Mustafa Kemal Ataturk has been widely discussed lately regarding the plan to rename Jalan Menteng Jakarta with that name. Fachri Hamzah from the Gelora Party spoke up. No less, Shamsi Ali the imam of the al-Hikmah mosque and the director of the Jamaica Muslim Center, New York also spoke out and disagreed with the plan.
Kemal's reputation as an "enemy" of Islam is so thick that many Islamic groups reject him. Kemal's extreme westernization has distanced Turkey from its Islamic and Arab identity. The banning of headscarves and the changing of the call to prayer in Turkish became a big issue that resonated throughout the Islamic world. They criticized Kemal and considered him anti-Islam. There is almost nothing good about Kemal in the eyes of the Muslim world, both among traditionalists and modernists. The question is, why among Turkish citizens he is called the father of the Turkish nation (ataturk). Isn't that a special call for a person who has contributed so much to his country?!
Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasha's reputation, known as Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, stems from his success in defending Turkey's sovereignty after the defeat of World War I (1914-1918). At that time, Turkey along with the Central Powers (Germany, Bulgaria, and Austria-Hungary) fought against the western allies led by Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, and America. Central Power, so called because it is located halfway between Russia in the east and France in the west.
The war began with the assassination of Prince Franz Ferdinand, son of Franz Joseph emperor of Austria by a gang of Serbian-Bosnian youths with gunfire at close range while the prince was riding in a horse-drawn carriage in Serajevo. The killings were carried out so that they were free from Austrian rule. The Austrian emperor was angry and attacked Serbia which then dragged their respective allies into action. Turkey actually did not want to get involved were it not for the will of Germany who wanted to drag him down. How is it possible, Turkey at that time was nicknamed the sick man of Europe. He had a lot of debts both with Germany and France, which were opponents of World War I. Turkey's critical condition was caused by the Balkan war (October 1912-1913) between Turkey and Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro. Turkey's defeat in the Balkan wars not only resulted in bankruptcy, but lost 83% of its territory in Europe and 69% of its citizens (Wikipedia refers to Suleyman Uslu).
Turkey's proximity to Germany, which has been working on the rejuvenation of Turkish defense equipment, has dragged him down. Exactly when Enver Pasha, Germany's fanatical Automan minister of war, inclined to join the war and support Germany in World War I. He influenced Sultan Mehmed V, but failed. Enver forced himself. He and the German admiral maneuvered the Turkish warships into the Black Sea to lure Russian warships to attack them, which was reason enough for Turkey to engage in war. But what happened Russia did not attack. In fact, the German admiral who commanded the Turkish warships began to attack. Russia immediately declared war against Turkey on November 2 and on November 11, 1914 Turkey declared war.
The defeat of the Central Powers against the Allies led by France and Britain in WW1 on 11 November 1918 resulted in the handover of the power of the Sultan of Turkey to the European Christians who were formerly under Byzantine rule. All European entrepreneurs are free to do business in Turkey without any barriers, free from taxes and free to domicile.
As per the Modros armistice agreement signed by the Turkish rulers, the majority of Turkey's territory was distributed to the victorious state of the war. One thing that triggered the resistance of the Turkish people as in Anatolia and Thrace. This popular resistance was led by Mustafa Kemal to liberate Turkey from the colonial rule of the victorious country. Kemal as an army inspector started the resistance in May 1919 and pushed for the issuance of a declaration of national independence at the Erzurum congress which rejected the partition and power of the homeland to other nations. “The lands of the motherland within the national boundaries is a whole, and cannot be partitioned. Mandates and patronages are unacceptable”.
March 1920, the victorious state occupied the Turkish parliament and detained the dignitaries. Against the occupation, a month later the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) was formed in Angkara and appointed Mustafa Kemal as president with a mandate to fight against the invaders. This undercurrent movement was ignored by the central government of Istanbul, which on August 10 signed the Sevres Agreement which was very detrimental to the Turkish people.
The TGNA rejected the treaty and fought against Armenia in East Anatolia, Russia in the east, Greece and France in the west. The resistance all resulted in an agreement that gave authority to the TGNA as a party recognized by the allies as the ruler of Turkey
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