In today’s world, we all observe that most of the politicians (considered as leaders) are looking for power and wealthy. At the same time, they ignore the human rights and values. Actually, this scenario has been applied since 19th century. As a result of this scenario, millions of people died, and the world got into the chaos.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk appeared in that world. He was a soldier, but he didn’t defend war except the homeland security. He was a stateman, but he didn’t seek for wealth. In the opposite way, he thought his nation and benefits of the public. He was a leader, but he didn’t look for power. In the opposite way, he looked for respect and freedom. He had no money, he told his mother to sell the carpet instead of having money from the Turkish senate. Because he knew that that money belonged to the Turkish nation. He never liked the chaos, he always defended peace and democracy in the world. He was a president but he never defended limitless authority. He had limits when he was in charge. He defended the right of a nation to make their own decision. Even though new Turkish cabinet was under war conditions in 1920’s, he always tried to respect everyone in public (even for his enemies) as much as he could do. The most important point is that he had never separated himself from Turkish nation or the humanity. He was always a person who fulfilled his mission for his country and the humanity.
Don’t you want a leader like Ataturk?
We are lucky because we have Ataturk …. As Sir Winston Churchill stated.
Always Ataturk