Little-known features of Atatürk

in #ataturk6 years ago

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He did not love the word "ata"

He used the word "Atatürk" for the first time in a speech by the Chairman of the Turkish Language Association, and liked Mustafa Kemal as his surname. He would not like him being called "Ata".

His favorite dish is dry beans and rice.

During his lifetime as a habit from the Monastery Military High School, his favorite dish was dry beans and rice. He was not fond of dessert, but he would prefer the rose jam he loved when he wanted to.

The biggest dream come out on the world tour

It was the greatest dream to come out on a worldly tour of life and expand Turkish language and its work on history.

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The bedside book was Çalıkuşu

There were thousands of books. But among them, he did not separate one from the head, even in the face of life and even on the front. Reşat Nuri always carries the famous "Çalıkuşu" novel by Güntekin, reading every few days from a random spot, a few pages.

All of his shirts were white

All of your shirts were white. These shirts were first erected privately in Switzerland in the first years and then a tailor was begun to be found in Beyoğlu in order to be able to lead the domestic use campaign.

He was bored by the presidency

Years after the battle fronts of his life, his years as president, he seemed to be an isolated experience and he thought he had moved away from his very loving people and a simple citizen's life.

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It was tolerated

When one of the villagers was trying to drink a cigarette tobacco on a newspaper, his hand was burned and he cursed Atatürk for saying "Take this yourself". He was going to the court. After hearing Ataturk, he said, "Please ensure that you give him honest cigarettes to the court."

"Secularism is to be a man!"

When one of the members did not understand what secularism had come to pass during a first parliamentary session, Gazi was very angry and responded to the member who had a knowledge of religion by hitting the elf chair: "Being a man means my husband, being a man!"

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He was curious about foreign language.

He developed French in the following years, where he started learning military high school. There was a rich vocabulary. When they spoke they added French words.