have come from many countries.
00:27You believe in democracy, you believe in justice, you believe in the power of solidarity, so do I.
00:34We live in difficult times.
00:37Democracy is under pressure, not only in my country, but in many others.
00:42Those who fear democracy try to silence free people, sometimes with laws, sometimes with courts, sometimes with prison walls.
00:52But your presence matters, your solidarity matters, your belief in democracy matters.
00:59I, USY, stood with us when I was detained.
01:03I did not forget that.
01:06Solidarity is not just a word.
01:08It is a choice.
01:10And you chose it.
01:12Today, I speak to you from a place of confinement.
01:16But my message is not about walls.
01:19It is about hope.
01:21It is about courage.
01:22And it is about the future.
01:25History is full of moments when everything looked dark.
01:29And then young people changed everything.
01:32You are those young people.
01:34You carry that responsibility and that power.
01:38That is why your gathering is important.
01:40You are here to remind the world that the future belongs not to fear, but to courage.
01:47Not to oppression, but to freedom.
01:50Not to division, but to solidarity.
01:54Not to hatred, but to justice.
01:56A better world will not come by itself.
01:59We must build it together, across every border, across every wall.
02:05Our struggles may have different names, but our values are the same.
02:11Freedom, equality, solidarity, democracy.
02:15I believe in that future.
02:17I believe in democracy.
02:19And above all, I believe in you.
02:22Stay united.
02:23Stay brave.
02:24Never lose faith in democracy.
02:27The future belongs to those who refuse to give up their ideals.
02:32Thank you.
02:32My warm greetings to all of you in Istanbul.
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