Historical Analysis of Turkish Leaders
A man who understands Mahmud II
will understand Mustafa Kemal.
will understand.
Just as now
it isn't snowing.
It's like a spring day.
But as the season dictates,
it will snow in the days ahead.
We know this. We know it from experience.
When a nation, too, has such a slip,
it will attain that perfection.
it will attain it.
It attained perfection in that Kemal.
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Original transcript (Turkish)
İkinci Mahmud'u idrak eden bir adam, Mustafa Kemal'i idrak edecektir. Nasıl şimdi kar yağmıyor.
Sanki ilkbahar gibi bir gün var. Ama mevsim icabı ileriki günlerde kar yağacak. Bunu biliyoruz. Tecrüben biliyoruz. Bir millette de böyle ayak
kayması oldu mu o kemale erecek. O kemalde kemale erdi.
