The Atatürk Society of America Requests the pleasure of your company at the Celebration of Kemal Atatürk’s Birthday & National Youth and Sports Day Keynote speech by Prof. Arnold M. Ludwig Author “ King of the Mountain: The Nature of Political Leadership ” performance by Selim Sert On Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 3:00 p.m Dacor Bacon House 1801 F Street N.W. Washington, DC 20006 R.S.V.P. by May 12, 2008 Ataturksociety@earthlink.net Tel; 202 362 7173 Reception will follow

ASA MISSION STATEMENT

The Atatürk Society of America (ASA) is an independent non-profit organization founded
in Washington DC in 1995 with the objective of promoting Atatürk’s political legacy.

ASA understands Atatürk’s political philosophy to be

• Sovereignty belongs to the people. People alone administer people. Public sovereignty
  cannot be shared with any other authority, including a religious authority.
  
• Rational education ensures absoluteness of public sovereignty rationality in politics.
  
• Science leads to progress. Doctrines, including religious ideologies, hinder progress.
  
• The contemporary civilization is the common heritage of mankind. All nations must
  participate in it through progress. The universality of civilization means peace at home
  and peace in the world.
  

Towards this objective the ASA organizes scholarly lectures, provides research fellowships,
develops a resource and reference center, and makes representations regarding the importance
of Atatürk’s political philosophy for international prosperity and peace.

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