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[kurupetos]

Here is a better picture. Halil you can use it in your memoirs.

[denizaksulu]

Grown up men, probably even well educated have spoken. Shame.

[Get Real!]

The Ottoman remnants that stayed behind in Cyprus to become "Turkish Cypriots" as a result of the treaty of Lausanne were the anti-Kemal monarchists, yet here they are today pretending to be Kemalists!

What double standards!

[xxNilxx]

We are NOT Kemalists. Some just happen to like Kemal's work, Turkey would have been much much much more undemocratice if he didn't come. The only people in the parade like always is the Turkish army. We are Cypriots.

[xxNilxx]

Plus GR.. We never say anything when you pay respects to your Greek days.

[denizaksulu]

The Ottoman remnants that stayed behind in Cyprus to become "Turkish Cypriots" as a result of the treaty of Lausanne were the anti-Kemal monarchists, yet here they are today pretending to be Kemalists!

What double standards!

Name a few then GR................please. No double standards from this corner.

[kurupetos]

Here is a better picture. Halil you can use it in your memoirs.

bump

[xxNilxx]

lol!

but Kemal isn't grey wolf. MHP are the grey wolfs and they're absolute racist idiots .

[halil]

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic and itsfirst President, stands as a towering figure of the 20th Century. Among the great leadersof history, few have achieved so much in so short period, transformed the life of a nationas decisively, and given such profound inspiration to the world at large.

Emerging as a military hero at the Dardanelles in 1915, he became the charismaticleader of the Turkish national liberation struggle in 1919. He blazed across the worldscene in the early 1920s as a triumphant commander who crushed the invaders of hiscountry. Following a series of impressive victories against all odds, he led his nation tofull independence. He put an end to the antiquated Ottoman dynasty whose tale had lastedmore than six centuries - and created the Republic of Turkey in 1923, establishing a newgovernment truly representative of the nation's will.

As President for 15 years, until his death in 1938, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk introduced abroad range of swift and sweeping reforms - in the political, social, legal, economic, andcultural spheres - virtually unparalleled in any other country.

His achievements in Turkey are an enduring monument to Atatürk. Emerging nationsadmire him as a pioneer of national liberation. The world honors his memory as a foremostpeacemaker who upheld the principles of humanism and the vision of a united humanity.Tributes have been offered to him through the decades by such world statesmen as LloydGeorge, Churchill, Roosevelt, Nehru, de Gaulle, Adenauer, Bourguiba, Nasser, Kennedy, andcountless others. A White House statement, issued on the occasion of "The AtatürkCentennial" in 1981, pays homage to him as "a great leader in times ofwar and peace". It is fitting that there should be high praise for Atatürk, anextraordinary leader of modern times, who said in 1933: "I look to the world withan open heart full of pure feelings and friendship".

[halil]

UNESCO Resolution on the ATATURK CENTENNIAL