Was Atatürk referring to today when he said these things?

Oh, great Atatürk. You closed your eyes and departed from this life nearly a century ago, yet your words still guide us.

They shed light.

It is now the year 2025, and you summarize our current situation and even provide us with the solution.

 In his writings for Hakimiyet-i Milliye in 1920, he spoke so beautifully about National Sovereignty, the will of the people, and the enemies of the people who try to seize all authority from their hands, that it is as if he were describing today.

He says;

“The enemies of National Sovereignty in our country are in such a base and despicable state that we do not believe they will easily give up their attempts to stifle the rightful voice and sovereignty of the nation by taking refuge under enemy protection and hoping for help from foreigners. In the past, during great revolutions, there have even been rulers who left their palaces to the protection of enemy soldiers and invited the bayonets of their enemies into their homeland.

However, it should not be forgotten that these rulers perished in the political arena, and worse, they are remembered with curses in the memory of humanity. It is clear to what extent National Sovereignty, which did not even forgive rulers, can tolerate a few upstarts.”

A tremendous statement.  Let us explain it a little. 

In the first paragraph, he briefly says; those who are enemies of the nation's will, those who take authority from the hands of the nation, are so base that I do not think they will easily give up their attempts to stifle the nation's rightful voice by taking refuge under enemy protection and receiving help from foreigners, for example, from America.

He says there were rulers who did this in the past; there were even rulers who left their palaces to the protection of enemy soldiers, and even, and even, invited enemy bayonets into their homeland.

And in the second paragraph,

But he says, let no one forget that these rulers perished in the political arena. They are remembered with curses by humanity. He says the Nation, which did not even forgive rulers, will never forgive a few upstarts.

And he summarizes today quite well.

He says, do not stifle the voice of the nation by receiving "legitimacy" from outsiders, that is, by receiving promises to remain in power. He says the Nation did not even forgive the rulers who did this, so it will never forgive you.

 The source?

Here you go; Hakimiyet-i Milliye writings. "The Ideology of the War of Independence". Kaynak Yayınları, Expanded 2nd Edition. p.17.

Now you might say, this is a Hakimiyet-i Milliye article, not Atatürk's.

But that is not the case. The newspaper was founded in Ankara by Mustafa Kemal Pasha himself, and the unsigned, anonymous articles belong to Mustafa Kemal.

Everyone knows this. 

Here is another similar quote for you. The year; 1924. An excerpt from the Dumlupınar speech;

“Gentlemen,

The expulsion from the Turkish homeland of those rotten shadow men who live in palaces, rely on elements other than the Turks, and work against Anatolia and Turkishness by uniting with the enemy, is more important than casting the enemies into the sea.”

Is there any statement beyond this? Indeed.

Let us explain a little;

He says, Gentlemen, the expulsion from the Turkish homeland of administrators living in palaces who work against the Republic of Turkey and Turkishness by collaborating with imperialists, for example with America or Europe—that is, those who have become the shadow of a project like the Greater Middle East Project (BOP) and work on its behalf—is more important than casting the enemies into the sea.

What more could he say?

And in the continuation of this statement, he also provided the solution;

He says that after so many wars, the Turk has undoubtedly learned that in order to save the country again and to live happily and freely in one's homeland, one must not let go of sovereignty and must remain together, ready, and very vigilant under the Flag of the Republic.

When he says "do not let go of sovereignty," he means the Constitution. He says, protect it.

Atatürk is not alive now, but with these words, he is calling out to you from Anıtkabir, from his grave...