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Doktor: See that, captain? I tore your station down.
Mete Yüzbasi: I can still see the roof, Doktor.
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Mete Yüzbasi: Was it so hard to tell her I love you? Only 8 letters, was it so hard?
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Mete Yüzbasi: If you die here, some fancy dressed people will report your loss on the TV. For 2 minutes! No, not even 2 minutes, 45 seconds. 45 seconds and that's all you will ever get.
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Ibo: [Upon watching news of martyrs] I timed it sergeant, it's actually 57 seconds.
Ilker cavus: What's 57 seconds?
Ibo: Our death report, on the news. Captain Mete had told us it would be 45 seconds, it's actually 57 seconds.
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Mete Yüzbasi: We make them run so that they wouldn't complain about walking.
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Baris usttegmen: She is severely wounded captain, we have to get her out. We need to call the helicopter.
Mete Yüzbasi: Where do you think you are? In the United States Army? We can't call helicopters for every wounded person. Do what you have to do, we can't get her out.
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Mete Yüzbasi: Have you ever been in a fight, lieutenant? Do you know how Kanas sounds? First you hear a slight whistle and then boom.
[hits the stove with his knife]
Mete Yüzbasi: If you get to hear that, it means you're good. But those who can't, tough luck.
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Ibo: Fuck you, grocer!
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Mete Yüzbasi: Love is too small for big cities.
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Mete Yüzbasi: If you sleep, you'll die. If you sleep, everyone will die.
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Ibo: Have you ever been in action sir?
Ilker cavus: No, never seen action.
Ibo: Have you ever been in love?
Ilker cavus: Maybe when we go back Ibo, it's all about fate.
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Soldier: [on the radio] I threw them hand grenades, I ran out of hand grenades. My launcher is useless. One of the machine guns is not working. It is not working. Everything depends on you. My men are down.
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Telsizci cavus sedat: Someone is coming? Some man is coming!
[man comes in and pulls the trigger on his suicide jacket]
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Mete Yüzbasi: Take shelter now!
Orhan: Sir get down
[jumps on the commander]
Mete Yüzbasi: Fire!
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Mete Yüzbasi: Have you ever asked for a loan soldier? I did, banks didn't give me any. They expected me to own something but I didn't. Here I am, responsible for 39 soldiers and mountains and valleys and the sky as far as your eyes can see. But they don't see it as ownership. Because I don't have your deeds, you can't have deeds of people.
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Mete Yüzbasi: Orhan had a wife, two kids and he had recently bought a car. He never got to see his car you know? They bought it when he was on duty. But he never came back. That is the man I cared the most in life soldier. He couldn't leave anything behind but a widow and two orphans. Oh, and a car of course.
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Ilker cavus: Your medicine sir.
Mete Yüzbasi: I don't need it any more sergeant.
Ilker cavus: Sir?
[hands him the medicine]
Mete Yüzbasi: You know why I was taking them? I can't have kids sergeant, that's what they were about. But I don't think I will ever get out of here. I won't take them any more. Orhan didn't make it back, I won't make it back either.
Nefes: Vatan Sagolsun Quotes
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