I landed at Samsun on the 19th May, 1919. Mustafa Kemal begins his speech by describing the situation of the Ottoman Empire when he landed at Samsun to start the Turkish War of Independence in 1919: Atatürk designated these concepts as the 'most precious treasures' of Turkish people, the 'foundations' of their new state, and the preconditions of their future 'existence' in his speech. Nutuk marked a turning point of Turkish nationalism by introducing a series of new myths and concepts into the vernacular of public discourse, such as republic, democracy, sovereignty of the nation, and secularism. It took thirty-six hours (on a 6 day span) to be read by Atatürk, and became a foundation of Kemalist historiography. The speech covered the events between the start of the Turkish War of Independence on, and the foundation of the Republic of Turkey, in 1923. Nutuk (known as A Speech or The Speech in English) was a speech delivered by Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 15 to 20 October 1927, at the second congress of Republican People's Party. Mustafa Kemal presenting the Nutuk at the Assembly, 1927.īackground ( Nastaliq calligraphy): حاكميت ملتكدر Hakimiyet Milletindir means "Sovereignty Belongs to the People"
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