Cost of Being Independent

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INDEPENDENCE MARCH
"...
See not the soil you tread on as mere earth,
But think about the thousands beneath you that lie without even shrouds.
You're the noble son of a martyr, take shame, hurt not your ancestor!
Unhand not, even when you're promised worlds, this paradise of a homeland.
..."
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy

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