April 23, 1920….is the Birthday of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, and the day fundamental principles of the Republic of Turkey as a sovereign nation were declared. Aware of the fact that the future of the national sovereignty can be secured only by future generations, Atatürk dedicated April 23rd to children, and in 1929 it […]
CONTINUE READING“Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.” Kemal Ataturk Ataturk Society of America recognizes the importance of science in improving our civilization and quality of living. To this end, we give recognize and give […]
CONTINUE READINGConcerning MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK – who authored an “Epic of Resurrection” by rendering the Çanakkale Straights (Dardanelles) impassable, the leader of the struggle for Turkish national sovereignty, the commander-in-chief of the War of Independence, the pioneer and architect of the Turkish Revolution – I say to those representatives of ignorance who accuse him of dictatorship, […]
CONTINUE READINGATATURK’S REFORMS EMPOWERED TURKISH WOMEN AND SET EXAMPLE FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD A look at the remarkable transformation of a Nation (Pioneer of the Millennium Development Goals: Ataturk) April 20, 2013 ATATURK SOCIETY OF AMERICA (ASA) www.ataturksociety.org Authors are: Aynur Uluatam Sumer Ilknur Boray – ASA Board Members Table of Contents Pages Table of Contents………………………………………………………………………………………1 […]
CONTINUE READINGWomen around the world… Discrimination against women starts at birth for a girl, and continues all her life in many countries around the world. And throughout her life, compared to a man, a woman encounters many problems that are caused by being poorer, having a low social status, lack of education and the attitude of […]
CONTINUE READINGThe most significant aspect of the Atatürk Revolution is that it started out as a National Liberation Struggle, and after the political and military success of this battle, it developed in the direction of total commitment to modernity which aimed at the radical transformation of Turkish state and society. The Atatürk Revolution was not class-oriented. […]
CONTINUE READINGThe true issue is understanding that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk single handedly saved Turkey from being eliminated from the face of the Earth as the West had already decided that it should be divide into four quarters to be governed by hostile nations. Almost 100 years after Atatürk saved a people and created a nation, that […]
CONTINUE READINGI follow with bewilderment and great sorrow the internal developments in Turkey and the heated rhetoric which has ramifications for Turkey’s place in the world and relations with its historic allies. This is not the Turkey that Atatürk envisioned. The course he set the new country on in 1923 when the Republic of Turkey was […]
CONTINUE READINGOn October 29 Turkey celebrates her national day, the founding of the Republic. The Republic is the rise of a nation from a multinational empire brought to its knees after decades of wars interrupted only by short intervals. The loss of life and treasures for retrieving the nation from the jaws of the Western colonial […]
CONTINUE READINGThis year I was honored to be invited to attend the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Day Ceremony held on April 24th at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. It was a humbling tribute to the young Australian and New Zealand soldiers that sacrificed life and limb for their countries almost one hundred […]
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