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QUOTES OF ATATÜRK

"No country is free unless it is democratic."

"Teachers are the one and only people who save nations."

"My people are going to learn the principles of democracy the dictates of truth and the teachings of science."

"Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder."

"Religion must be in accordance with reason, discernment, perception, insight, logic and science and Islam is in accordance with these. In our religion there is no clergy. When we examine the essence of Islam thoroughly, the form of government that it reflects is the only form of government that we follow. In the divine revelations the form of government is not mentioned, only the principles are mentioned. One of these principles is shura. Prophet Muhammad never ruled without shura.”"

"Science is the most reliable guide in life."

"Sovereignty without any condition and reservation,
belongs to the nation."

"Although the Turks were Muslim, they were subjected to corruption, poverty and decline, they confused Islam with the superstitious habits and beliefs of the past and thus distanced themselves from true Islam"

"If one day, my words are against science, choose science."

"Read and listen our history. You'll see that what ruins, enslaves, and ruinations have always come from the blasphemy and evil under the cover of religion."

"Heroes who 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 Mehmets to us where they lie 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."

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