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CABOTAGE

« The return of the cabotage to the Turkish sanjak only and completely took place this year. I would like to commemorate this event with pride. »

1.11.1926, Opening the 2nd Term 4th Assemblage Year.

WOMAN

The reason why our society is not successful is due to the negligence and fault we show towards our women. »

(1923)

« Our women are obliged to be more enlightened, more prosperous and more knowledgeable than even men. »

(1923)

« It is necessary to believe that everything we see in the world is the work of women. »

(1923)

« ... It is known that there is a division of duties even in social life, as in every stage. Between this general division of duties, women will not only do their own duties, but they will also be involved in the general issues necessary for the welfare and happiness of the society. »

31. 01. 1923, Public Speaking in Izmir.

« ...People came to the world to live as long as they were destined. Living means activity. Therefore, if one part of a society is active while the other part is inert, that society is paralyzed. For a society to work and be successful in life, it must accept all the reasons and conditions that work and be successful. Therefore, if science and science are necessary for our society, it is necessary for both men and women to gain them equally.... »

31.01.1923, Speaking to the Public in Izmir.

« ...A society, a nation consists of two kinds of people, namely men and women. May be, let's advance a part of an audience. Let's ignore the other, so that the entire audience may have advanced? Is it possible that while half of a society is chained to the land, the other half can rise to the sky? There is no doubt, the steps of progress, as I said, need to be taken together by both sexes as a friend, and it is necessary to take a distance in the fields of development and with innovation.... »

30.08.1925, Second Speech in Kastamonu.

LAW

« ...People who make laws have to have some outstanding features. The first of those characteristics, masters, is this: A person who proposes laws, makes laws, and legislates, senses and knows all the feelings and passions of humanity more than anyone else. But he must have the power and ability to distinguish his soul from them more than anyone else and completely. People who do not have these distinguished features are barred from the right and authority to make laws for the human community. Lords, laws are not made by feeling and obeying. »

1.12.1921, Parliament.

« Making laws in accordance with the needs of the day and applying them well are among the most important means of prosperity and progress. »

(1925)

CAPITULATION

« ...We do not accept exceptions in any part of the capitulations. We do not recognize any of the judicial, financial or military capitulations. »

26. 09. 1922, Statement Given to the Correspondent of Chicago Tribun Sent to Izmir.

« You tell me about the benefits of the Europeans, and especially the French, in the East. First of all, it should be known that the government of the Grand National Assembly will never accept the continuation of the capitulations. If foreign nationals think to benefit from the capitulations, as in the past, they are being deceived. Capitulations are not available to us and never will be. Our doors will remain open to all foreigners, provided that Turkey's independence is fully and completely approved in every field… »

2.11.1922, Statement given to Petit Parisien Correspondent in Bursa.

« …We will insist that the lands within our national borders be given to us. After that, we want a completely independent, that is, without capitulation, Turkey to live on these lands. This is all we want… »

2.11.1922, Statement given to Petit Parisien Correspondent in Bursa

« …I cannot describe to you how much the capitulations are hated for the Turkish nation. Those who plan and imagine that they will allow us to accept them by hiding them under other forms and names are deceived in this regard. Because the Turks understood very well that the continuation of the capitulations would cause them to die in a very short time… »

25.12.1922, Statement Given to Le Journal Correspondent Paul Herriot in Çankaya.

CLOTHES

“…Like every nation, we have a national dress. But it cannot be denied that the clothes we carry are not that. Even few of us know what our national dress is. Would a civilized person put on this weird outfit and make the world laugh at himself? »

30.08.1925, Second Speech in Kastamonu.

“The civil servants will fix the clothes of the whole nation. To be practical in terms of science and health, experienced civil clothing from every point of view will be worn. There is no room for doubt in this. »

30.08.1925, Second Speech in Kastamonu.

« …Excuse my expression. An outfit that can be described as a six-pipe skewer is neither national nor international. So, will there be a nation without clothes, friends?

…Civilized and international dress is a worthy dress for our very precious nation. We will wear it. Footwear or fotin, trousers on the legs, vest, shirt, tie, collar, jacket and, of course, the complementary headgear that protects from the sun… »

28.08.1925, A Speech in İnebolu.

corps commander

« …Commander of the corps, Masters, means the greatest commander for every nation, all over the world. There is no other great commander after the corps commander… »

14.08.1920, Turkish Grand National Assembly.

COMMUNISM

“Communism is a social issue. The state of our country, the social conditions of our country, the strength of its religious and national traditions confirm our opinion that communism in Russia is not suitable for its application… »

6.02.1921, Hâkimiyet-i Milliye.

VILLAGER

« The real owner and master of Turkey is the peasant, the real producer. It is, then, the peasant who is entitled to prosperity, happiness and wealth more than anyone else. »

(1922)

“The peasant is our benefactor. We will think about the welfare of this noble element. »

20.07.1931, while passing through Eskişehir. It was addressed to Uluçayırlı Hasan Efendi, who said that he was "wasted in the grain trade".

PEASANT WOMAN

« It is impossible to mention women's work over Anatolian peasant women anywhere in the world. »

(1923)

THE QURAN

“Then I ordered the Qur'an to be translated. This is translated into Turkish for the first time… »

30.11.1929, Statement to the Vossische Zeitung Correspondent.

LIBERATION

“The most fundamental, most obvious desire and faith, which was sane and inspired by the heart and conscience of the Turkish nation, became known: Salvation. »

(1927)

CULTURE

« Culture is the foundation of the Republic of Turkey... Culture is to read, understand, see, make sense of what one can see, act alert, think, and train the intelligence. »

(1936)

« …Culture is proportional to the ground. That ground is the choice of the nation. »

16.07.1921, Ankara, While Opening the Education Congress.

« The main thing we have to strive for is to hold the first place in the world in high culture and high virtue.

(1932)

« Culture is to be happy with the high yields of nature. There is much hidden in this expression. Cleanliness, purity, height, humanity, etc. These are all human qualities. »

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