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NEW YORK / ISTANBUL
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The Growing Importance of ATATURK
Without a doubt, ATATURK, the founder of Modern & Secular Turkish Republic, is a uniquely great leader and statesman...!
According to John F. Kennedy, he was “one of the greatest figures of our century.” Winston Churchill called him “a great hero,” and former French President Charles de Gaulle said, “He was the greatest achiever among all the world leaders, because he modernized his nation”. The great man is Ataturk, the idol of the Turks. His original name is Mustafa Kemal, but in 1934 his constituents gave him the name Ataturk, which means, “Father of the Turks.” He was the first president of the Republic of Turkey, and without his reforms and leadership, Turkey would not be what it is today. His endeavor was to modernize Turkish life; he wanted to give his nation happiness, better life standards and equality. In his view, modernization of the nation and the state could become real by replacing Arab alphabet with Latin alphabet, giving women the right to vote and participate in the congress, and abolishing the Ottoman Empire’s sovereignty with a secular government and a contemporary constitution.
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Truly great men are like good wine. Their influence on the World gets better with time. So was it with Atatürk.
All the isms that started after World War I, such as German National Socialism and Italian Fascism, disappeared after World War II. We had to wait until1989 to see communism crumble.
During all this time, from post-WWI ideas only the principles of Atatürk survived. The Western press was dazzled by the splendor of Hitler's and Mussolini's ceremonies, until WWII revealed their true nature. The West was also fooled by the promises of communism until the huge Soviet Union disintegrated from its own inefficiency. Only Atatürk's ideas and his Turkish Republic survived until today.
Atatürk's secularism became the foremost opponent of political Islam.
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ATATÜRK FARKI
Kafalarındaki karanlığı kadınlarının başına taşıyan gerici zihniyetlere Türk kadınları olarak mücadelemizin bugün hâlâ sürmek zorunda olduğunu hatırlatmak için ilk Cumhurbaşkanımız Mustafa Kemal Atatürk'ten birkaç söz... 
"Onlar yüzlerini cihana göstersinler ve gözleri ile cihanı dikkatle görebilsinler. Bunda korkulacak birsey yoktur..." 18 Nisan 1935 İstanbul'da toplanan İlk Kadın Kongresi
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"Dünyada hiçbir milletin kadını, ben Anadolu kadınından fazla çalıştım, milletimi kurtuluşa ve zafere götürmekte, Anadolu kadını kadar emek verdim diymez. Erkeklerden kurduğumuz ordumuzun hayat kaynaklarını kadınlarımız işletmiştir. Çift süren, tarlayı eken, kağnısı ve kucağındaki yavrusu ile yağmur demeyip, kış demeyip cephenin ihtiyaçlarını taşıyan hep onlar, hep o yüce, o fedakar, o ilahi Anadolu kadını olmuştur. Bundan ötürü hepimiz bu büyük ruhlu ve büyük duygulu kadınlarımızı, şükranla ve minnetle sonsuza kadar aziz ve kutsal bilelim."30 Mart 1923 Vakit Gazetesi.
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"Bazı yerlerde kadınlar görüyorum ki, başında bir bez, peştemal veya buna benzer birşeyler asararak yüzünü, gözünü gizler ve yanında geçen erkeklere karşı arkasını çevirir veya yere oturarak yumulur. Bu tavrın manası neye delalet eder? Medeni bir millet anası, bir millet kızı için bu garip şekiller, bu vahşi vaziyet nedir? Bu hal milleti çok gülünç gösterir ve derhal düzeltilmesi lazımdır."
1925 İnebolu gezisinde örtünen kadınlara dair
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Casa Polopo, Panajachel/Guatemala
Buket Sahin is a freelance writer and photographer based in New York & Istanbul. Her articles, photographs and interviews has appeared in a wide range of publications.
Her more than 10-year professional finance background on Wall Street gained her an in-depth understanding of economics in human behavior.
Exploring 43 countries in 5 continents, wandering its back streets, she became obsessed in Street Photography as a true lover of compassion & people!
She believes that "Street Photography" is somewhat of a misnomer as it can be practiced anywhere people are photographed in the environment in which they are found, meaning being a photographer is as much a state of mind.
Today, Sahin devotes a great deal of time to travel writing and photography. She is as versatile with a camera as she is with a notepad and pencil.
Buket’s romance with photography began more than a quarter-century ago when she attended a course at IFSAK (Istanbul Professional Photographers Association) while she was a high school student...
Daughter of prominent Author & Playwright Osman Şahin.
She is a Proud member of ICP (International Center of Photography, New York), Nature Society of Turkey, Turkish PEN, WWF, FFC (fotofanclub), and Board Member of Moon & Stars Project, a New York based Turkish non-profit Foundation, highlighting Turkish Arts, Culture, Literature & Cinema.
Climbing the Pergamon Ruins, photo by Sergio Ortiz
DOCUMENTARIES
Research & FIXER - 'Bizarre Worlds with Andrew Zimmern : TURKEY', premiered on Oct. 2008, Tremendous Productions for Travel Channel;
"Tracing Lost Inca Cities in Peru & Bolivia" , an independent self-made documentary, premiered on Dec. 2008 on documentary channel IZ TV;
Researcher & FIXER - 'Relic Hunter with Ian Grant' premiered on Nov. 2009, Edelmann Productions for Travel Channel;
Liaision with Ministry of Culture for 'Bachelorette TURKEY' episode, for CBS to be aired in May 2010
Wilhelm Tell's Village, Switzerland, '89
Costa Magica, Cruising somewhere between Belize & Honduras
Weehawken, Sunset Boulevard
BoardingCosta at Key West Port
Ra
Rabbit me, Yeni Cami
Pamukkale, 10/06
Cıragan Palace, Bosphorus
Weehawken, NJ
Plaza BOLIVAR, Bogota
Alvaro's Finca & Polo Horses, Colombia
Polo House in Zippiquira
With Emberan Indians at Chagres River, Panama
Coffee Plantation,San Jose, Costa Rica
Giant Flora&Fauna in Costa Rica
Four Seasons, Bali
El Peten, Jaguar Temple - TİKAL Guatemala
Flores Island, El Peten
Flores, again!
Ocean Grove, New Jersey Shore
Central Park
Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times Adventure Show
Ocean Grove, Victorian Jersey Shore
New York Times Travel Show, Feb.08 buddy Myram from Tanzania & Sophia from Aruba
to be continued...
Diving in Silifke with Carrettas
Visiting Maya Ruins at Xunantunich, Belize 12/06
Panajachel, Guatemala 06/06
San Juan, Puerto Rico 1995
East Hampton, New York 2003
Hong Kong, January 2006
Perge Ruins in Antalya, Turkey November 2005
Hasankeyf, Batman
Grand Canyon, Arizona
Grand Canyon, Arizona
Panama Canal, Miraflores Dock
Bellaggio, Las Vegas Travel Show
Singapore, New Year Eve, 2006
Bizim toroslar, Varda Bridge Taurus Montanas
Hong Kong, Ocean Park Cablecar
When Yankees lost BIG time
Bodrum Bodrum...nasıl anlatsam??
Cuba, Santiago Airport
Bodrum, İlhan Berk Evi
New York 7.Türk Film Festivali açılış
Fenerbahçe İKİ kızıl
to be continued...
Bodrum, Ekim 2007
IZ TV Dostlari, Wilco, Isil Bayraktar ve gezgin kopek, Eylul, 2007
Buket's "F" Stop
NEW YORK / ISTANBUL
United States
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