75 years ago the founder of modern Turkey - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk died
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Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürks funeral in 1938
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Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK | The Hero in the wars.
Kemal served with distinction in Tripolitania (Libya) during the Italo-Turkish War (1911-12), repelling the Italians at Tobruk and successfully defending Derna despite being wounded in an air raid. During the Balkan Wars (1912-13), he took part in the Turkish amphibious landing in Thrace and the capture of Erdine from the Bulgarians. In 1913 he was made Ottoman military attaché to all Balkan states and promoted to colonel.
Despite opposing Ottoman involvement in the First World War, once it had started he threw himself wholeheartedly into the conflict. During the Dardanelles campaign Kemal commanded the 19th Division before being made chief of staff of the 5th Army. He displayed great leadership and tactical acumen, reacting immediately to the Allied landing at Anzac Cove in April 1915. He launched successful counter-attacks against the Australians and New Zealanders as they attempted to take the high ground surrounding the landing areas. By nightfall on 25 April they had suffered over 2,000 casualties and remained stuck on the beaches.
In the weeks that followed he led his men at many of the campaign’s fiercest engagements, including the Battle of Sari Bair (6-21 August), the Battle of Chunuk Bair at Anzac (7-19 August) and the offensive from Sulva at Scimtar Hill (21 August). Following these battles he was granted the title of ‘Pasha’. Personally brave, Kemal expected the same from his men, declaring: ‘I don’t order you to fight, I order you to die. In the time it takes us to die, other troops and commanders can come and take our places.’
Following these triumphs, Kemal was sent to command XVI Corps on the eastern Anatolian front. In August 1916 he launched a successful counter-offensive against the Russians, capturing Bitlis and Mus. When the Russian Army of the Caucasus collapsed during the Revolution of 1917, Kemal was transferred to Palestine. He was given command of the 7th Army, but following the loss of Baghdad, he became increasingly fearful that the war was lost.
He also expressed anger at a government that was unable to supply his men with adequate weapons and supplies, and resented the transfer of supreme command from Turkish generals to the German Erich von Falkenhayn and Otto Liman von Sanders. After resigning his command in protest he accompanied the Crown Prince to Germany, visiting the Western Front and concluding that the Central Powers were defeated. Restored to his command by the new sultan, Mehed VI, he ended the war in Aleppo after his army was forced to retreat following the Battle of Megiddo.
With the Ottoman capital occupied by the Allies, most of the Balkans gone and Turkey bereft of its Arab provinces, Kemal felt a personal duty to fight for the integrity of the remaining Turkish heartland of Anatolia. Posted in 1919 as inspector general of the army in northern Anatolia, he quickly started to act independently, resigning from the Ottoman Army and helping to arouse nationalist feeling in the aftermath of the Greek landing at Smyrna. The First Great National Assembly at Ankara, now a rival power bloc to the Ottoman government in Istanbul, gathered in spring 1920 with Kemal as speaker. It later elected him president.
In 1921 the Greeks advanced from Smyrna, but were held before Ankara at the Battle of Sakarya in August-September. Following this success, Kemal was made commander-in-chief with the rank of marshal. He went on the offensive the following year, capturing Smyrna in September and forcing the Greeks to evacuate Anatolia.
A skilled statesmen as well as a great soldier, at the subsequent Treaty of Lausanne (1923) Kemal was given a Turkey in Anatolia free of foreign troops and full control of the straits. Anger at the weakness and defeatism of the sultan in Istanbul led him to work for the abolition of the sultanate in 1922, the proclamation of a republic in 1923, and the abolition of the caliphate in 1924. As ‘Atatürk’ (Father of the Turkish Nation), Kemal steered Turkey through a period of turmoil, but it emerged as a modern secular state, with a neutral foreign policy, planned economy, westernised education system and a strong army.
Hard in battle, Kemal was nevertheless gracious to his enemies, later writing of the Allied soldiers killed at Gallipoli: ‘Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours... you, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land. They have become our sons as well.’
(Excerpt from the talk given at the 'Enemy Commanders: Britain's Greatest Foes' speaker day on 14 April 2012.)
- Abolition of the office of the Ottoman Sultan, November 1, 1922
- Abolition of the capitulations with the Treaty of Lausanne, 24 July 1923
- Proclamation of the Republic – Republic of Turkey, October 29, 1923
- Abolition of the office of Caliphate held by the Ottoman Caliphate, March 3, 1924
- The unification of education, March 3, 1924
- The Weekend Act (Workweek: Monday to Friday become work days), 1924
- Change of headgear and dress, November 25, 1925
- Establishment of model farms; Atatürk Orman Çiftliği, 1925
- The International Time and Calendar System (Gregorian calendar, Time zone), 1925
- Introduction of the new penal law modeled after the Italian penal code, March 1, 1926
- Introduction of the new civil code modeled after the Swiss civil code, October 4, 1926
- The Obligation Law, 1926
- The Commercial Law, 1926
- The System of Measures (International System of Units), 1926
- Establishment of the Turkish State Railways, 1927
- Adoption of the new Turkish alphabet, November 1, 1928
- Establishment of Turkish Education Association for supporting children in financial need and contributing to the educational life, January 1, 1928
- Establishment of Turkish Language Association for regulating the Turkish language, 1931
- Establishment of Turkish Historical Society for research on history, 1932
- Regulation of the university education, May 31, 1933
- First Five Year Development Plan (Planned economy), 1933
- Second Five Year Development Plan (Planned economy), 1933
- Law on family names, June 21, 1934
- Abolition of titles and by-names, November 26, 1934
- Full political rights to women, to vote and be elected, December 5, 1934
- The inclusion of the principle of laïcité in the constitution, February 5, 1937
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Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK | The Hero in the wars.
Kemal served with distinction in Tripolitania (Libya) during the Italo-Turkish War (1911-12), repelling the Italians at Tobruk and successfully defending Derna despite being wounded in an air raid. During the Balkan Wars (1912-13), he took part in the Turkish amphibious landing in Thrace and the capture of Erdine from the Bulgarians. In 1913 he was made Ottoman military attaché to all Balkan states and promoted to colonel.
Despite opposing Ottoman involvement in the First World War, once it had started he threw himself wholeheartedly into the conflict. During the Dardanelles campaign Kemal commanded the 19th Division before being made chief of staff of the 5th Army. He displayed great leadership and tactical acumen, reacting immediately to the Allied landing at Anzac Cove in April 1915. He launched successful counter-attacks against the Australians and New Zealanders as they attempted to take the high ground surrounding the landing areas. By nightfall on 25 April they had suffered over 2,000 casualties and remained stuck on the beaches.
In the weeks that followed he led his men at many of the campaign’s fiercest engagements, including the Battle of Sari Bair (6-21 August), the Battle of Chunuk Bair at Anzac (7-19 August) and the offensive from Sulva at Scimtar Hill (21 August). Following these battles he was granted the title of ‘Pasha’. Personally brave, Kemal expected the same from his men, declaring: ‘I don’t order you to fight, I order you to die. In the time it takes us to die, other troops and commanders can come and take our places.’
Following these triumphs, Kemal was sent to command XVI Corps on the eastern Anatolian front. In August 1916 he launched a successful counter-offensive against the Russians, capturing Bitlis and Mus. When the Russian Army of the Caucasus collapsed during the Revolution of 1917, Kemal was transferred to Palestine. He was given command of the 7th Army, but following the loss of Baghdad, he became increasingly fearful that the war was lost.
He also expressed anger at a government that was unable to supply his men with adequate weapons and supplies, and resented the transfer of supreme command from Turkish generals to the German Erich von Falkenhayn and Otto Liman von Sanders. After resigning his command in protest he accompanied the Crown Prince to Germany, visiting the Western Front and concluding that the Central Powers were defeated. Restored to his command by the new sultan, Mehed VI, he ended the war in Aleppo after his army was forced to retreat following the Battle of Megiddo.
With the Ottoman capital occupied by the Allies, most of the Balkans gone and Turkey bereft of its Arab provinces, Kemal felt a personal duty to fight for the integrity of the remaining Turkish heartland of Anatolia. Posted in 1919 as inspector general of the army in northern Anatolia, he quickly started to act independently, resigning from the Ottoman Army and helping to arouse nationalist feeling in the aftermath of the Greek landing at Smyrna. The First Great National Assembly at Ankara, now a rival power bloc to the Ottoman government in Istanbul, gathered in spring 1920 with Kemal as speaker. It later elected him president.
In 1921 the Greeks advanced from Smyrna, but were held before Ankara at the Battle of Sakarya in August-September. Following this success, Kemal was made commander-in-chief with the rank of marshal. He went on the offensive the following year, capturing Smyrna in September and forcing the Greeks to evacuate Anatolia.
A skilled statesmen as well as a great soldier, at the subsequent Treaty of Lausanne (1923) Kemal was given a Turkey in Anatolia free of foreign troops and full control of the straits. Anger at the weakness and defeatism of the sultan in Istanbul led him to work for the abolition of the sultanate in 1922, the proclamation of a republic in 1923, and the abolition of the caliphate in 1924. As ‘Atatürk’ (Father of the Turkish Nation), Kemal steered Turkey through a period of turmoil, but it emerged as a modern secular state, with a neutral foreign policy, planned economy, westernised education system and a strong army.
Hard in battle, Kemal was nevertheless gracious to his enemies, later writing of the Allied soldiers killed at Gallipoli: ‘Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours... you, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land. They have become our sons as well.’
(Excerpt from the talk given at the 'Enemy Commanders: Britain's Greatest Foes' speaker day on 14 April 2012.)
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One of the most important, he found the Turkish Language Association.
The association strives to protect the integrity of the Turkish language and was a key institution in the struggle of the Republic of Turkey to re-position itself as a secular nation-state after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. During the 1930s and 1940s, it led massive campaigns to replace the many Arabic, Persian, Greek and French loanwords whose immense use in the Turkish language during the centuries preceding the foundation of the Republic had created a literary language considerably different from the spoken Turkish of the time, which is now called Ottoman Turkish.
Turkish Language Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Origin of words in Turkish language at 1931.
Origin of words in Turkish language today.
@Islamic faith&Secularism
One of the most important, he found the Turkish Language Association.
The association strives to protect the integrity of the Turkish language and was a key institution in the struggle of the Republic of Turkey to re-position itself as a secular nation-state after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. During the 1930s and 1940s, it led massive campaigns to replace the many Arabic, Persian, Greek and French loanwords whose immense use in the Turkish language during the centuries preceding the foundation of the Republic had created a literary language considerably different from the spoken Turkish of the time, which is now called Ottoman Turkish.
Turkish Language Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Origin of words in Turkish language at 1931.
Origin of words in Turkish language today.
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But I want to pay my Internet obeisance to him.
He is a figure I admire greatly, even though I am an Indian
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Butterflies and bees.. not a single smiling photo.. 
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You all are welcome here.
Hes talking about a Iranian guy who came up with Hitler and holocaust.
What do you mean by this?Butterflies and bees.. not a single smiling photo..
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I wrote .. he looks bad as* .. how did it turn to 'butterflies and bees'... this new sotware is weird..
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Rest in Peace to this great man. He was one of the greatest figures in WW1 and after defeating multiple enemies on multiple fronts, including enemies within the state, he set the fundamentals for modern day modern Turkey.
If he didn't exist Turks all around the world wouldn't be able to walk with their head up. Turkish history would ended in 20th century. Turks would loose Istanbul, have Greeks, Italians, French colonize them. Have Armenia have big chunk of East Turkey. Just imagine how that would look like if we were at the mercy of the Greeks and Armenians alone. It would be like Palestine only worst. Turkey would be sandwitched between those Christian countries and it would never be allowed to rise or prosper.
It was one of the most deceive moments in TURKIC history. Today Turkey is head of the spear amongst Turkic countries. Today Turkic world have the chance to rise again because of historical silk road. If Turkey lost the war in WW1, Turkic history would end right there. Thanks to this great man, his great leadership and inteligence he contributed a lot to Turkic and Islamic history. You can agree or disagree with his ideology as a Muslim, but if throw all his achievements out of the window for your own dogmatism just imagine how Turkey would look like without him. It would be Palestine in Anatolia but with Greeks/Armenians/Italians/etc as the Israeli.
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Rest in Peace to this great man. He was one of the greatest figures in WW1 and after defeating multiple enemies on multiple fronts, including enemies within the state, he set the fundamentals for modern day modern Turkey.
If he didn't exist Turks all around the world wouldn't be able to walk with their head up. Turkish history would ended in 20th century. Turks would loose Istanbul, have Greeks, Italians, French colonize them. Have Armenia have big chunk of East Turkey. Just imagine how that would look like if we were at the mercy of the Greeks and Armenians alone. It would be like Palestine only worst. Turkey would be sandwitched between those Christian countries and it would never be allowed to rise or prosper.
It was one of the most deceive moments in TURKIC history. Today Turkey is head of the spear amongst Turkic countries. Today Turkic world have the chance to rise again because of historical silk road. If Turkey lost the war in WW1, Turkic history would end right there. Thanks to this great man, his great leadership and inteligence he contributed a lot to Turkic and Islamic history. You can agree or disagree with his ideology as a Muslim, but if throw all his achievements out of the window for your own dogmatism just imagine how Turkey would look like without him. It would be Palestine in Anatolia but with Greeks/Armenians/Italians/etc as the Israeli.
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