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MOSQUE

«… Gentlemen, mosques are not built for sleeping and waking up without looking at each other. Mosques were built for consultation, to think about what should be done for religion and the world, together with obedience and worship…»

07.02.1923, Public Speaking in Balıkesir.

IGNORANCE

“…It is this ignorance that does not make the nation possess its own identity and that has kept the nation unaware of itself for centuries. The rulers' use of this and that nation as slaves and slaves, and their thinking of the whole country as their private property, was all due to the benefit of this ignorance of the nation. If we want real salvation, first of all, we have to eliminate this ignorance with all our strength, with all our speed…"

21.03.1923, Konya, High School Lect. and Conversation with Students.

“When we say ignorant, we do not necessarily mean those who have not studied in school. The science I mean is knowing the truth. Otherwise, the greatest ignorant people emerge from those who have read, and genuine scholars who see the truth will emerge from those who have never read."

18.03.1923, Conversation with Farmers in Tarsus.

PRISONS (Prisons)

“The issue of prisons is very important. In order to improve their situation, the Ministry of Interior conducted extensive research and statistics in order to provide the means of raising the children of the country, whose personal freedom was abolished, at the end of their sentence, to be useful members of the society. A construction program was organized in order to undertake the repair of suitable ones among the existing prisons in accordance with scientific methods and the construction of prisons again…»

01. 03. 1923, When the Turkish Grand National Assembly opens its 4th Convening Year.

« Expanding the benevolent activities in order to improve the prisons according to the principles of education, improvement and employment; It helps thousands of citizens who have lost their freedom by deviating from the right path as a useful limb.”

01.11.1938, As the 5th Term of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Opens the 4th Meeting Year

Speech Read on Behalf of Atatürk by Prime Minister Celal Bayar.

REPUBLIC

« I will repeat the first articles of the new Turkish Constitution: Sovereignty belongs to the nation unconditionally. The executive power and legislative power are gathered in the parliament, which is the only and true representative of the nation. It is possible to describe these two words in one word: Republic…»

Statement to the Neue Freie Preese Correspondent, 27.09.1923.

“The Republic is in favor of freedom of thought. We respect every idea, provided that it is sincere and legal. Every opinion is honorable to us. Only our opponents need to be merciful.”

04.12.1923, Statement to the Chief Reporter of Tercüman-ı Perakende.

“Let the whole world know that for me there is affiliation; Pro-republican, intellectual and social revolution. At this point, in the new Turkish community, I don't want to think of an individual outside of it. »

(1924)

“The republic is an administration based on moral virtue. Republic is virtue. Sultanate is an administration based on fear and threat. The Republic produces virtuous and honest people. Since the sultanate is based on fear and threat, it raises cowardly, vile, miserable, disgraceful people. That is the difference between them.”

14.10.1925, A Speech at Izmir Girls' Teachers' School.

“…Those who think that our republic, which was founded in the conscience and consciousness of the great Turkish nation and our great army consisting of heroic children, and our principles inspired by the spirit of the nation, can be lawful with the removal of a body, are miserable with very weak brains. »

19.06.1926, Statement to Anadolu Agency.

« The form of government that provides the most modern and rational application of the principle of democracy is the Republic.»

(1930)

"The Republic, with its new and solid principles, has been the herald of a completely new life in terms of the security it has created in the original ideas and spirits, as well as putting the Turkish Nation on the path to a safe and sound future."

01.11. 936 Opening 5th Term 2nd Assemblage Year.

PEOPLE'S PARTY OF THE REPUBLIC

« The People's Party will be a school to give political upbringing to our people…»

07.02.1923, Public Speaking in Balıkesir.

“The People's Party is a holy society that builds strength and power by including the whole nation in its cadre, expels its external enemies, destroys its internal enemies, and provides freedom and dominance to the people in the unfortunate turmoil in which the country and nation were deprived of all foundations and plunged into disaster. The People's Party is the emergence and realization of a revolutionary spirit in all countries that founded the Turkish Republic without complimenting any nonsense. The People's Party is an ambitious faction that brought Turkey into the civilized world and committed to raise it there…»

16.09.1924, Conversation with People's Party Members in Trabzon.

« Today, the committee that is responsible for the country's administration is, in my opinion, the Republican Party, which encompasses the whole nation and whose title is the People's Party. The main principle of this group is to work for the real salvation and happiness of the country and the nation, and I think this is the way to reach the goal and it has been decided. It also indicates that together with the reinforcement and consolidation of the Republic, the nation will march decisively and successfully in the intellectual and social revolution, civilization and enlightenment…»

20.09.1924, Talking to the People of Samsun.

“…The Republican People's Party, which I am proud to be the chairman of, is not a party that carries out ordinary street politics like in other countries. I will respectfully repeat that the People's Party, like the Defense Law Society, is responsible for enlightening and guiding the whole nation. Those who attribute vulgar politics to our party are ungrateful people…»

10.10.1925, A Speech in Akhisar.

«…The party will educate the nation and lead the way in educating citizens in all cultural fields such as science, economy, politics and fine arts…»

04.02.1931, A Speech in Aydın Turkish Hearth.

Source: Türk Kültürünü ve Tarihini Yaşatma Derneği. Daniel Dumoulin - Ali Kaman - Ece Develi - Hüseyin Develi