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ECONOMY

« A nation with a weak economy cannot escape from poverty and poverty; cannot escape social and political disasters. »

(1924)

PROGRESS

“A nation that does not paint, a nation that does not sculpt, a nation that does not do what science requires, must admit that that nation has no place in the path of progress. »

(1923)

SCIENCE AND SCIENCE

« … We will take science and science from wherever it is, and we will put it in the minds of every individual of the nation. There are no terms and conditions for science. »

27.10.1922, To Bursa Teachers.

«…Do you know where is the secret of victory that defeated the enemy who trampled the most advanced, nicest and most beautiful parts of our country for three and a half years with their dirty feet? It is to take the principles of science and science as a guide in the management and administration of the armies. We will follow the same path in the establishment of our schools and universities, which are essential for raising our nation. Yes, science and science will be our guide in the political and social life of our nation and in the intellectual upbringing of our nation… »

27.10.1922, To Bursa Teachers.

“…From now on, we will have very important victories. But this will not be a bayonet victory, but economic, scientific and cultural victories… »

25/26.01.1923, Public Speaking in Alaşehir.

« For everything in the world, for civilization, for life, for success, the truest guide is science, science. Seeking a guide other than science and science is heedlessness, ignorance, and a sign.… »

22.09.1924, Conversation with Samsun Teachers.

« Positive science is the torch that the Turkish nation holds in its hands and minds on the path of progress and civilization. »

29.10.1933, Tenth Year Speech.

FIRST COLLECTION

« …We are on our way to take simple and practical measures for the spread of primary education. Our goal in the first education is to make it public as soon as possible. Achieving this result can only be possible by constantly taking precautions and applying it methodically. As a major business of the nation, I consider it necessary to insist on this issue… »

01.11.1936, Grand National Assembly of Turkey, 5th Term, Opening the Year of the 2nd Meeting.

İNHİSAR (Monopoly)

« The main thing that needs to be taken care of about monopolies is the careful composition of the financial monopoly, commercial establishment and national valuation institution character of these institutions. »

01.11.1937, Grand National Assembly of Turkey, 5th Term, Opening the 3rd Year of Meeting.

İNKILÂP

« …Revolutions made with blood will be stronger, revolutions without blood cannot be perpetuated. But we shed as much blood as necessary to reach the revolution. This blood of ours was shed not only on the battlefields, but also within the country. You know that many rebellions took place in Hendek, Bolu, Konya, Yozgat and other countries. And all this was suppressed. I hope that this bloodshed is enough and there is no more bloodshed than this… »

22.01.1923, Public Speaking in Bursa Oriental Cinema.

" Friends ; Our revolution has guaranteed Turkey's happiness for centuries. Our duty is to understand and appreciate it. »

11.09.1924, Conversation with Bursa residents.

« …Lords, our revolution, which provided the unity, freedom and independence of the homeland, brought our nation to the administration of the Republic; It will ensure our economic prosperity and happiness, and the place we deserve in the world of civilization… »

16.09.1924, Talking to the People of Trabzon.

« …This revolution, apart from the revolution meaning that the word implies at the first moment, expresses a wider change than it. The shape of our state today has been the most advanced style that has eliminated the old forms that have come from centuries. »

05.11.1925, at the opening of Ankara Faculty of Law.

« The Turkish nation has proven with great events that it is an innovative and revolutionary nation. In the previous years, our nation did not attempt to walk on the roads of innovation and social revolution. But the real benefits were not seen. Have you investigated the reason for this? This is because the work has not been started from the ground up. »

30.08.1925, Second Speech in Kastamonu.

« The aim of the revolutions we have made and are making is to turn the people of the Republic of Turkey into a completely modern and civilized society in all its meaning and form. This is the main purpose of our revolutions… »

30.08.1925, Kastamonu, 2nd Speech.

PERSON

" …People; They cannot get rid of the general tendency of the society in which they grew up in developing and educating their customs, morals, feelings, tendencies, even ideas.

18.06.1922, On Claude Farrere's Arrival to Izmit to Visit Mustafa Kemal.

« People should always march towards high, noble and holy goals… »

27.06.1926, Statement to Journalists.

« It is necessary to consider all of humanity as one body and a nation as an organ of it. All other organs are affected by the pain at the tip of the finger of a body. »

(1937)

“Having people slaughter each other to make them happy is an inhumane and deeply regrettable system. »

(1937)

REACTION

« …It is a strange manifestation of the philosophy of life that a force emerges against every useful and new thing. They call it in our language (Reaction). It is necessary to have taken the necessary measures in advance for the destruction of this reactionary reaction… »

18.01.1923, Speaking to the Public in Izmit.

“It should not be forgotten that there are ignorant and heedless people who expect to gain the dominance of the nation in one person or in the hands of certain individuals. Sovereigns recognize themselves as representatives of an unfounded force and enjoy it. But the beneficiaries around them try to seduce and despise the nation by disguising it as religion. As a matter of fact, they have worked so far. Finally, the ears of the nation are filled with these rumors, and they accept those suggestions as a necessity of religion and an expression of the truth. They call such people reactionary and their actions reactionary…”

31.01.1923, Speaking to the Public in Izmir.

ISTANBUL

« …Istanbul is ours. However, we are ready to accept a mode of action for the straits and the Sea of ​​Marmara on the condition that the security of the capital is ensured… »

August 1921, Statement to Associated Press Correspondent.

« …The city of Istanbul is the place where the endless work and sacrifice of our nation yields fruit. Really; Monuments, institutions and works of civilization that glorify the material and spiritual existence of our nation are concentrated in Istanbul. »

01.03.1922, When the Turkish Grand National Assembly Opens its Third Year of Meeting.

« At the meeting point of two great worlds, the ornament of the Turkish homeland, the wealth of Turkish history, the apple of the eye of the Turkish nation, Istanbul is a city that has a place in the hearts of all citizens… »

01.07.1927, A Conversation with Istanbul People's Representatives at Dolmabahçe Palace.

INDEPENDENCE

« …I don't think it is possible to explain the signs of the existence of a tyranny. Since the Republican People's Party and all its leaders and members have not hesitated and will never hesitate to put their lives on the line with the nation in order to destroy all kinds of tyranny in Turkey and to bring complete freedom to the country and nation, the tyranny referred to probably does not exist... »

11.12.1924, Statement to the Times Correspondent.

“Nations that leave their future to the people who put them in chains are considered to have decided to be toys to the pleasures and wishes of those people and have given their consent. Such nations will be under the stronger pressure of those people when the people whose fortunes they have entrusted become successful. If they are not successful, disaster and extinction will not only involve those people, but the entire society that depends on them.

03.01.1922 at General Frunse's Banquet.

INDEPENDENCE

" Either independence or death ! »

(1919)

« …The people of Turkey have lived free and independent for centuries, have accepted independence as a necessity of life, and are the heroic sons of a nation. This nation did not live far from independence. It cannot and will not live. »

18.06.1922 at the Tea Banquet in Honor of Claude Farrere.

INDUSTRIAL COURTS

« … Thanks to the Independence Courts established by the Supreme Assembly, many evils were put to an end quickly and justly. Today, the country has been made sufficient to provide security with civil laws and permanent judicial degrees. »

01.03.1921, When the Turkish Grand National Assembly Opens its Second Meeting Year.

İSTİKLÂL-İ MALİ Financial Independence

« …The aim of our struggles today is complete independence. Complete independence is only possible with financial independence. When the finances of a state were deprived of independence, independence was paralyzed in all vital institutions of that state. Because every organ of the state lives only with financial power… »

01.03.1922, When the Turkish Grand National Assembly Opens its Third Year of Meeting.

İŞ BANK

« İşbank institution will take its own place in the history of the Republic in terms of economy. This institution has shown in a very short time and in a universal manner, in a very short time, especially in the face of various reform difficulties of a brand new state institution, that even a worthless wealth is not used for the benefit of the individual in economic life, but for the benefit of the nation. »

26.08.1936, on the 10th Anniversary of İşbank.

IZMIR

« Izmir is a Turkish homeland in every way, it is an inseparable part of Anatolia. Greeks do not have any historical and racial rights in Izmir… »

17.01.1921, Statement to United Telgraph Correspondent.

“İzmir is an ancestral home for forty centuries. Although İzmir has such a deep history, it has a great economic and political importance due to its geographical location. It is for this reason that the eyes of the enemies who want to destroy Turkey, first of all, turn to this historical and important city. As a matter of fact, our enemies occupied this place first, and then advanced further east… »

31.01.1923, A Conversation with the Public in Izmir.

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