Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, also known as Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 until the Surname Law of 1934, was a Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, author, and the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938.

Kemal Atatürk Quotes

1. “Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

2. “Teachers are the one and only people who save nations.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

3. “My people are going to learn the principles of democracy the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go. Let them worship as they will, every man can follow his own conscience provided it does not interfere with sane reason or bid him act against the liberty of his fellow men.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

4. “Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

5. “Those who use religion for their own benefit are detestable. We are against such a situation and will not allow it. Those who use religion in such a manner have fooled our people; it is against just such people that we have fought and will continue to fight.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

6. “To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

7. “Human kind is made up of two sexes, women and men. Is it possible that a mass is improved by the improvement of only one part and the other part is ignored? Is it possible that if half of a mass is tied to earth with chains and the other half can soar into skies?”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

8. “Peace at Home, Peace in the World”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

9. “Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

10. “Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

11. “Our true mentor in life is science.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

12. “Science is the most reliable guide in life.”
― Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

13. “The future is in the skies.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

14. “Mankind is a single body and each nation a part of that body. We must never say “What does it matter to me if some part of the world is ailing?” If there is such an illness, we must concern ourselves with it as though we were having that illness.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

15. “Victory is for those who can say “Victory is mine”. Success is for those who can begin saying “I will succeed” and say “I have succeeded” in the end.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

16. “Humankind is made up of two sexes, women and men. Is it possible for humankind to grow by the improvement of only one part while the other part is ignored? Is it possible that if half of a mass is tied to earth with chains that the other half can soar into skies?”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

17. “The biggest battle is the war against ignorance.”
― Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

18. “Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

19. “If one day, my words are against science, choose science.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

20. “Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

21. “Dinlenmemek üzere yola çıkanlar asla yorulmazlar.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

22. “Peace at home, peace in the world.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

23. “There are two Mustafa Kemals. One the flesh-and-blood Mustafa Kemal who now stands before you and who will pass away. The other is you, all of you here who will go to the far corners of our land to spread the ideals which must be defended with your lives if necessary. I stand for the nation’s dreams, and my life’s work is to make them come true.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

24. “Turkey’s true master is the peasant.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

25. “He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

26. “What a lovely drink this is, it makes one want to be a poet”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

27. “We resemble ourselves.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

28. “I’ve got to drink: my mind keeps on working hard and fast to the point of suffering. I have to slow it down and rest it at times.. when I don’t drink, I can’t sleep, and the distress stupefies me.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

29. “Science is our reliable guide in life”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk