How the art community commemorated Atatürk on November 10
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk passed away 85 years ago today. Well-known figures from the worlds of art and entertainment shared messages on their social media accounts for the founder of the Republic of Turkey. The celebrities united in the view that, "Great deaths do not require mourning, they require commitment to ideas."
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As every year, life came to a standstill at 09:05 today. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was commemorated with longing across the country on the 85th anniversary of his passing.
Well-known figures from the worlds of art and entertainment shared messages on their social media accounts for the founder of the Republic of Turkey, Atatürk.
CELEBRITY MESSAGES FOR NOVEMBER 10:
HÜLYA KOÇYİĞİT: Your love and your longing are the same in my heart; I feel the peace and happiness of having kept the promises I made to you. I have always drawn my strength from you, your principles, and the Republic, and I have worked hard so that the light of art never fades. If I have been able to be an artist who does her job properly, I have never forgotten that I owe this to you and the Republic. Once again, with love, respect, and gratitude...
TÜRKAN ŞORAY: My Ata... We will always walk on the path you illuminated...
FİLİZ AKIN: If we live in a free country today, if we have been able to practice our professions as women of the Republic, if we have been able to experience the honor of being loved, respected, and applauded, and if we can stand on our own two feet and walk with our heads held high, it is thanks to you.
TARKAN: Rest in peace, my Ata...
FAZIL SAY: We commemorate Atatürk with love and respect. We are on your path. November 10, 2023...
NİLGÜN BELGÜN: I always commemorate you with longing, respect, love, and gratitude... We, the women of the Republic, are grateful to you, my Ata... Mustafa Kemal Atatürk...
MUSTAFA SANDAL: Great deaths do not require mourning, they require commitment to ideas.
GÜLŞEN: We will neither give up on you nor your principles. I commemorate you with respect and gratitude.
KEREM ALIŞIK: "He looked like a blond wolf, his blue eyes were sparkling. He walked to the edge of the cliff, leaned over, and stopped. If they had let him, he would have sprung on his long, thin legs and leaped from Kocatepe to the Afyon Plain, gliding like a star flowing in the dark." With longing, infinite love, and respect. With gratitude, appreciation, and mercy.
CEYDA DÜVENCİ: The greatest gratitude, the greatest teacher... Thank you for what you taught us... We continue to walk on the path you opened.