"In its 150-year-old quest for a system of government, Turkiye successfully has finalized a historic transformation," President Erdoğan said and continued: "As opposed to the previous examples, the transformation was achieved entirely within the democratic system. I am of the belief that our new system of government, which has been adopted with the will of our nation as well as of the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye [GNAT], the authority that represents the nation, and of the political authority, constitutes the peak of our democratic history. I consider it as the biggest gain of ours that we have reached a democratic maturity such as this one following the coups, memoranda, various interventions and many painful incidents that we look at with sorrow in hindsight."

"We have kicked off our works for the strategic plan covering the 2019-2023 term"

"Both I personally and my ministers have been following a hectic schedule since July 9, when the new system de facto started to function with the oaths of office we took at the Parliament," President Erdoğan stated, adding: "We are building the new administrative architecture on one hand and, on the other hand, outlining the programs and projects through which we will deliver on the promises we have made to our nation. We are making all this without causing even the slightest disruption in the state functioning or in the services provided to the people. In line with the constitutional amendment, we have abrogated the laws that must be revoked as per the transition to the new system of government and have started to issue the Presidential Decrees that shall substitute them."

President Erdoğan continued: "Today, we are announcing our first 100-day action plan. We are planning to unveil our medium-term program by the end of August. We have kicked off our works for the strategic plan covering the 2019-2023 term. We aim to have finalized it by the end of November. Vice President Fuat Oktay has coordinated the 100-day action plan. Each and every one of our ministers has thoroughly reviewed the projects and plans related to their own areas of responsibility as well as the commitments made in the Presidential manifest and in the AK Party's election declaration. We have gathered together in lists what we will do in 100 days along with their budgets. In fact, the number of the projects to be completed in the first 100 days surpasses one thousand. Yet, we mention 400 of them, which we deem more important and of top priority, in the program that we will announce to our people."

"Our institutions, which are affiliated to the Presidency and ministries, will carry out 400 projects in 100 days with a total budget of nearly TL 46 billion, which will serve as a catalyst in the new era," President Erdoğan underlined. "While preparing these projects, we made sure that there would be no need for extra resources and that they could be conducted with their available budget."

"We have introduced a more efficient structure"

"While building our new administrative architecture, we paid special attention to gathering all institutions under the umbrellas of the relevant ministries. All institutions, except for the General Staff, the Presidency of Religious Affairs, the National Intelligence Agency, the National Security Council, Defense Industry, will continue their activities within their relevant ministries. By doing so, we have introduced a system to the Presidency, which can more effectively manage and direct activities of all ministries and institutions. Therefore, we kept the activities to be directly conducted by the Presidency limited."

"We will not compromise our defense projects"

"Institutions, directly affiliated with the Presidency, aim to complete very valuable projects within 100 days," President Erdoğan said. "I attach special importance to defense projects. 48 of the 400 projects, included in our plan, belong to our defense industry."

"Every incident we experienced in the last five years proved us time and time again the importance of defense industry projects. Having a large army equipped with the newest weapons is not meaningful on its own. In addition to that, all vehicles, ammunitions, software must be under your control on all stages for your army to be strong. In order to achieve that, we have been working to build a self-sufficient defense industry while also switching to a personnel structure based on expertise in our military's critical units. We are pleased to see how far we have come in the last 16 years but we also know that we still have a long way to go. Therefore, we will not compromise our defense projects," President Erdoğan said.

President Erdoğan also elaborated on the projects included in the 100-day action plan. (ILKHA)