This month the Turkish nation commemorates the 73rd anniversary of Ataturk’s passing. On this solemn occasion, rather than lamenting his loss, it is more fitting to take stock candidly of how true we have been to the legacy of this great leader. Ataturk, now more than a mortal, is an...
This year, on October 29 the Turkish Nation will celebrate the 88th Anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic in Turkey. It is an epic saga that started on May 19, 1919, and came to a glorious climax on October 29, 1923, with the rebirth of a nation. No...
18 March is being celebrated as Martyrs Day and Canakkale Sea Victory Week in and around Canakkale and in several cities across Turkey with many activities and the inauguration of a new park in Eceabat with a monument by Turkey’s most important sculptor, Prof. Dr Tankut Oktem. The opening ceremony...
The “In Our Pages” section of the International Herald Tribune (2/10/2009), published a re-print of a news article dated 1909 from Constantinople, “1909 Turkish Exodus” which states: The non-Mussulmans, who must now serve in the Turkish army, will be enrolled next week. This project has already caused a considerable number...
Izmir hosted the 77th International Fair between August 21 and 29, which lasted nine days. The last time I visited the Enternasyonal Izmir Fuari (EIF), as it is advertised in Izmir, was back in 1975 while completing my compulsory four-month military service in the Turkish Jendarme training division in...
Bilgi Yayinevi,  March 2008, 3rd Printing This is the 2nd of a Trilogy on the story of the final days of the Ottoman Empire and the founding of the Republic of Turkey in 1923. The first book, “Su Cilgin Turkler – Those Crazy Turks”, first published in 2005 and now in...
Dear Aslam Rasoolpuri, Thank you for your interest.  I am glad you are interested in my explanation of the makeup of modern languages.  Sorry for taking so long to respond to you. I can understand your having some reservations about my bold and revealing explanations as what I say is new...
The Statue of Liberty is a majestic sculpture that towers above Liberty Island at the entrance to New York Harbor. This figure of a woman draped in a loose robe holding a glowing torch in her uplifted right hand is renowned throughout the world. It is a symbol of...
Turkey is one of the countries talked about most due to its strategic location at almost at the center of the word. The creator and the first President of the Turkish Republic was Mustafa kemal Ataturk. He was born in 1881 in Selanico, once part of the Ottoman Empire and...
A tribute on the 69th Anniversary of his death and Commemoration Service, Thessaloniki (Selanik),  November 10, 2007, At five minutes past 9 on November 10, 2007, in the city where Ataturk was born in 1881, close to five hundred people gathered in his historical house to commemorate the death...