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Ataturk Archive
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STATE OF TENNESEE RECOGNIZED THE KHOJALY MASSACRE
Posted on March 19, 2013 | No CommentsTHANK TENNESSEE STATE LAWMAKERS FOR HOUSE RESOLUTION 48 Commemorating the 21st anniversary of the Khojaly Massacre Click to send your Pax Turcica Capwiz letter in less than a minute... -
As Turkey Changes, So Does Its View of the Founding National Hero, Atatürk
Posted on June 28, 2012 | No CommentsWith an Islamist government in power, Turks are debating the roles of religion and of secularism, a major principle of first president Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Istanbul parade-goers walk past... -
Ataturk by Beverley Blythe
Posted on June 19, 2012 | 1 CommentBeverley Blythe December 8, 2000 Ataturk What comes to the American mind when hearing the name Ataturk? Nothing? Or perhaps a stream of consciousness that might... -
Turkey: Modern Assertiveness in a Globalized World
Posted on May 9, 2012 | No CommentsAri Katz Turkey is a predominantly Sunni Muslim, ethnically Turkish country with a Kurdish minority. Its role in several ongoing geopolitical sagas, its increasingly public Islamic conservatism, and its newly... -
Who will guard the “guardians” in today’s Turkey?
Posted on May 7, 2012 | 2 CommentsIn his famous question “who will guard the guardians?” Plato places a rather challenging and provocative question mark in everybody’s mind. Throughout the course of history, political corruption and the... -
Kemalism is dead, but not Ataturk
Posted on May 3, 2012 | 1 CommentKemalism is dead, but not Ataturk Editor’s Note: Soner Cagaptay is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a GPS contributor. You can find all... -
Canakkale Battles
Posted on March 18, 2012 | 1 CommentThose 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... -
Who Was the Greatest Commander to Face the British?
Posted on March 18, 2012 | 1 CommentHelp us decide which five military leaders are represented at Enemy Commanders: Britain’s Greatest Foes, a celebrity speaker event on Saturday 14 April 2012. Find out more about the shortlist and how to... -
International Gallipoli Symposium will be held in İstanbul
Posted on February 24, 2012 | No CommentsInternational Gallipoli Symposium will be held in İstanbul Academics, scientists and researchers from Turkey, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Germany and Britain will attend the conference. The 3rd International Gallipoli Symposium... -
NATO- Perry Comments Ruffle Turkey’s Feathers
Posted on January 17, 2012 | 1 CommentBy Joe Parkinson Reuters Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is seen backstage during a debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Monday. Updated at 4:20 p.m. CET For Turkey,... -
Sassounian’s column of Dec. 1, 2011
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No CommentsNo one should be Fooled by Erdogan’s Empty Apology for Kurdish Massacres By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish society was thrown into turmoil last week when... -
Atatürk’s favorite hotel still doomed
Posted on November 10, 2011 | 1 CommentVERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU Once home to the most elegants ball of the times, Atatürk’s favorite Hotel, Tokatlıyan, is now facing an unknown future. Considered as a great piece of architecture, the... -
Robert Fisk: Great War secrets of the Ottoman Arabs
Posted on October 15, 2011 | No CommentsForgotten soldiers. We all know about Gallipoli; hopelessly conceived mess, dreamed up by Churchill to move the Great War from the glued trenches of France to a fast-moving invasion of... -
Some Turks ready to abolish law that protects memory of Ataturk
Posted on August 30, 2011 | No CommentsThomas Seibert ISTANBUL // Six decades after it came into force, a law protecting the memory of the republic’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk still has the power to rock careers,... -
Understanding Atatürk
Posted on August 28, 2011 | 1 CommentJOOST LAGENDIJK J.lagendijk@todayszaman.com Understanding Atatürk It remains one of the biggest mysteries for foreign visitors to Turkey: Why are the pictures and statues of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk still so omnipresent... -
Setting the record straight
Posted on August 27, 2011 | 1 CommentWritten by Patriot Staff August 19, 2011 As the grandson of Russell Boardman, I enjoyed reading Ms. Roscoe’s review of the premiere showing of Cape Cod over Istanbul [Aug. 5,... -
Ataturk’s vision for Turkey slowly diminishing
Posted on August 27, 2011 | No CommentsBy Austin Bay Even for a television talk show, it was an extraordinary claim. During his January 1, 2000, end-of-the-millennium broadcast, “McLaughlin Group” host John McLaughlin declared that his award... -
Atatürk will remain a towering figure among Turks
Posted on August 23, 2011 | 1 CommentNotwithstanding, there is little doubt that Atatürk will remain a towering historical figure among Turks. Reactionary forces that resist change and want to hold on to the past will not hold the Turkish nation hostage to their hatred and bigotry. -
When ‘Cape Cod’ flew to Istanbul
Posted on August 6, 2011 | 2 CommentsWritten by Lee Roscoe August 05, 2011 LEE ROSCOE PHOTO FAMILY PRIDE – Dorothy Polando and son David enjoy the reception for a new documentary about John Polando and Russell Boardman’s... -
ATATURK SOCIETIES OF USA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM STRONGLY OPPOSE
Posted on June 9, 2011 | No CommentsATATURK SOCIETIES OF USA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM STRONGLY OPPOSE THE TURKISH RULING PARTY’S DECLARED INTENTION TO CHANGE “TURKEY’S FOUNDING PRINCIPLES” PROTECTED BY THE CURRENT CONSTITUTION Turkey’s ruling Justice and...
