2013 - 2015 OUR COMMON EUROPEAN ROOTS MEETINGS AND TOPICS 3rd project meeting – 23rd – 28th March 2014 at Özel Çağ Koleji, Mersin, Tarsus, Turkey Topic :“Historical figures: leaders and their conditional factors”.

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2. NATIONAL HERO OF TURKEY
OUR GREAT LEADEROUR GREAT LEADER
NATIONAL HERO OF TURKEYNATIONAL HERO OF TURKEY
MUSTAFA KEMAL
ATATÜRK

3. MUSTAFA KEMAL
ATATÜRK was born in
Salonika in 1881. His
house is located at
Apostolu Pavlu Avenue,
Aya Dimitria district in
Salonika,Greece.
His father was Ali
Rıza Efendi, and his
mother was
Zübeyde Hanım. His
parents called him
Mustafa.

4. His father , Ali Rıza
Efendi died when
little Mustafa
started primary
school. He went back
to Salonika, and
started Şemsi Efendi
School again. Later,
he entered the exam
for the Military
School and he passed
it.

5. He was a very
hardworking student. He
finished the Military
School and joined the
army as a young officer.
He fought in Dardanelle
Wars. Then, he became
the chief commander of
the Turkish
Independence War.He
saved our country with
his friends from the very
strong nations of the
world.

6. On 19th May, 1919,
MUSTAFA KEMAL
ATATÜRK went to Samsun
( One of the biggest cities
of the Black Sea Region.)
on the Bandırma Ship to
start the Independence
War Later, he declared
that, the 19th May was
his birthday and he
devoted the same day as a
National Holiday to the
Turkish Youth.

8. Then, he invited all the Turkish patriots to Ankara on the "19 of
March,1920".
He opened the Turkish Grand National Assembly by a religious ceremony
on the "23 of April, 1920". Since 1927, 23rd April has been celebrated
as Children's Day .
And it’s also the only festival which is dedicated to children in the world.

9. Every year,on 23rd
April Turkey hosts
lots of children
from other
countries (about
800 children,from
70 countries) and
celebrate the day.
On 23rd April, children visit
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK’s
Mausoleum and then they
perform dances,read poems etc.
They show their love to
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK
and their nation.

10. MUSTAFA KEMAL
ATATÜRK is the
founder of theTurkish
Republic. He founded
the Republic of Turkey
on the "29 of October,
1923". And he became
the first president of
the Turkish Republic.
In 1934 The Turkish Grand National Assembly
gave him the surname "ATATÜRK"
His surname means “The Father of Turks” in
English.

11. In his leisure time, heIn his leisure time, he
enjoyed reading andenjoyed reading and
writing books and awriting books and a
personal journal,personal journal,
horse riding, playinghorse riding, playing
chess, and swimming.chess, and swimming.
He was also an avidHe was also an avid
dancer and enjoyeddancer and enjoyed
both the waltz andboth the waltz and
traditional Zeybektraditional Zeybek
folk dances.folk dances.

13. MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK wrote many books
about politics,military and mathematics etc. He also
wrote a geometry book in the last years of his life.

14. One of the most
important legacies
of MUSTAFA
KEMAL ATATÜRK
to his nation is the
book “Nutuk”
which tells his
memories from
Independence
War till his
reformations.

15. Republicanism
Nationalism
Secularism
Populism.
Reformism
Statism
His six principles still serve today as a sign post
for establishing a democratic government:

16. After the establishment of the Republic sweeping cultural
and socio-political reforms took place. First the Caliphate
abolished. Traditional schools closed and Constitution
adopted in 1924 as the replacement of the 1876 constitution
that had continued to serve as the legal framework for the
republican government.

17. Reforms on clothing shows as abolishing of fes on men
and veiling of women by leaving their places to
western clothing. Gregorian calendar was adopted. In
1926, new civil, commercial and penal laws were
adopted from Swiss and Italian Laws respectively.

18. And with these civil codes women, who had been neglected
for centuries, now have the same rights as man. They could
be appointed to official posts, would have the right to vote
even before Swiss women to be elected to the Parliament
and of course the monogamy principle. Weekend act, time
and calendar system and the change on weight and measure
(kilo and meter) are all among those reforms.

19. New Turkish alphabet,
a modified Latin form,
adopted and with this
came the movement to
develop the education
of the nation. Primary
education was declared
compulsory and great
importance was given to
the education of
women. Then the State
declared Secularism in
1928.

21. On November 10, 1938, following an illness of a few
months, the national liberator and the Father of
modern Turkey died. But his legacy to his people and to
the world still endures.

22. MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK’s body rests
today in his mausoleum, called “Anıtkabir”,
in Ankara.

24. And now MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK ‘s
Address to the Turkish Youth
Turkish Youth!
Your first duty is to preserve and defend forever
Turkish independence and the Turkish Republic.
This is the only foundation of your existence and
of your future. This foundation is your most
precious treasure.

25. In the future, too, there will be malevolent
people at home and abroad who will wish to
deprive you of this treasure. If one day you
have to defend your independence and your
Republic, you will not tarry to weigh the
circumstances before taking up your duty.
These possibilities and circumstances may be
extremely unfavorable. The enemies nursing
designs against your independence and your
republic, may have behind them a victory
unprecedented in the annals of the world..

26. It may come to pass that, by violence and ruse,
all the fortresses of your beloved fatherland
will be occupied, all its shipyards captured, all
its armies dispersed, and every part of the
country invaded. And what is sadder and graver
than all these circumstances is that the people
in power inside the country may be blind,
misguided. They may even be traitors. The men
in power may join their personal interest to the
political designs of the invaders. The country
may be impoverished, ruined and exhausted

27. Youth of Turkey's future, even in
these circumstances it is your duty
to save Turkey's independence and
the Turkish Republic.
You will find the strength you need
in the noble blood in your veins

28. Happy is the one who says
I am a TÜRK!
NE MUTLU TÜRKÜM
DİYENE!