THE WORLD HONORS ATATÜRK
"Atatürk’s death is not only a loss for the country, but for Europe is the greatest loss, he who saved Turkiye in the war and who revived a new the Turkish nation after the war. The sincere tears shed after him by all classes of people is nothing other than an appropriate manifestation to this great hero and modern Turkiye’s Ata.”
Winston CHURCHILL
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
"The name of Atatürk reminds mankind of the historical accomplishments of one of the greatest men of this century: His leadership gave inspiration to the Turkish nation, farsightedness in the understanding of the modern world, and courage and power as a military leader. It is without a doubt that another example cannot be shown indicating greater successes than the birth of the Turkish Republic, and ever since then Atatürk's and Turkiye's broad and deep reforms undertaken, as well as the confidence of a nation in itself."
JOHN f. KENNEDY
President of the United States of America
"In the life of a nation it is very seldom that changes to such a radical degree were carried out in such a short period of time... Without a doubt, those who have done these extraordinary activities have earned the attributes of a great man in the complete sense of the word. And because of this, Turkiye can be proud of itself."
Eleutherios VENIZELOS
Prime Minister of Greece
"Without doubt, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is one of the greatest statesmen that during the 20th century and before the war has ever arisen; he has been a brave and great reformist that no other people have ever known…. As a student in Turkiye, I was familiar with the wretched Turkish regime.…I believed it to be decayed and hopeless… when suddenly… a man appeared whose name was unknown…. [He] breathed new life into the Turkish people… [He led them] to revolt against enslavement… The Turks, who had been crushed by oppression, [now] gathered courage and became an independent nation, proud and respected."
Ben GURION
Prime Minister of Israel
"The work that Atatürk has achieved, with intelligent and peaceful methods, will leave traces in the history of mankind."
Albert LEBRUN
Prime Minister of France
"He was not only a great man for Turkey, but he was also a great leader for the Eastern Nations."
Amanullah KHAN
King of Afghanistan
"What makes Atatürk unique is that Turkey employed the Western principle of national sovereignty to assert itself against Western aggression and encroachment post-World War I. Indeed Mustafa Kemal was defending the most exalted principles of the West-against the West itself... Think of an instance when the Renaissance, Reforms and scientific and cultural revolution of the West, the French Revolution and the industrial revolution all squeezed into the life span of an individual and imposed by law. Thus Atatürk carried out this revolutionary programme between 1920 and 1930, one which has not been implemented in any country."
Arnold Toynbee
British Historian & Diplomat
"Gentlemen, it is not frequent that we see a genius coming through the centuries. It is the misfortune of the Allies that this great genius happens to belong to the Turkish Nation."
Lloyd GeorgE
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
"I would hope that some of our Western friends in Europe and some of our own political leaders here in the US would take the trouble to study the history of modern Turkiye, to study the legacy of Atatürk, and to study the performance of Turkiye as a viable and incredibly important member of the community of free nations. When one looks back at Atatürk, not only was he a great leader at home, but he was respected and admired in the capitals throughout the world. He reached out to world leaders; he did not create a cocoon of self-interest, but recognized that no nation can succeed at home if it fails abroad any more than it can succeed abroad if it fails at home. American presidents keep learning that in cycles four years. But Atatürk knew that from the outset of his leadership in Turkiye... He also recognized that Turkiye sits in a strategic location not only as a vanguard of Western European defenses, but also that it anchored the so-called triangle of the Balkans, the Caucasus, and the Middle East."
General Alexander Haig
U.S. Secretary of State and Supreme Allied Commander of Europe (NATO)