Mustafa Mutlu addresses the Diyanet: The Republic you are afraid to name will continue to live

The Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) did not include Atatürk in its Friday sermon. 12punto.com.tr columnist Mustafa Mutlu leveled harsh criticisms in his article titled 'The reluctant sermon of the ungrateful Diyanet.' Mutlu stated, "Hey you heedless ones, you ignorant ones, you merciless ones, you heartless ones, you ungrateful ones! Go ahead, do not include them in your sermons... The Republic you are afraid to name will continue to live until the last Turk dies. Get lost in your darkness!"

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Mustafa Mutlu addresses the Diyanet: The Republic you are afraid to name will continue to live

The Presidency of Religious Affairs 'forgot' Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in its Friday sermon titled "To many more centuries with the love of homeland and nation" on the 100th anniversary of the Republic.

It chose to use the phrase "the statesmen who led our National Struggle."

12punto.com.tr columnist Mustafa Mutlu used striking expressions in his article titled 'The reluctant sermon of the ungrateful Diyanet.' Mutlu said, "Hey you heedless ones, you ignorant ones, you merciless ones, you heartless ones, you ungrateful ones! Go ahead, do not include them in your sermons... Be afraid to even mention their names... Is it a problem? Their names are in our minds, in our hearts. Get lost in your darkness!"

Mustafa Mutlu's article titled 'The reluctant sermon of the ungrateful Diyanet':

The Presidency of Religious Affairs has again forgotten to commemorate Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in today's Friday sermon titled "To Many More Centuries with the Love of Homeland and Nation"...

The sermon is exactly as follows:

“Our heavenly homeland is not just a piece of land for us. These lands are our home where we are determined to live in peace and security until the doomsday. It is a sacred trust left to us by the lives of our noble martyrs, the blood of our heroic veterans, and the perseverance, effort, and determination of the statesmen who led our National Struggle.

This trust is more precious than the life of each one of us. When necessary, we will give our lives, we will sacrifice our loved ones, we will sacrifice all that we have; but we will never give up on our homeland, the legacy of our ancestors, as expressed in our National Anthem…”

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Please pay attention…

In this sermon, which is clearly written in a "forced" manner due to the 100th Anniversary of the Republic, everything is present except for "the Republic" and "Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk"…

“To Many More Centuries…”

But the 100th anniversary of what?

Say it clearly, say "of the Republic"…

No; they couldn't say it…

Just as they couldn't say that, they also couldn't write the names of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, İsmet İnönü, Fevzi Çakmak, Kazım Karabekir, Rauf Orbay, Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Refet Bele, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Halide Edip Adıvar, Cevat Abbas Gürer, Ali Çetinkaya, Yakup Şevki Subaşı, Hasan Rıza Soyak, Refik Saydam, Yusuf İzzet Pasha and our other heroes…

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Hey you heedless ones, you ignorant ones, you merciless ones, you heartless ones, you ungrateful ones!

The institution under whose roof you enjoy luxury today was founded by the Republic of Turkey, a secular, democratic, social state of law that these people created with their lives and blood…

And it was founded upon the instructions of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, whom you ignore…

Even if you ignore these names at every opportunity today, they continue to live like lions on every inch of these lands…

You will be forgotten when you leave those seats to others in two days, and you will be buried in the loneliness that is the result of your ingratitude, but…

Both the Republic whose name you are afraid to mention…

And these heroes who founded it will continue to live until the last Turk on earth dies…

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Go ahead, do not include them in your sermons…

Be afraid to even mention their names… Is it a problem?

Their names are in our minds, in our hearts…

In the genes of our babies to be born…

Go ahead… Get lost in your darkness!

News Source: 12punto