President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with young people, including national athletes within the scope of the 16th anniversary of the prohibition of tobacco and tobacco products in closed areas in Türkiye. In the program, President Erdoğan listened to young people one by one. Young people who spoke at the event emphasized that smoking is not only an individual choice and that it directly affects ecosystem and community health. It was pointed out that consciousness should be developed against cigarettes at both personal and social level.
‘I am experiencing the happiness of being with you’
President Erdogan, “Dear national athletes, the pioneering soldiers of the technofest generation, dear young people, I greet you with my heart with my hearts, love, affection. I would like to thank our young brothers who are proudly representing our country in different branches of technology. I especially wish that our young people, especially for our country and nation, to be a means of goodness, “he said.
‘One of the first conditions of being a strong nation is to have a healthy society structure’
President Erdoğan, “Precious young people, the truth, I would like to express the truth first and especially. Strong states, undoubtedly consists of strong nations. One of the first conditions of being a strong nation is to have a healthy society structure. In this respect, tobacco and alcohol, especially our nation, especially our young people, the pants of the world, the life of the world. It is not only affected by people who are influenced by people who are negatively affected by the smoke;
‘Every year in our country, approximately 100 thousand people dude their eyes’
President Erdoğan, “Every year in our country, approximately 100 thousand people, tobacco and tobacco products due to diseases due to diseases of the eyes. Community health, as well as the environment, the environment, economy and social fabric that damages tobacco products in the fight against fingers in the world. With the Law no.
‘Our Provincial Health Directorates have made over 42 million audits so far’
President Erdoğan, “Our active inspection teams, tobacco inspections in Turkey continues uninterrupted. Provincial Health Directorates have done over 42 million inspections so far. In 2025 cross inspections, 3 thousand 718 violations were identified. We provide free medicine support and nicotine treatment.
We have reached more than 188,000 citizens with the ‘quit smoking, change your life’ campaign ‘
President Erdoğan, “In the same way, we are preparing plans to quit smoking with Alo 171 Advisory Line. In our public spots, social media campaigns, we strive to keep our young people away from tobacco with our education and awareness activities. We will not allow young people to be poisoned with our institutions, administrations, universities and non -governmental organizations such as Yeşilay, “he said.
President Erdoğan gave the word to young people after the address.
‘Continue the road’
Gülseren Sakarya, which will represent Türkiye at the International Space Congress in Australia, talked about the damage of cigarettes not only to health but to the environment. National football player Kaan Ayhan said that the sport is a good occasion to stay away from cigarettes. Ayhan also shared their demands to keep the audience care to keep the air quality in the matches played on the field. Kaan Ayhan’a asking how many children President Erdogan, Ayhan, “I have 2 children” on the answer “Mashallah, but not stopping?
‘Don’t smoke in our stats’
Coach Burak Yilmaz “Our life has won us football ball, but in the stadium with so much body, so high -level sports of our beloved footballer brothers both performance, and an art where I think that there should be no cigarette. Especially in recent years, especially in the same time we want to be very different. I think that the absence of cigarettes, because my own branch is football, I think that our football player brothers should be very careful for the health of our brothers. ” he said.
Damage and struggle methods of smoking were discussed
Sailing athlete Miray Ulaş, Architect Elif Berra Gökkır, athlete Ömer Faruk Duymaz, Mechanical Engineering Student Hasan İnal, National Taekwondo Fatma Zehra Akyazıcı, football player Oğuzhan Yılmaz, National Swimmer Doruk Yoğurtçuoğlu, University student Zeynep Yaren Duman and Elif Nur Şahin, astronaut Trabzonspor, Trabzonspor, Trabzonspor, Trabzon Tayyip Talha Sanuç playing football, national rider Zeynep Aba, national swimmer Belis Çakar, artistic gymnastics athlete Ferhat Arıcan, Modern Pentatlon branch athlete İlke Özyüksel Mihreoğlu, National Athlete Mizgin Moon, Development Specialist Gökhan Dinç, Taekwondo National Sportsman Meryem Elif in primary school, student Zehra made speeches on the damages of cigarettes.