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SCHOOL (SCHOOL)

« … Thanks to the school, thanks to the science and science that the school will give, the Turkish nation, Turkish art, Turkish economy, Turkish poetry and literature develop with all their beauty. »

27.10.1922, Bursa, To Teachers.

«…The school teaches the young minds respect for humanity, love for the nation and country, honor and independence… It reminds them of the best way to save independence when it is in danger… Those who try to save the country and the nation must also be honest and scholars in their profession. It is the school that provides it. »

27.10.1922, Bursa, To Teachers.

« …Every individual needs a place to learn about his religion, religion and belief. It is also a school. »

31.01.1923, Speaking to the Public in Izmir.

« Schools, as well as education and training, need to keep the generation outside the school under a constant beam of light. »

07.07.1927, Dolmabahçe, Istanbul It was told to the Board of Teachers.

ARMY (TURKISH ARMY)

« In no army in the world has a soldier been met with a purer heart and stronger than yours. »

(1921)

« The army of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Government is far from being an instrument of passion in the hands of this person to make invasions or to destroy sultanates or to establish sultanates… »

18.04.1922, Turkish Grand National Assembly, About Ordu.

« The task of the armies of the Turkish Grand National Assembly is to ensure the provisions of the « National Pact ». »

2.09.1922, Statement Given to Yakup Kadri, Public Security Correspondent in Izmir.

« Our army is the invincible guarantee of the Turkish lands and the systematic efforts we are making to realize the ideal of Turkey. »

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

« Our army is a steeled expression of Turkish unity, Turkish might and ability, and Turkish patriotism. »

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

« The army, the great national school of discipline; I have no doubt that in our economic, cultural and social wars, it will be turned into a big school that also trains the most necessary personnel for us, and that care will be taken. »

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

« The heroic Turkish army, whose victories and past began with the history of humanity, and which always carries the lights of civilization with victory!

I have no doubt that you will do your duty with the same devotion, even though you are equipped with all the modern weapons and means of military technique in today's productive period of the Republic, just as you have protected and saved your country from oppression, disasters, calamities and enemy invasion in the most depressing and difficult times.

9.10.1938, Message to TR Armies was read by Prime Minister Celâl Bayar before the parade at the Ankara Hippodrome.

FOREST

« I would also like to point out the need to protect our forest wealth. However, the important thing in this is the principles of protection; There is an obligation to reconcile in a reasonable way, on the basis of using our forests in a balanced and technical way, which must constantly meet the needs of the country's various trees… »

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

MIDDLE CHARGE

« Between these first and last two education levels, the necessity of secondary education is natural. The aim of secondary education is to train various service and art connoisseurs that the country needs and to prepare candidates for higher education. Even in secondary education, it is essential to comply with the principle that the discipline and training method should be practical and applied. Emphasis will be placed on raising our women through the same education levels. »

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

OTTOMAN EMPIRE

« Unfortunately, the Ottoman state is dead. The government of the Sublime Porte is unfortunately dead; sorry, i made a mistake! I wasn't going to say unfortunately, it's good that he's dead. Because if they had not died, they would have killed the nation… »

31.01.1923, Speaking to the Public in Izmir.

OTTOMAN HISTORY

« …Ottoman history is nothing but an epic that records the states and actions of khans, sultans, individuals, and finally groups from beginning to end… »

17.02.1923, Opening Speech of the Izmir Economics Congress.

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