Why Are We Atatürkists?

For nearly 25 years, we have been fighting against injustice, lawlessness, poverty, corruption, tyrannical rule, ignorance, and this broken system.

The only path for this is Atatürkism.

Until today, we have always said that one must think like Atatürk and fight like Atatürk.

We have always fought for Atatürkism.

So, why Atatürk?

The antidote is Atatürk.

We, who defend the homeland, who defend the country, and who resist this dictatorial order, have constantly said that this is not fate and that the solution against this broken administration and these regimes has always been Atatürk.

Yes, we are Atatürkists, but do you know why we are Atatürkists?

We are Atatürkists because, as soon as he landed in Samsun, he called hundreds of thousands to the squares for the liberation of the country with the message he gave from Havza.

We are Atatürkists because he showed the courage to return to the bosom of the nation (Sine-i Millet) at the Erzurum Congress, even though his military duty was terminated, all his ranks were stripped, and he was left alone.

Why are we Atatürkists? We are Atatürkists because he said "Independence or death" in Sivas.

Yes, we are Atatürkists because he fought with a death warrant around his neck.

Why, you ask?

We are Atatürkists because we die for the homeland, because we give our lives for these lands just like our ancestors.

We are Atatürkists because he established the parliament in Ankara without fear, under the guns of reactionary rebels.

Why are we Atatürkists?

For example, we are Atatürkists because he rushed to the front while wounded in Sakarya and directed the battle.

We are Atatürkists because he said "I order you to die" in Çanakkale, and because he threw himself at the enemy like a bow before anyone else at Kocatepe during the Great Offensive.

Why are we Atatürkists? We are Atatürkists because he said, "Everything you see is the work of women."

We are Atatürkists, for example, because he said, "The truest guide in life is science."

Why are we Atatürkists? We are Atatürkists because he said, "Secularism is being a human being."

We are Atatürkists, for example, because he was against the one-man regime. We are Atatürkists because he was against the sultanate, because he wanted a Republic, and because he wanted democracy.

Why are we Atatürkists? We are Atatürkists because he said, "If my ideas conflict with science, choose science."

Do you know why we are Atatürkists?

We are Atatürkists because he left us a beautiful home, a beautiful homeland. We are Atatürkists because he entrusted this beautiful homeland not to the right-wing or the left-wing, not to the soldier or the politician, but to the youth, saying, "All my hope is in the youth."

That is why we are Atatürkists...

You may not be an Atatürkist. But to save this homeland, you must fight and struggle like Atatürk.

Why are we Atatürkists?

We are Atatürkists because he shouted "Turkey belongs to the Turks!" in this beautiful country of mine, where countless Arabs, Afghans, Syrians, Moroccans, Tunisians, and others are being filled in exchange for bribes under the fairy tale of "we are the Ummah."

Why are we Atatürkists?

In a country where people are afraid to say "I am a Turk" today,

We are Atatürkists because he proudly said "How happy is the one who says I am a Turk" back then.