Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was aware of the importance of the history. Since his youth years, he had been reading books and making research on history. He examined why the civilizations went up and collapsed. He got lessons by researching the history. So, he applied those lessons to new Turkish Republic. Not only Turkish history and also the world history (political and social) was his subject.
The most important lesson is always this fact: If a nation remains ignorant and undeveloped, it will be a bait for developed countries. A country should be literate to develop in a rational way. Every individual has to be aware of their missions for the state. Freedom is the key point to development. Full independency leads a nation to the top of civilization. A nation should protect their own culture (language, traditions and history) in order to shape the future safely.
Actually, some people or groups faced the same events in the past. Events are the same, but the actors are different. So, we can do the right thing by examining the history. The same events will also be lived in the future. (Check the Ataturk’s speech to the Turkish Youth)…
Always Ataturk…