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“Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives… You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lay side by side here in this country of ours... You the mothers who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well." Let us commemorate Mustafa Kemal with the words he sent out to the mothers of Anzacs, who were sent to a far away land to fight a senseless war. Let us hope that there are still sensible decision makers out there, who can be inspired by these words.   

Salıncakta sallanırken gülen bir Cumhurbaşkanı özlemi ile bir 10 Kasım'da daha, yanlışı ve doğrusu ile sevdiğim bu ülkenin kurucusunu saygıyla anıyorum.

Ne yazık ki bir kadın olarak dünyaya gelmediğim için hiçbir zaman Mustafa Kemal'i onlar kadar sevme fırsatım olmayacak.

"Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women." In memory of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the emancipator of Turkish Women.

passed away today 70 years ago. May he be remembered by one of the smartest words came out from a politician: "The most true guiding light in life is science" "I am not leaving a spritual legacy of dogmas, unchangeable petrified directives. My spritual legacy is science and reason."

Toplumlarin ahlak kurallarini karsilastirmak, 21 yuzyilin sonunda esen Pop Post-modernizm'i yuzunden nedense kültürel Emperyalizm ile es tutulur oldu. Tek bir ahlaki dogru olup olmadigini bilmesem de ahlaki normlarin en azindan birbirleriyle karsilastirilabilir ve "daha" dogru olarak nitelendirilebilir oldugunu dusunuyorum. Sam Harris'in dedigi gibi, ahlaki degerler yemek gibidir, "daha iyi yemek" kavrami olmasa da yiyecek ve zehir arasinda bir fark vardir. Toplumlar belli ahlaki normlari paylasan insanlarin kurdugu birliklerdir, ve toplumlarin basarisi, kanimca bu ahlaki normlarin görece basarilari ile olculmelidir. Ahlaki zehir/yiyecek ayraci olarak hangi kriterin kullanilacagi halen süregelen felsefi bir tartisma konusu, sadece kendi nacizane gorusumu belirtmekle yetinmem gerekli. Kanimca ahlaki bir kuralin ya da kurallar bütününün degeri, dogamiz ve toplumsal kosullar sonucu ortaya cikan güc dengesizliklerinde, bu dengesizliklerde guclu olanin gucsuz ol...

1981 was declared the Atatürk year by the UN and UNESCO. Here is the decleration: Convinced that personalities who worked for understanding and cooperation between nations and international peace will be examples for future generations, Recalling that the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic, will be celebrated in 1981, Knowing that he was an exceptional reformer in all fields relevant to the competence of UNESCO, Recognizing in particular that he was the leader of the first struggle given against colonialism and imperialism, Recalling that he was the remarkable promoter of the sense of understanding between peoples and durable peace between the nations of the world and that he worked all his life for the development of harmony and cooperation between peoples without distinction of color, religion and race, It is decided that UNESCO should collaborate in 1981 with the Turkish Government on both intellectual and technical plans for...

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was the greatest visionary, leader and the transformer in the history of Turkey. Apart from pulling out the miracle of creating a modern state - more modern then European states back then, there were 15 women in the parliment when the women could not vote in Europe- from the mess of a theocratic Ottoman Empire, he was also a very humane leader, and put his belief in the children. It was in his presidency that the celebrations of the gathering of the first Turkish Grand Assembly were used to gather money for the orphans and other kids with disadvantages. It was then established as a tradition that all the seats of power would be replaced by a child for a few minutes on 23 April. This tradition evolved further, and now we celebrate 23 April as National Sovereignty and Childrens' Day in Turkey. Children -mostly dance groups- come from all over the world and stay with Turkish families. We hosted a girl from Finland and one from Thailand, which was so much fun when...