This author is revered as the founder of modern Turkey, leading the nation through a period of dramatic modernization. His legacy includes establishing a new political and legal system, secularizing government and education, granting equal rights to women, and advancing arts, sciences, agriculture, and industry. His determination and vision shaped Turkey into the nation it is today.
“I landed at Samsoon on the 19th of May, 1919…” Thus begins A Speech, the renowned address on The Turkish War of Independence. The speech was given by the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in The Grand National Assembly of Turkey between the 15th and the 20th of October, 1927 and first published in Turkish in 1927. This English edition is a facsimile of the English translation published in Leipzig, Germany in 1929, by K.F. Koehler.
Mustafa Kemal was not a socialist. But it can be perceived that he is a good organizer, with great understanding, progressive, with good thoughts and an intelligent leader. He is carrying out a war of independence against those plunderers. - Vladimir l. Lenin, Leader of the Russian Revolution Today, Turkish history even more than ever is inseparable from Western and European history. Atatürk's efforts in this direction were not left without results. The friendship between our countries that has surpassed hundreds of years, has formed the foundation for this development. - Charles de Gaulle, President of France The name of Atatürk reminds mankind of the historical accomplishments of one of the greatest men of this century: