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We must delve into our roots and reconstruct what history has divided. We can't wait for them to approach us. We must reach out to them.

— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.

The Macmillan Dictionary of Political Quotations (1993)

We are friends now, and we will be much closer friends in the future.

Religions have been basis of the tyranny of kings and sultans.

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.

Ataturk (1944)

Science is the most real guide for civilisation, for life, for success in the world. To search for a guide other than science is absurdity, ignorance and heresy.

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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night!

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