What does freedom mean? Does it mean limitless freedom or limited but respectful freedom? Mustafa Kemal Ataturk defended limited but respectful freedom. Because respect is everything and the nation’s benefits are over all of everything. He was the part of the nation, and he didn’t separate himself from Turkish nation and modern world.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is a humanist leader. The lives of individuals are valuable. He addressed the mothers of ANZAC soldiers after the republic was declared. His statement is that the mothers shouldn’t have got upset, their children are lying up in a friendly country. That’s why, the grandsons and granddaughters of those soldiers come to Galiipoli in order to memorize their grand- grandfathers every year. He also states that the wars are murder unless you defend your homeland.
Freedom isn’t just a word. It is a term that should be watched at any time. Full freedom is everything for a state. Economic independency, cultural independency and individual self- sufficient are all composed of full freedom. The members of the nation should be educated and trained as successful citizens. They all should be contributed the state’s benefits and development. Not only the economic works, and also, we can list the cultural and charity works. Full development cones after this principle. All of the people have the right to decide their own destiny in the frame of personality. If this decision is also about anybody else, there is no freedom for this side.
Civilization is such a world that M.K.Ataturk has a target to be over all of this world. We need to work hard to achieve this goal. We need to have our own character. Turkish Republic is based on modern world that shapes the civilization.
Always Ataturk….