Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

could remind us of the need for solidarity.” At ten o’clock on July 15, 2016, news anchor Tijen Karas for Turkish Radio and Television was forced to read a statement by insurgents calling themselves the Peace at Home Committee, in reference to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s—the founder of the Turkish Republic—famous mantra “Peace at home, Peace in the world.” As rebels held Karas at gunpoint, she read a declaration by of military plotters against the government claiming secular and democratic law had diminished

The Armenian Genocide was one of the biggest genocides of all time, even bigger than the holocaust. The Armenians were the first to say that Christianity as state religion. The Ottoman Empire had taken control of Armenia during the 15th century, and they were disrespected for years and years on due to religious differences (Christians and Muslims), and the lack of respect culminated and peaked during 1915-1918. Pierpali states, “As the empire dramatically declined in territory and population, conditions

History of Turkish Occupation of Northern Kurdistan Since 1984, and especially the last few months, the domestic problems of a major N.A.T.O, Middle Eastern, and American ally state have come to the forefront of the international news scene. That state is the Republic of Turkey and it's primary troubles stem from the past seven decades of acrimonious policies directed at the indigenous ethnic Kurds. The main problem, now, is the Kurdish popular insurgency on it's hands, in Turkish occupied

Although the title was used by some Muslim rulers until it was eliminated in 1924 by Turkey’s first President Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. These declines of the caliphate become an instigator for some Sunni activists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They held that the leaders had destabilized the caliphate by leaving the “true path” and would refer back to the “golden

Atatürk was the forefather of the Republic of Turkey and became the first president of the country in 1923, and continued in his role until he died in 1938. Atatürk took what was left of the Ottoman Empire and began to reform many of its laws, moving towards a more westernized country and the role of religion, particularly Islam, decreased

Abstract………………………………………………………………………………. Iran under the Pahlavi Monarchy………………………………………………………. Iran under the Shah’s Rule…………………………………………………………….. The Iranian Revolution……………………………………………………………….... Establishing the Islamic Republic of Iran……………………………………………….. Iran under the Ayatollahs………………………………………………………………. Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………... Iran under the Pahlavi Monarchy For many centuries such as the early 1500’s, Iran has been an islamic state consisting of Shiites’ majority

Islam has been a dominant force throughout Turkish history. During the Ottoman Empire, Islam ruled every part of the theocratic state, but after the demise of the empire, Turkey's rulers led the country away from political Islam. The modern Turkish state has a strictly secular government, and Islam has been relegated to the personal sphere. Although Turkey has experienced a rise in fundamentalism in the past twenty years, the separation of church and state has remained relatively intact. Even with

Sport in Istanbul Sport in Istanbul takes a very big place. There are many different kinds of sport available on both Asian and European parts. Water sports such as scuba dive and rafting are very attracting to tourists who come from all over the world and Soccer is very popular among Turkish citizens. There are many different sport stadiums that are based on the both sides of Istanbul, but actually many of them belong to Football clubs like Galatasaray, Besiktas and Fenehbahce

The Rise of Anti-Imperialism Nationalism In today’s world, most of the nations’ borders are clearly defined and travelling between national borders will lead to from one culture to a different one. These national borders that are such an integral part of the today’s society were implemented less than a century ago. Nationalism, the feeling of love for one’s country, united people to repel imperialist influences from their nation. However, it was also nationalism that drove Europeans to engage in

The rise of the nations in Europe started with a help request from the Byzantine Empire in 1095 to the Papacy, to muster Christian armies to save Jerusalem, and defeat Muslim Turks, who conquered the minor Asia. Alexius I Comnenus’s request came from Constantinople to the Papacy in the following years of their defeat in the battle of Manzikert against Seljuk Turks. The Pope, at the time of the battle, was already aware of the Turkish threat and was one-step ahead with the idea of raising an army