Men, I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die. In the time that it takes us to die, other forces and commanders can come and take our place.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKOn the meeting point of two worlds, the ornament of Turkish homeland, the treasure of Turkish history, the city cherished by the Turkish nation, İstanbul, has its place in the hearts of all citizens.
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Freedom and independence form my character.
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Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
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Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.
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My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.
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Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.
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We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books that are said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or from an unseen world, but directly from life.
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The nation has placed its faith in the precept that all laws should be inspired by actual needs here on earth as a basic fact of national life.
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The supreme guide in life is knowledge.
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Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.
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Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.
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In human life, you will find players of religion until the knowledge and proficiency in religion will be cleansed from all superstitions, and will be purified and perfected by the enlightenment of real science.
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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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I will lead my people by the hand along the road until their feet are sure and they know the way. Then they may choose for themselves and rule themselves. Then my work will be done.
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No country is free unless it is democratic.
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The future is in the skies.
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