Remembering Atatürk on November 10, 2018
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November 10, 2018 marks eighty years since the death of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Eighty years is a significant distance in time. The Türkiye of today is very different from the country of 1938, and the world has changed beyond recognition.
Yet some questions remain familiar.
How should a country educate its people? How should it respond to scientific and technological change? How can institutions remain strong? How can national independence coexist with engagement in the wider world?
Atatürk’s leadership was shaped by questions like these.
An eightieth anniversary is an appropriate moment not only to remember, but also to evaluate and understand.
At 09:05, Türkiye pauses as it has for generations.
We remember Mustafa Kemal Atatürk with respect and gratitude, eighty years after his passing.