Think about what would have happened if we lived as a colony of another country since World War 1. It sounds really bad doesn’t it? Well it is exactly what would have happened if not for our founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. If he hadn’t proclaimed the Republic of Turkey we would most likely be a colony of one of the country’s in the Allied Forces. For a second think about how life would be… Turks would be oppressed and forced to do jobs that require intensive labour, woman’s rights would basically be non-existent, information about our history and culture would be hard to come by due to years of oppression and there would be no patriotic spirit that holds us together.
The only reason we aren’t living this future right now is because our founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk proclaimed the Republic of Turkey and ended the rule of the Ottoman Empire on 29th of October. By doing this it also proved our victory against the Allied Forces and turned us into the country that we are today.
The main reason behind the founding of the Republic of Turkey was the courageous and determined personality of Atatürk. He never gave up during the Independence War or after the war when the base systems and things such as laws had to be established. Because Atatürk proclaimed the Republic of Turkey we can live freely. This is because republic is freedom, it is democracy, it offers people a choice to do what they want, there is so much more that can be listed here but in short republic gives the people a say in how they want to be governed.
Atatürk’s proclamation of the Republic also helped our country advance in many areas like education, factory production and more culture based things such as gender equality.The proclamation of the republic after World War 1 was a turning point in the history of the Turkish people and if it didn’t happen we would be in much worse conditions today. As each year passes Atatürks legacy is carried on by the Turkish people and 29th of October is a celebration of that legacy