BOOKS TO READ WRITTEN BY MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK

MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK

First , let's get to know more about these great leader , Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , the founder of the Turkish republic and the modern father of the Turks .

MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK'S BİOGRAPHY (1881-1938)

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born in 1881 in a three-story pink house on Islahhane Street , Kocakasım Mahallesi , in Thessaloniki .

His father was Ali Rıza Efendi and his mother was Zübeyde Hanım . His mother Zübeyde Hanım was the daughter of an old Turkish family who settled in the townof Langaza near Thessaloniki . Ali Rıza Efendi married Zübeyde Hanım in 1871 . Four of Atatürk's five siblings died at an early age ; only Makbule Atadan Hanım lived until 1956 . He had two childhood and neighborhood friends Nuri Conker and Salih Bozok .

When young Mustafa reached the age of education , he started his primary school at Hafız Mehmet Efendi's neighborhood school upon his mother request . After a short time , upon his father request , he transferred to Şemsi Efendi school , which provided modern education and during this time he lost his precious and beloved father .

He enrolled in Thessaloniki Mülkiye Rüştiyye and shortly after , in 1893 , he entered Thessaloniki Military Rüştiyye . He took the name '' Kemal '' from his favorite mathematics teacher . Thus , his name became '' Mustafa Kemal '' . After graduating from Thessaloniki High School , he entered Manastır Military İdadi in 1896 and then Military Academy where he met his classmate and friend Ali Fuat Cebesoy and Ali Fethi Okyar who both become his close friend until all these time as Nuri Conker and Salih Bozok .

In 1911 he participated in the Tripoli War as a volunteer . He was promoted to major . Mustafa Kemal achieved a lot of success in Çanakkale , Gelibolu in 1915 when he said these unforgettable word : '' I am ordering you to attack , ı am ordering you to die ! '' ( '' Ben size taaruzu emretmiyorum , ölmeyi emrediyorum ! '' ) 

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was integrated with books in every period of his life . Atatürk , who tranformed the accumulation of knowledge provided to him by this love of reading into writing from time to time , he wrote books on different subjects at different periods of his life . His writings contain indisputable facts even today , both in terms of topicality and guidance . The fact that they are still valid today is one of the indicators of it's farsightedness and rationality .

1 ) NUTUK

2 ) BÖLÜĞÜN MUHAREBE EĞİTİMİ 

3 ) CUMALI ORDUGAHI 

4 ) TAKTİK VE TATBİKAT GEZİSİ 

5 ) GEOMETRİ 

6 ) ZABİT VE KUMANDAN İLE HASBİHAL 

7 ) KARLSBAD'DA GEÇEN GÜNLERİM 

8 ) ANAFARTALAR MUHAREBATINA AİT TARİHÇE 

1 ) NUTUK 

We can say it's one of the most important and precious book from Atatürk for his nation .

The speech is the story of a succesful and glorious history from the establishment of the Grand Assembly of Turkey to the proclamation of the Republic by raising awareness and uniting the Turkish nation around the principle of national unity and solidarity , which will determine the future of the country , through the realisation of the concepts of national will and national sovereignty .

                                                   

2 ) BÖLÜĞÜN MUHAREBE EĞİTİMİ 

The essence of the book is centered on the application of combat methods in a simple matter, the formation of a fighter line and the fire combat of a fighter line in different weather conditions and various terrains of a fully available expeditionary team.

The introduction of the book emphasizes the importance of preparing subordinates for combat training in a larger unit as a member of a unit at the level of the platoon and ensuring their training by making them benefit from autumn exercises for the same purpose, the importance of conducting these trainings with expeditionary assets, and also explains that it is not possible to avoid the preparation and conduct of combat training and the objectives and methods of the exercises.

3 ) CUMALI ORDUGAHI

In 1909, a cavalry brigade formed under the command of Brigadier General Suphi Paşa, Commander of the 3rd Cavalry Division, one of the commanders of the Ottoman Army, was trained and maneuvered in the Cumalı Camp, located between Köprülü and İştip, which is today within the borders of Macedonia.

Invited to this 10-day exercise by Suphi Paşa, Kolağası (today: Captain) Mustafa Kemal Paşa wrote down the observation notes he took during the training and maneuvers of the cavalry, company, regiment and brigade, the prepared exercise scenarios and the criticisms made by the commanders, and turned them into a small brochure with 7 sketches added to the 39-page text.

4 ) TAKTİK VE TATBİKAT GEZİSİ 

The book states that for a commander to be successful, it is not enough for him to have read and learned the rules; it is also important to practice them. According to the book, victory can only be achieved by experienced commanders. In this book, Atatürk evaluated the defense and offensive practices of the red and blue combat units between Thessaloniki and Kılkış.

5 ) GEOMETRİ 

Geometric terms that were very difficult to say in the old language have been changed thanks to Atatürk and thus have become both easy to say and easy to keep in mind and operate with. 

 In order to make it easier for us to follow the developments in the field of science, Atatürk changed both the language and the units of measurement used, thus making it easier for us to understand the scientific developments in the world.

6 ) ZABİT KUMANDAN İLE HASBİHAL 

The work was written in response to Nuri Conker's book (Atatürk's chilhood friend from Selanik) Zabit ve Kumandan (Officer and Commander) in 1914, when Mustafa Kemal Pasha was stationed in the Sofia Military in 1914 with the rank of Staff Lieutenant Colonel. Both of these books, which complement and reinforce each other, deal with the subject of good management. Both of them point to the command echelons as the main solution to the failure of the army.

                                                   

7 ) KARLSBAD'DA GEÇEN GÜNLERİM 

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's memoirs consisting of 5-6 notebooks covering the month of July 1918, in which he evaluates historical events by expressing his views on military, political and social concepts in Karlsbad, where he went for treatment. In these memoirs, written in old script and French, there are conversations about the treatment process, meetings with Turkish families in various hotels, country problems, social issues, military service and wars.

8 ) ANAFARTALAR MUHAREBATINA AİT TARİHÇE 

These notes, written in Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's own handwriting on the battlefield, were written in a school notebook. Undoubtedly the most valuable aspect of the work is that it records the events in the heat of the moment, even minute by minute. So much so that it is possible to see and feel the author's excitement, anxieties, joys and sorrows in the warmth of the text itself.