The Great Speech

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The Great Speech is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s monumental 1927 address that narrates the Turkish War of Independence and the founding of the Republic of Turkey, serving as a key ideological and historical reference for modern Turkey.

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instanceOf historical document
political speech
primary source
alsoKnownAs Nutuk
The Great Speech
surface form: The Speech
author Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
countryOfOrigin Turkey
dateGiven 1927
deliveredAt Grand National Assembly of Turkey
deliveredBy Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
deliveredTo Second Congress of the Republican People's Party
surface form: Republican People’s Party congress
describes Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s leadership in the War of Independence
abolition of the sultanate
internal opposition to Atatürk
organization of the Turkish National Movement
proclamation of the Republic of Turkey
endDate 20 October 1927
form prose
genre historical narrative
political oration
hasPart chronological account of military campaigns
critique of the Ottoman government
justification of revolutionary reforms
historicalSignificance foundational text of the Turkish Republic
major primary source on the Turkish War of Independence
ideologicalRole key reference for Kemalist ideology
influenced Turkish national identity
official Turkish historiography
laterPublishedAs book
length multi-day speech
location Ankara
originalLanguage Turkish
politicalContext early years of the Republic of Turkey
politicalOrientation Kemalism
purpose to legitimize the new Republic of Turkey
to narrate the struggle for Turkish independence
to provide an ideological foundation for modern Turkey
startDate 15 October 1927
subject Turkish War of Independence
collapse of the Ottoman Empire
founding of the Republic of Turkey
timePeriodCoveredEnd 29 October 1923
timePeriodCoveredStart 19 May 1919
titleInTurkish Nutuk
usedAs educational reference in Turkey

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