# Celal Şengör on Atatürk's Leadership and the Proclamation of the Republic

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2116527857451073878
- Source account: [@MehmetArdic\_](https://x.com/MehmetArdic_)
- Source language: Turkish
- Target language: English
- Duration: 0:51
- Published: 2026-11-02
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- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bH8UT5i7q2Jg/en/celal-%C5%9Feng%C3%B6r-on-atat%C3%BCrk-s-leadership-and-the-proclamation-of-the-republic
- Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bH8UT5i7q2Jg/tr/celal-%C5%9Feng%C3%B6r-%C3%BCn-atat%C3%BCrk-%C3%BCn-liderli%C4%9Fi-ve-cumhuriyetin-i%CC%87lan%C4%B1-yorumu.md

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bH8UT5i7q2Jg/en/celal-%C5%9Feng%C3%B6r-on-atat%C3%BCrk-s-leadership-and-the-proclamation-of-the-republic) Atatürk repeatedly says, “The master of this nation is itself.

[0:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bH8UT5i7q2Jg/en/celal-%C5%9Feng%C3%B6r-on-atat%C3%BCrk-s-leadership-and-the-proclamation-of-the-republic?t=2) Sovereignty belongs to the nation.” itself. Sovereignty belongs to the nation.”

[0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bH8UT5i7q2Jg/en/celal-%C5%9Feng%C3%B6r-on-atat%C3%BCrk-s-leadership-and-the-proclamation-of-the-republic?t=7) Does he put this into practice? No. He gives orders and has things done, but he gives those orders. and has things done, but he gives those orders.

[0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bH8UT5i7q2Jg/en/celal-%C5%9Feng%C3%B6r-on-atat%C3%BCrk-s-leadership-and-the-proclamation-of-the-republic?t=14) He gets them passed by Parliament. Atatürk was very much a dictator, but such a dictator that everything he said was passed by Parliament and got the nation’s approval.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bH8UT5i7q2Jg/en/celal-%C5%9Feng%C3%B6r-on-atat%C3%BCrk-s-leadership-and-the-proclamation-of-the-republic?t=26) The Republic wasn’t something Parliament accepted with great enthusiasm, either.

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bH8UT5i7q2Jg/en/celal-%C5%9Feng%C3%B6r-on-atat%C3%BCrk-s-leadership-and-the-proclamation-of-the-republic?t=29) He sits down with İsmet Pasha. “We’ll proclaim the republic tomorrow,” he says. He comes to Parliament.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bH8UT5i7q2Jg/en/celal-%C5%9Feng%C3%B6r-on-atat%C3%BCrk-s-leadership-and-the-proclamation-of-the-republic?t=35) “Our form of government is a republic. Those in favor, raise your hands,” he says.

[0:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bH8UT5i7q2Jg/en/celal-%C5%9Feng%C3%B6r-on-atat%C3%BCrk-s-leadership-and-the-proclamation-of-the-republic?t=39) Before they’ve even finished raising their hands, he says, “It has been accepted unanimously.”

[0:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bH8UT5i7q2Jg/en/celal-%C5%9Feng%C3%B6r-on-atat%C3%BCrk-s-leadership-and-the-proclamation-of-the-republic?t=43) Professor Doctor Celal Şengör said. Have a blessed Friday.