Mustafa Kemal Atatürk aimed at reaching the peace at home and in the international world. He was a soldier, but he had never supported war except the homeland defense. He established regional pacts in order ro protect Turkish Republic after the independency war. The world wars are very dangerous because they cause chaos and fortune…
Secularism: Atatürk’s principles
Secularism became the most necessary principle after 18th century in Europe. US was established in secular system in 18th century. Those countries became the most powerful countries in the world. When nationalism and secularism were united, the power of church got less on the societies. Ottoman Empire had also affected from this political system. Ottoman…
The high qualified generations
One of the well-known statements of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is that ” The republic requires high- qualified generations that are powerful in science, mind and physically.” Atatürk trusted on the next generations to protect the republic. He also made plans to educate the people in high-quality. The generation should be educated according to the various…
What should be done in order to apply peace?
Peace is the key word for a better world. Whoever you are, a human being should work for the peace. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk always stated that domestic and international peace have a great importance for the civilization. Turkish Republic is based on domestic peace. If there is something wrong for the international peace, Turkish Republic…
Politic fights are mostly harmful for the public
What gives harm the country the most? To have politic fights gives harm the country the most. Because it leads separation in the society. It destroys the peace in the country. If the peace vanishes, the troubles will start. Then it spreads to the world. It is the reason of chaos in the world. Mustafa…
The vision of a state: To be powerful and caring
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is a model of a stateman that desires to be powerful against the enemies and to be caring for its public. When he was an officer, he learned how to lead people for a good way. He read books and examined history in order to see the false and true samples. So,…
The source of power; the public (the nation)
Mustafa Kemal trusted on the power of public when he made his plans. The public had also supported their leader and helped him to achieve his goals for the nation. The history always teaches us that a person can’t achieve all goals, but a leader can change the destiny of a nation. When a leader…
Respect to the public; Transparency
In the days of Independency war period, the situation didn’t seem positive for Turkish society. The enemies were attacking Turkish territory, they were slaughtering in everywhere they had invaded. There weren’t so many positive developments so the people felt desperately. Despite of this fact, Mustafa Kemal said the truth to the public. He informed the…
The difference between a country and a land
I am sure that everyone knows what a country is or what a land is. An ordinary person will describe them differently or a nationalist will describe them differently. It doesn’t matter where you are from. It matters how you evaluate them. According to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (it is actually native Turkish principle), a land…
Atatürk and his social life
He believed that a leader should be a role model for a nation. While he was planning to develop Turkish nation, he was the pioneer of the Turkish Revolution. For example, he was the one who used the national products firstly while he was investing industry. He was offering his clothes from the national textile…