Bugün Atatürkün anım günüydü. Britaniyalı araşdırmaçı, Andrew Mango, Atatürk adlı kitabında yazır: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is one of the most important statesmen of the twentieth century. He established and shaped the Turkish republic, today the strongest state between the Adriatic and China in the broad Eurasian land belt south of Russia and north of the Indian subcontinent. He influenced the history of his countrys neighbours. For peoples ruled by foreigners, he showed a way to national independence in amity with the rest of the world. Atatürk is usually known today as a radical modernizer and westernizer. The description is true, but not sufficient. He imported Western practices in order to bring his country into parity with the richest countries of the world, most of which were to be found in the West. But his aim was not imitation but participation in a universal civilization, which, like the thinkers of the European Enlightenment, he saw as the onward march of humanity, regardless of religion and divisions it caused. He believed that the struggle for genuine independence should be waged in the name of an overarching secular ideal of progress common to all, and therefore leaving no room for antagonism towards the most advanced nations. Atatürks vision was optimistic and humanist. His practices often fell short of it. Above all, he was a builder, the greatest nation-builder of modern times.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:49:32 +0000
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