A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKTo write history is as important as to make history. It is an unchanging truth that if the writer does not remain true to the maker, then it takes on a quality that will confuse humanity.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
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Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.
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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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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.
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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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You, the sons and daughters, the future of Turkiye, even under such circumstances and conditions, your duty is to save the Turkish independence and the Republic, you will find the power you need in the noble blood in your veins.
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Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.
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On 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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This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.
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Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
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A youth with wings are the assurance of our nation’s future. We must start to work right away and make progress so that; if one day Westerners leave their footprints on the moon, we shall place a Turkish one among those.
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Concepts of well-being for countries, for peoples and for individuals are changing. In such a world, to argue for rules that never change would be to deny the reality found in scientific knowledge and reasoned judgment.
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Freedom and independence form my character.
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After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
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Science is the only true guide in life.
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No country is free unless it is democratic.
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Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
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Peace at home, peace in the world.
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He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.
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Sovereignty and the right to rule cannot be conferred on anyone no matter who … as a result of an academic discussion. Sovereignty is acquired by force and power and violence.
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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.
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Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
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Freedom and independence is my character.
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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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To write history is as important as to make history. It is an unchanging truth that if the writer does not remain true to the maker, then it takes on a quality that will confuse humanity.
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