Rejects Plans for Turkish Secular Leader Ataturk to Become a Street Name in Jakarta, Doctor Eva: Please Respect Our Fighters!
Asep Saripudin
- October 16, 2021, 11:10 WIB
Doctor Eva Sri Diana Chaniago responded to the discourse of using street names in Jakarta with the name Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. /Instagram/@sridianachianago/
SEPUTARTANGSEL.COM - The name of the founder and first president of the Republic of
Turkey , Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is being discussed as
the name of a street in the Menteng area, Central Jakarta.
The naming of the street in Jakarta using the name of the
Turkish secular figure Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was referred to as a reciprocal for the name of the first President of Indonesia,
Soekarno as
the name of the street in the Turkish capital , Ankara, with the name 'Ahmet
Soekarno '.
The plan to
name the street using the name Mustafa Kemal Atatürk made the Chief Doctor of United Indonesia,
Doctor Eva Sri Diana Chaniago furious.
Doctor Eva said that Indonesia is not a country that belongs to a group of people, but belongs to the people.
"Haloooo.. This country belongs to the people, not a group of people," wrote
Doctor Eva , quoted by
SeputarTangsel.Com from the Twitter account @__Sridiana_3va, Saturday, October 16, 2021.
Furthermore,
Doctor Eva refused and asked the government to cancel the plan to
rename a street in Jakarta using the name Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
According to her, this does not need to be done to appreciate the fighters of the country who have fought for the independence of Indonesia.
"Please respect our warriors!! Please respect people's feelings!!" she said.
In addition,
Doctor Eva emphasized that Indonesia has never had any debt to the First President of
Turkey .
"This country has never owed anything to this human being," she said.
Previously, in a Virtual Coffee event on Friday, October 15, 2021, the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in Ankara, Muhammad Iqbal revealed that he had made a commitment with the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and plans to change
the name of the street in Jakarta to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Iqbal said the inauguration of
the street name Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is planned when
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Indonesia in 2022.
For information, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's policies often contradict the Islamic principles adopted by most
Turkish citizens .
As for some of the controversial policies of the
Turkish secular figure during his leadership, such as changing the call to prayer to
Turkish , dissolving the caliphate, turning the Hagia Sophia Mosque into a museum, revoking permits for religious schools, and others.
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Dokter Eva Sri Diana Chaniago menolak nama Mustafa Kemal Atatürk jadi nama jalan di Jakarta karena negara ini tak punya utang pada tokoh itu
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