Nutuk

E61778

Nutuk is a monumental speech and historical account delivered by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1927, detailing the Turkish War of Independence and the founding of the Republic of Turkey.


Statements (52)
Predicate Object
instanceOf historical account
political text
speech
alsoKnownAs Söylev
The Great Speech
associatedWith Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Republican People's Party
author Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
contains Atatürk’s personal assessments of political figures
detailed chronology of the War of Independence
documents and telegrams as evidence
countryOfOrigin Turkey
coversTimePeriod 1919-1927
dateDelivered 1927
deliveredAt Second Congress of the Republican People's Party
describes Turkish War of Independence
founding of the Republic of Turkey
endDateOfDelivery 1927-10-20
firstPublishedInBookForm 1927
genre historical narrative
memoir
political speech
hasTranslation English
French
German
other languages
historicalSignificance canonical text of Kemalist thought
key primary source for early Republican Turkish history
influenced Kemalist ideology
official historiography of the Republic of Turkey
intendedAudience Turkish public
members of the Republican People's Party
keyFigureDescribed Ali Fuat Cebesoy
Kazım Karabekir
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
İsmet İnönü
length multi-day speech
mainSubject Turkish National Movement
establishment of a secular republic in Turkey
leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
narrativeStartingPoint Mustafa Kemal’s arrival in Samsun on 19 May 1919
originalLanguage Turkish
placeDelivered Ankara
politicalFunction critique of Ottoman monarchy and sultanate
critique of opposition groups to Atatürk
legitimization of the new republican regime
politicalOrientation Kemalist
publicationForm book
publisher Republican People's Party
startDateOfDelivery 1927-10-15
title Nutuk
usedAs foundational text in Turkish civic education

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
notableWork
Nutuk
title

Please wait…