Türk Siyasi Devriminde Atatürk’ün Önderliği Hakkında Bir Çalışma

Study of Ataturk’s leadership on Turkish Reformation

This research is about the ‘Leadership and Application’ of Kemal Atatürk, the first president of Turkey, who is still engraved in the hearts of many people as the most outstanding leader of the Turkish nation. Starting with the fundamental roots, he changed the nation’s past and determined the future of his country. People followed Atatürk’s ideals and accepted his leadership with firm belief - together succeeding in numerous steps of reformation. The characteristics of Atatürk’s leadership can be shown by the following. First, the change that Atatürk brought and the leadership in his reformation cannot easily be compared to the influence of any other leader from around the world. At the time, the international relations of the Ottoman Empire was decomposing and contradictory, therefore, the nation needed strong development and renewal of society. Proof of Atatürk’s leadership is visible through the meticulous amendments that took place such as the deep-rooted monarchy system altering to a republic society, and the unity of the church and the state no longer prioritized to Islam but reforming to secularism. The qualities that Atatürk lent to the reforms and revolution had a much more fundamental and widespread character. The most important of these lies in the fact that Atatürk was the head of the army during the War of Independence, a particularly difficult period and a dynamic and sincere struggle for the nation. Gaining support from the whole nation, he was regarded as a unique leader, believing change and refomation could only take place by joining together all of the people in the country. Without doubt the basic goal of Atatürk was for his country to become more honorable, more prosperous, and stronger in every way. It was his confidence of absolute success that enabled him to realize his goals and move ahead with all of the difficulties and various struggles. It was a difficult situation that the country had fallen into, mostly caused by the economic, political, and military forms the Turks inherited from the past. Under Atatürk’s leadership, the resulting backwardness and inconsistency disappeared and due to his will power and strong faith the country was rescued from this difficult situation. Turkey quickly moved forward, following the path that the leader had opened. Huge advances in economics, politics, community and culture were the result. The country’s understanding of complete independence developed and the awareness that this could only be safe-guarded by being powerful politically and economically was clearly grasped. As a result, attempts to strengthen the country’s economy was made and to a large degree it was successful. Turkey’s relationship with other countries was formed keeping in mind the nation’s desire for complete independence. Foreign relations were developed with this as a foundation. The formation and change in terms of the community structure has kept pace with the other developments and has reached the level of developed countries. Atatürk’s leadership has positively influenced the Turkish nation to this very day, continually being a moral, and leaving a role model for the future generation.