A Legal Assessment of Transition From the Ottoman to the Turkish State (On the occasion of its centenary) Final events that led to the demise of the Ottoman state and the rise of the modern Turkish state are specific to its own case, as is the case for every fundamental change of political systems and organizations. Consequentially, they may be subject to different...
Rationality, a Prerequisite for Lasting Peace (Contribution in a Panel discussion titled “The role of secular governance in world peace”) A discussion about the role of secular governance in world peace necessarily leads to the proposition that meddling of religion in state affairs is at the least one of the sources of conflicts. This theory cannot be denied in light of the...
I hope the article by a Georgetown University doctoral candidate published in the European edition of Politico does not reflect on the academic level of the University, or on the editorial quality of Politico. For the author who seems to aspire to achieve the highest educational level is an obvious example of writing without sufficient knowledge and research. The faculty...
Atatürk Society of America’s (ASA) twentieth anniversary is an opportune time to reflect on the current state of Atatürkism, because ASA stands for Atatürkism. Such reflection summarized below brings forth the need for civil society initiatives like ASA. ASA deserves well-earned congratulations for relentlessly disseminating Atatürkism. I need to explain Atatürkism. I argue that Kemalism, the term used in academia and...
Concerning 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, and those with prejudiced opinions...
ATATURK'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 I. Introduction.......................................................................................................2 II. Status of Turkish Women Before Ataturk's Reforms........................................3 III. Ataturk's Reforms : His Philosophy and Ideals..................................................4 IV. The Change From...
Women 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 society. Let’s give some examples. Two thirds...
The 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. It was nation-oriented. In short,...
The 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 nation remains a Muslim nation...
I 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 established was “Peace at Home, Peace...
On 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 powers were enormous. The success...
This 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 years ago. April 25th is...
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