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A FUNNY DIVORCE LETTER!(THANKS TO BRIAN FOR THIS FUNNY LETTER)
Category: Life
MAN(ONE OF THE POEMS OF MR.MUSTAFA BÜLENT ECEVIT-IN MEMORY OF HIM) OF COUURSE IT MUST HAVE BEEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN YOU THE PICTURE YOU DREW THE SCULPTURE YOU MADE IT MUST HAVE BEEN BIGGER THAN YOU IT MUST HAVE BEEN MORE HANDSOME THAN YOU.
OF COURSE THE POEM YOU WROTE MUST HAVE EXPRESSED MORE TRUELY THAN YOU.
OF COURSE THE SONG YOU SANG MUST HAVE BEEN HEARD MORE THAN YOU.
YOU ARE GREATER THAN YOURSELF, YOU ARE BETTER THAN YOURSELF, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL THAN YOURSELF. (THIS POEM WAS WRITTEN BY MUSTAFA BÜLENT ECEVIT,ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PRIME MINISTERS OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC-JUST DIED YESTERDAY NIGHT.)
THIS YEAR IS THE 125TH BIRTH YEAR OF MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK AND TOMORROW IS THE 68TH COMMEMORATION ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH.FOR THIS REASON AND IN MEMORY OF HIM, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT SOME SAYINGS OF HIM HERE IN MY BLOG: * OUR MOST VITAL DUTY IS TO WIN A VICTORY IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION. * THOSE WHO CONQUER BY THE SWORD ARE DOOMED, SOONER OR LATER,TO YIELD TO THOSE WHO CONQUER BY THE PLOUGH. * THE GREATEST POLITICAL AND MILITARY VICTORY IS DOOMED TO FADE AWAY RAPIDLY UNLESS IT IS CROWNED WIT AN ECONOMIC VICTORY. * I HAVE SUCCEDED IN TEACHING THIS NATION MANY THINGS,BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TEACH THEM HOW TO BE LACKEYS. * WE THE TURKS ARE A NATION WHO, THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY,HAVE BEEN THE VERY EMBODIMENT OF FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE. * WE ARE A NATION WHO WANTS TO LIVE AND DESIRES TO DO SO IN FULLPOSSESIONS OF ITS DIGNITY AND HONOUR. * WAR SHOULD BE VITAL; IF NOT, IT IS A COMMITED SUICIDE AGAINST THE HUMANITY. * PEACE AT HOME,PEACE IN THE WORLD. * OUR NATIONAL POLICY,WHICH MUST BE CLEAR AND FULLY REALIZABLE,IS TO WORK WITHIN OUR NATIONAL BOUNDARIES FOR THE REAL HAPPINESS AND WELFARE OF OUR BELOVED NATION. * WRITING HISTORY IS AS IMPORTANT A TASK AS MAKING HISTORY.IF THE HISTORIAN(THE WRITER OF THE HISTORY) IS NOT FAITHFUL TO THE MAKER OF THE HISTORY ,THE RESULT WILL BE A DISTORTED VERSION OF THE TRUTH. * IT IS NECESSARY TO CONVINCE THE WORLD THAT OUR GREAT NATION,HAVING BECOME CONSCIOUS OF HER RIGHTS,IS READY TO MAKE EVERY SACRIFICE IN ORDER TO PRESERVE AND DEFEND THEM. * I WANT YOU AND THE WHOLE NATION TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SECULAR TURKISH REPUBLIC CAN NEVER BE A LAND OF SHEIKHS AND DERVISHES AND THEIR DISCIPLES. * RESISTANCE TO THE FLOOD-TIDE OF CIVILIZATION IS IN VAIN.IT IS PITILESS TOWARDS THOSE WHO TRY TO IGNORE OR STAND AGAINST IT. * CIVILIZATION IS A BLAZING FIRE THAT BURNS AND OBLITERATES THOSE WHO WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE IT. * OUR GREAT IDEAL IS TO RAISE OUR NATION TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF CIVILIZATION AND PROSPERITY. * RESPONSIBILITY IS A BURDEN EVEN HEAVIER THAN DEATH ITSELF. * SOVEREIGNTY IS NOT GIVEN, IT IS TAKEN. *NEVER BE AFRAID OF TELLING THE TRUTH. * SOVEREIGNTY IS INDIVISIBLE. * SOVEREIGNTY BELONGS,UNRESERVEDLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, TO THE PEOPLE. * SO LONG AS MANKIND IS THINKING WITH REGARDS TO RELIGIOUS ISSUES IS NOT FREED FROM MYTHS AND IS NOT ILLUMINATED BY THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE THERE WILL BE HISTORIANS EVERYWHERE WHO ACT OUT RELIGIOUS COMEDIES. * THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT OF THE MODERN TURKISH STATE IS A DEMOCRATIC,SECULAR REPUBLIC. * THE TRUEST GUIDE IN LIFE IS SCIENCE ITSELF. * WE ARE ARDEN ADVOCATES OF AN "OPEN DOOR" POLICY WHICH RESPECTS MUTUAL SECURITY AND VALUES INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. * THE TURKISH ARMY IS THE UNITY,POWER,SKILL AND PATRIOTISM OF OUR NATION EMBODIED IN STEEL. * OUR ARMY IS THE INVINCIBLE DEFENDER OF TURKISH TERRITORY AND THE GUARANTOR OF OUR SYSTEMATIC EFFORTS TOWARDS THE REALIZATION OF OUR IDEALS. * ONE DAY MY MORTAL BODY WILL TURN TO DUST,BUT THE TURKISH REPUBLIC WILL STAND FOREVER.
***** IF YOU WISH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ATATURK PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: www.ataturk.com *****
WHAT DID THEY SAY ABOUT ATATURK?(IN MEMORY OF ATATURK) THIS YEAR IS THE 125TH BIRTH YEAR OF MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK AND TOMORROW IS THE 68TH COMMEMORATION ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH.FOR THIS REASON AND IN MEMORY OF HIM, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT SOME SAYINGS ABOUT HIM HERE IN MY BLOG: * MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK WAS A DARING REBEL, A GOOD SOLDIER AND A BORN LEADER OF MEN... &nb sp; &nb sp; DAVID LLOYD GEORGE * MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK:PROGRESSIVE AND WESTERNIZED TURK,SHOULD COMMAND ADMIRATION AND RESPECT,BOTH FOR HIS PERSONAL CHARACTER AND FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS...A MAN OF DISCRETION AND JUDGEMENT,OF UNWAVERING DETERMINATION,AND OF AMBITION FOR HIS COUNTRY EVEN MORE THAN FOR HIMSELF;A MAN OF STRONG CHARACTER AND AUTOCRATIC DISCIPLINE. &nb sp; ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE & KENNETH P. KIRKWOOD * THE NAME OF ATATURK BRINGS TO MIND THE HISTORICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ONE OF THE GREAT MEN OF THIS CENTURY;HIS INSPIRED LEADERSHIP OF THE TURKISH PEOPLE;HIS PERCEPTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MODERN WORLD;AND HIS BOLDNESS AS A MILITARY LEADER.IT IS TO THE CREDIT OF ATATURK AND THE TURKISH PEOPLE THAT A FREE TURKEY GREW OUT OF A COLLAPSING EMPIRE,AND THAT THE NEW TURKEY HAS PROUDLY PROCLAIMED AND MAINTAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE EVER SINCE.CERTAINLY,THERE IS NO MORE SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE OF NATIONAL SELFRELIANCE THAN THE TURKISH REPUBLIC AND THE PROFOUND CHANGES INITIATED SINCE THAN BY TURKEY AND ATATURK. &nb sp; &nb sp; JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY * MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK WAS NOT ONE OF THE GREATEST MEN OF THE CENTURY,BUT WE IN PAKISTAN REGARD HIM AS ONE OF THE GREATEST MEN OF ALL TIMES. A MILTARY GENIOUS,A BORN LEADER OF MEN,A GREAT PATRIOT,MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK PUT TURKEY BACK ON THE ROAD TO GREATNESS.HE IS NOT ONLY THE BELOVED LEADER OF THE TURKISH PEOPLE,BUT MUSLIMS ALL OVER THE WORLD LOOK UPON HIM WITH FEELINGS OF LOVE AND ADMIRATION. &nb sp; &nb sp; &nb sp; AYUB KHAN *N HISTORY WILL RECORD HIM...AS THE GREATEST FIGURE IN MODERN TURKISH HISTORY,A MAN SECOND TO NONE IN LOVE OF HIS COUNTRY,A GENERAL AND A DIPLOMAT OF GENIOUS,AND ABOVE ALL,AS THE SAVIOUR OF A LAND THAT HAD FALLEN INTO RUIN.THE NEW TURKEY IS HIS MONUMENT. &nb sp; &nb sp; &nb sp; JOHN CANNING * MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK...WAS A HERO OF MINE IN MY YOUNGER DAYS.WE WERE THEN WHOLLY OCCUPIED WITH OUR OWN FREEDOM MOVEMENT AND I HAD,IN COMMON WITH MANY OTHERS,BEGUN MY PILGRIMAGE TO JAILS.EVEN IN PRISON,WE FOLLOWED AVIDLY THE NEWS OF ATATURK'S ACTIVITIES AND HIS STRUGGLES TO FREE TURKEY FROM FOREIGN RULE AND INFLUENCE.I REMEMBER WHEN NEWS CAME TO USIN THE PRISON,OF HIS GREAT VICTORY OVER THE GREEKS IN ASIA MINOR,HOW WE REJOICED AND WE CELEBRATED IT EVEN IN PRISON.LATER ON,WHEN WE READ OF HIS GREAT REFORMS WE WERE MUCH IMPRESSED.HIS DYNAMISM,HIS FEARLESSNESS WERE MOST IMPRESSIVE.HE IS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE MODERN AGE IN THE EAST,AND I FORONE CONTINUE TO ADMIRE HIM GREATLY. &nb sp; &nb sp; &nb sp; JAWAHARLAL NEHRU * WITH HIS DEATH THE WORLD LOST A GENIOUS AND A GREAT LEADER,THE TURKISH NATION LOST ITS EMINENT AND MOST GALLANT SON,AND HUMANITY LOST A FEARLESS DEFENDER ENDOWED WITH KEEN PERCEPTION... IF HE WERE TO BE ALIVE,THE TURMOILED INTERNATIONAL SCENE WOULD HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT TODAY.HIS DEATH AT A CRUCIAL MOMENT OF THE CONFLICT SHATTERING THE WORLD CONTINUES TO BE AN IRREPLACEABLE LOSS. &nb sp; &nb sp; &nb sp; DOUGLAS MACARTHUR ***** IF YOU WISH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ATATURK PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: www.ataturk.com THANKS A LOT FOR SPARING TIME TO READ. ***** |




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