{"id":4671,"date":"2019-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media4democracy.org\/en\/hikmet-ozdemir-ataturk-in-war-and-in-peace\/"},"modified":"2019-11-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T00:00:00","slug":"hikmet-ozdemir-ataturk-in-war-and-in-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media4democracy.org\/en\/hikmet-ozdemir-ataturk-in-war-and-in-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHikmet \u00d6zdemir- Atat\u00fcrk in War and in Peace\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

SULTAN YAVUZ – <\/em><\/strong>Implemented by the Association of Journalists and financed by the European Union (EU) \u201cDemocracy for Media\/Media for Democracy Programme\u201d hosted Prof. Dr. Hikmet \u00d6zdemir at the Press House in Ankara.<\/strong> In his presentation titled \u201cAtat\u00fcrk, in War and in Peace\u201d political scientist \u00d6zt\u00fcrk commented that Atat\u00fcrk was a great communicator starting from his early years as an officer in the army until the end of his life.<\/p>\n

\"\"Speaking at the opening of the event, M4D Project Coordinator Yusuf Kanl\u0131 said, \u201cNo one is obliged to be a Kemalist but no one has the right to insult Atat\u00fcrk. During the difficult times of this country, Atat\u00fcrk assumed the role of its saviour and re-constructor. I hope we will never need another hero to take on this role.\u201d<\/p>\n

Making the opening speech of the event and giving biographical information about \u00d6zdemir, M4D Deputy Project Coordinator Seva \u00dclman mentioned the importance of November as it marks the anniversary of Atat\u00fcrk\u2019s death:
\n\u201cProf. Hikmet \u00d6zdemir's book 'Atat\u00fcrk in War and in Peace' tells the extraordinary tale of our founding father. \u00d6zdemir completed a degree in management and administration, later to finish a masters and doctorate degree in Political Science and Public Administration. \u00d6zdemir conducted research at University of London with a scholarship from the British Council; state archives in Washington and Georgetown University with a Fulbright scholarship; and also conducted research on the UN Refugee archives.<\/p>\n

In addition, he also conducted research in the Presidential archives, TUBITAK and Kocaeli University archives, alongside doing research on the 1915 Armenian Events in the Turkish Historical Society. \u00d6zdemir is currently teaching graduate courses at Ankara University War Academy. He is married and has two children. \u201d<\/p>\n

\u00d6zdemir, \u201cThere were no advertising campaigns or big agencies in the years when Mustafa Kemal was alive\u201d<\/em><\/strong>
\nProf. Hikmet \u00d6zdemir, said that his book \u201cAtat\u00fcrk in War and in Peace\u201d first talks about a hero, but it also touches on other important topics. According to \u00d6zdemir, Atat\u00fcrk read many books, primarily focusing on history then social sciences, literature and linguistics, fine arts, religions, philosophy, psychology and the basic sciences.
\nFirst and foremost a military man, Atat\u00fcrk was guided by this instinct according to \u00d6zdemir \u201cHe read because he needed to, and to understand his era. He would internalize the knowledge he gathered and would share it with his surroundings. He began sharing information with the masses ever since his first years as an officer.\u201d According to \u00d6zdemir Atat\u00fcrk\u2019s biggest asset was his powerful ability to communicate: \u201cThere were no advertising campaigns or big agencies in\"\" the years Mustafa Kemal was alive. He only had himself and the people he needed to reach out to.\u201d<\/p>\n

He wrote his first postcard to R\u0131za Tevfik<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u00d6zdemir said that Atat\u00fcrk communicated with his family and close friends through postcards and letters but also gave great importance to communicating face-to-face which was evident in how he commanded his army. Pointing out the importance of telegraphs, interviews and articles in Atat\u00fcrk\u2019s life, \u00d6zdemir said that Atat\u00fcrk wrote his first postcard to R\u0131za Tevfik B\u00f6ll\u00fckba\u015f\u0131. Mustafa Kemal was 27 years old, said \u00d6zdemir, when he sent this postcard expressing his admiration to R\u0131za Tevfik: \u201cThis shows us that Mustafa Kemal was a confident reader.\u201d
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\u00d6zdemir mentioned the next important text Atat\u00fcrk wrote was on 29 October 1908 for the \u0130stikbal newspaper in Crete: \u201cAfter the 1908 Revolution, there was an uprising against the Committee of the Union and Progress Party and Mustafa Kemal succeeded in suppressing it. This letter is very thought provoking, it criticizes the newspaper and talks about its impact on the public. The letter, which he also wrote at the age of 27, serves as a reminder of the duty of the press. It was not something that could be written by someone who merely attended the War Academy, but by someone with intellectual capabilities.\u201d
\n\u201cEncrypted telegraph played a big role in the national struggle\u201d<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u00d6zdemir stated that Atat\u00fcrk continued to write letters even on the front, and mentioned that Mustafa Kemal had also corresponded with Corinne, with whom he had an emotional relationship. According to \u00d6zdemir letters played a very important role in Mustafa Kemal\u2019s life, he mentioned one letter he wrote to \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc on the night that tied 1937 to 1938: \u201cMustafa Kemal had written such an elegant letter to \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc, who was quite sick at the time, that the women of the household told him (\u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc) they hadn\u2019t received the letter yet for fear of him getting worse.\u201d
\nAlongside sentimental letters, \u00d6zdemir stated that Mustafa Kemal had written letters giving place to his political ideas and encrypted telegraphs played a big role in the national struggle. Speaking about the time Atat\u00fcrk spent outside of Ankara, \u00d6zdemir talked about the important communication campaign Atat\u00fcrk started in 1922-1923. \u00d6zdemir said:
\n\u201cAtat\u00fcrk went to Bilecik, \u0130zmit, Bursa, Bal\u0131kesir-Edremit at that time, the \u0130zmir Economy Congress and the death of his mother took place during this period. Atat\u00fcrk then went to \"\"Erzurum, Sivas and Kayseri where he made long speeches at provincial halls. These speeches sometimes lasted up to four hours; citizens were of course not used to a leader communicating with them in such a way. For the first time, a leader called on the public to ask questions. This was an enormous communication campaign. Atat\u00fcrk talked about everything during his travels. How the new regime would be, the reforms that were going to take place\u2026 Mustafa Kemal already had already been thinking about these topics, he had prepared mentally for the occasion. He went to the people and told them what he was planning to do. Atat\u00fcrk gave us a lesson on communication; just imagine no railroads, transport was so limited that sometimes he had to travel on horseback for 36 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe conducted the biggest communication campaign of his life in Izmir\u201d<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u00d6zdemir stated that Atat\u00fcrk conducted the biggest communication campaign of his life in \u0130zmir after the Great Offensive, where important journalists and agencies came to \u0130zmir from \u0130stanbul. Mustafa Kemal gave statements to news agencies and reporters of the USA, France and England and talked to them about his plans.
\n\u00d6zdemir also mentioned that Atat\u00fcrk would keep those he trusted around him, and the interviews he gave to Ru\u015fen E\u015fref played a very important role in sculpting his public image.
\nWhen the Caliphate was abolished in 1924, \u00d6zdemir pointed out that Atat\u00fcrk, who was organizing a campaign in which he met with the press in \u0130zmir, went from city to city to talk about the \u201cAlphabet Reform\u201d.
\n\u00d6zdemir also remarked that Atat\u00fcrk and his group wrote reports about their travels around the country. The visit of King Edward VIII in 1936 was also an opportunity for Atat\u00fcrk to conduct an international press campaign remarked \u00d6zdemir and added \u201cThe Times had used the word Constantinople when referring to Istanbul, following the visit they started to call the city Istanbul.\u201d
\nHikmet \u00d6zdemir said that Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk used communication tools and the press very effectively and remarked \u201cDuring the years of the National Struggle, the \u0130rade-i Milliye and H\u00e2kimiyet-i Milliyet newspapers were established, then the Anatolian Agency was established in Ankara. He later established the \u201dMatbuat ve \u0130stihbarat M\u00fcd\u00fcriyet-i Umumiyesi\u201d which later became the General Directorate of Press and Intelligence. All of this shows the importance Atat\u00fcrk gave to communication and to the means of communication\u201d.<\/p>\n

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