What Would Happen If Atatürk Never Existed?

He changed the fate of the Turkish nation, rewrote history and transformed us into son of the republic Even the thought of a scenario in which Ataturk is not the creator is not at all enlightening. What if it were real?

If only he had never passed from our lives on this sad day when we feel his absence. Türkiye We wanted to touch upon what kind of events might happen. Of course, in such a situation, if only there was a country called Türkiye left.

Without the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkey’s political and social evolution would have proceeded on a very different course.

Turkey’s The Great Leader who was influential in Türkiye becoming It’s hard to imagine a scenario where it doesn’t exist at all. Because we would not be able to find even a crumb of what we are today. Without his leadership, it would have been very difficult to keep the army out of politics and establish a democratic order.

The principles adopted in the Second Grand National Assembly could not have been implemented in the same way without Ataturk’s leadership. The distinction between the military and political elite remains unclear, which instability and would pave the way for conflicts.

Organized the people in Tripoli and Since there would be no leader who would inflict losses on the Italians, the Italians would easily capture the region.

“Canakkale is impassable.” it wouldn’t happen.

The Turkish state would probably be under the influence of Western powers or in a semi-colonial situation. Naturally, Ataturk’s The balanced foreign policy he pursued with If it weren’t for that, there would be no end to those who covet the country. Talking about an independent Turkey would be a dream for us right now. Because the language we use today, the religion we live freely in, and even the race that makes us who we are would be destroyed.

If it wasn’t for Mustafa Kemal who led the war with his military genius, enemy ships pass Çanakkale, They would cause the war to end immediately. Moreover, today’s Turkey might look like this in the absence of this great personality who organized the people against the enemy and did not show the way to the salvation of the homeland:

Without its reforms, Türkiye would not have been able to break away from its past and become a modern nation state.

Without a sense of nationalism, Turkey’s efforts to come together and create a common identity would be incomplete; Unity cannot be achieved between different ethnic and religious groups under the understanding of ummahism, With the danger of Arabization It would be face to face.

In a Turkey without Ataturk’s leadership, the likelihood of the Bolshevik regime being accepted would have increased. Efforts to cope with social and economic problems, Be open to different ideologies would come.

Ataturk’s influence on women’s rights and freedoms cannot be denied.

Steps taken to strengthen women’s social and political roles would be incomplete. In Turkey women are likely to be limited to education and work for longer, Their political participation would be restricted, perhaps it would not be possible.

The Civil Code, pioneered by Ataturk, included reforms that granted women the right to inheritance and guaranteed the right to divorce. Naturally, such significant changes do not occur and women may face greater inequality; could be ignored.

It would not have been possible for our true freedom and independence to be achieved during the liberation struggle and for the decisions taken against the Armenians to end in our favor.

Without Ataturk’s leadership, relations between Turks and Armenians would likely have been more complex and tense. Collapse of the Ottoman Empire and in the following period, there was a period of intense conflicts between ethnic and religious groups.

If there is no Ataturk, between Turkish and Armenian communities Creating a culture of compromise and collaboration might have been more difficult. Historical events such as the Armenian Deportation could have followed a different course, and this could have caused relations to remain tense for a long time and events that turned out to be against us in foreign policy.

The value of art, artists and science would not reach its current level.

Atatürk believed that art and science reflected the soul of a nation and He was a person who did his best for the modernization of Turkish art.. The words he said and the important reforms he made regarding this situation in fields such as painting, music and literature clearly show this. The importance he gave to science and science was undoubtedly one of the most important breakthroughs for the development of the country.

In a scenario without it, the social impact of art and science would develop later, perhaps not at all, and would remain limited. Modern Turkish art and Turkish science The transformations that laid its foundations may not be realized, Turkey today may remain rootless in terms of art, science and science; We could not have trained the scientists who made their name known to the world, and we would have remained dependent on foreign sources in most fields.

The Turkish alphabet we use to discover our true history would never exist.

We don’t have an alphabet of our own, We would probably continue our lives with the Arabic alphabet. The language reforms pioneered by Atatürk were aimed at enriching Turkish and universalizing the language. In such a case, language policies would take shape in a different direction.

There would be no peace at home, no peace in the world.

This principle aimed to ensure peace and tranquility within Turkey, as well as to pursue a peaceful policy in international relations. If Ataturk had not existed, it is unclear whether this principle would have been adopted and implemented. Ataturk, an independent policy in international relations He was determined to monitor and this was aimed at preserving Turkey’s independence.

In such a scenario of the Ottoman Empire 13 states that accepted the principle of independence were established on the lands they lost.

If there would not be many factories established, Türkiye would be far behind in every field today.

Cartridge Factory, Gölcük Shipyard, Sugar Factories, Eskişehir Tile Factory, Ankara Cement Factory, Istanbul Automobile Assembly Factory and many more. Many factories were established with Ataturk’s incentives.

If it were not for Atatürk today, the country would not be in such a developed state and, as we mentioned above in similar scenarios, our dependence on foreign sources would be completely registered. We could not go further than being a colonial country.

Many such items that we cannot count, We fully preserve the republic that Atatürk entrusted to us. It shows that we must make an effort to keep it alive. If he didn’t, we would be the people he would never want us to be. I’m glad it happened, I’m glad it was ‘we’.