Rarely in history has anyone exerted such power with such effect in so short a time. For a generation, many young Turkish women actually worried that they'd never be able to really love a man as they already had so much love for the father of their country.
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Share. He kept advancing when no one else did, leaving his mark on this world forever, making him immortal. He was one of the few to chase for their desires and vision by using their education as a tool; he changed Turkey for the better by modernizing and educating his people.
He was an inspiration to many due to not only for his strides in education and equal rights in Turkey but also for his advocacy for world peace. Later as he concluded treaties of friendship and created regional ententes, he affirmed: Turks are the friends of all civilized nations.
The new Turkey established cordial relations with all countries, including those powers which had tried a few years earlier to wipe the Turks off the map. He did not pursue a policy of expansionism and never engaged in any act contrary to peaceful co-existence" Dogan. Even after all he did, he never stopped; his pursuit of world peace led to his legacy. Despite all his hard work, it would be worth nothing without education. Most importantly, he was an inspiration to me. I always remind myself of the wars he endured and sacrifices he made so that I could receive an education in the US.
Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, he led the Turkish War of Independence, which defeated European powers who hoped to invade the crumbling empire. Blaming the demise of the empire partly on its religious leadership, Ataturk promoted nationalism and ancient Turkish traditions in his new state, at the expense of Islam. Hoping nationalism would overcome the idea of an Islamic Ummah, or global Muslim community, his reforms — known as Kemalism — altered virtually every aspect of Turkish life for the next eight decades.
The political and legal system he left following his death prevented Muslims from exerting any significant influence in temporal affairs, with laws silencing pro-Islamic politicians. They are against Kemalism and the aggressive secularism which attack Islam and banished it from public life, not Ataturk per se.
Yasar Yakis, a founding member of the AK Party, told Al Jazeera that since the failed coup attempt, the government no longer saw Ataturk as a divisive figure, but as a symbol of unity. Under the AKP, Islamic organizations became confident enough to hold protests against "Our Oath," a national pledge of allegiance that asserts Turkey's secular identity and glorifies "Turkishness" while not acknowledging other ethnic groups living in Turkey.
The political power of the military, which traditionally saw itself as the guardian of Kemalism, has been eroded. Others fear, though, that the most damaging effect of Turkey's move away from Kemalism is the loss of the strictly secular state.
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