Metin Camcigil, Former President of ASA As a new development in Turkey’s gradual but steady reinstatement of religious education in all types of schools at all levels the Administration proposed to increase the number and hours of Koran courses in schools. After a renewed bout of usual objections from the intellectuals the President pleaded with […]
CONTINUE READING →Metin Camcigil, Former President of ASA Turkey is currently engulfed by a debate over religious education as it frequently was since WWII. The government is intent to increase the number and hours of already practiced Koranic courses in public schools. The intellectuals object to it. The President pleaded with the religious authority in the government, […]
CONTINUE READING →To: New York Times Editor: Dear New York Times Editor: Emily Eakin reviewed Dr. Arnold Ludwig’s essay King of the Mountain in Arts Section of NYT on June 29, 2002. Although she quotes Dr. Ludwig as having said “the numbers reflect a leader’s impact on the world, not his personal virtue”, she adds her personal […]
CONTINUE READING →Ayse Cebesoy Sarialp An American navy man, Admiral Bristol, American Ambassador to Turkey, became a true friend of Atatürk and his friends and supported the Turkish national struggle in all sincerity. Ambassador Grew, the first American Ambassador after the proclamation of the Republic, who had attended the Lausanne Treaty Conference as a member of the […]
CONTINUE READING →Prof. Carl Leiden Andrew Mango, in his definitive biography of Atatürk, begins his book with the following sentence: “Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is one of the most important statesmen of the twentieth century.” I have italicized two words that can be deleted and if we change “statesmen” to the singular we can say, and I believe […]
CONTINUE READING →Dr. Pipes presented an excellent analysis of the threat of violence against the modern world. He did not agree with the Administration’s identification as terrorism. He clearly and accurately identified the enemy as an ideological militant Islam. “In general, I think the US government and many other institutions have made a profound mistake in declaring […]
CONTINUE READING →To: Rep. Henry Hyde, Chairman of the U.S. House International Relations Committee The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and on the Pentagon were an eye opener. Firstly because of the extent of damage they caused, secondly because of the vulnerability of the best informed and equipped country in the world, […]
CONTINUE READING →Dr. Andrew Mango Throughout the history of humanity, the possession of territory has been an important, possibly the most important, object of conflict. Tribes, peoples, nations – what sociologists call primordial communities – have fought over land. In their fight they have sought to dispossess, assimilate, evict or reduce to subordinate status people they considered […]
CONTINUE READING →The Executive Board launched a new project. It decided earlier in the year to initiate a Research Grant. Having prepared some rules for the operation of the Grant and formed a Scientific Committee to oversee the operation, the society established a fund of US $ 10,000 for this purpose. The Atatürk Society of America Research […]
CONTINUE READING →One of ASA’s longtime supporters Dr. Faruk Ozer of Rockville, Maryland, recently donated to ASA ten boxes of medical books and various medical equipment. ASA was pleased to send this generous donation to the Gulhane Military Medical Faculty
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