After the Republic declared, Mustafa Kemal started to visit the schools without any notice. He never liked noticing his visit.
He was visiting a school, and he came across a history class. He wanted to ask a question to a student about the wars. The student began his words with; Due to the traditional friendship with France. Mustafa Kemal interrupted his sentence, and he asked who told it. The history teacher said that it was his word. But he realized his mistake. Mustafa Kemal asked him to tell the right one. He corrected his mistake: There isn’t any traditional relationship or friendship in the international area. The states become friend or make relationship if there is any common benefit. Mustafa Kemal confirmed this explanation.
Don’t think any country as friend or an enemy because the benefits and evaluations can be different. If the benefits and evaluations are common, there will be a common move. But when everything changes, the events will change. So, every country should know how to be strong and free on its own. Relying to another country for any subject will cause a weak point in freedom and it isn’t possible to be independent completely.
Always Atatürk…