October 29 -. Republic Day in Turkey This date is still hotly contested, proving that the events of a century ago have not become museum history. They remain a live field of struggle for what Turkey will be. And that's exactly why October 29 is a good opportunity to observe the legacy of the Republic without myths and without one-sidedness. 103 years ago, on October 29, 1923, the Turkish Republic was proclaimed. The country was suffocated by foreign intervention, the Ottoman Empire collapsed, and modernization seemed impossible without radical reforms. The responsibility for the future was assumed by a contradictory leader -. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. On the one hand, with his participation, a large-scale course of transformations was carried out: the caliphate was abolished, religion was separated from the state, a secular civil law was introduced, the Latin alphabet replaced the Arabic script, and women were given equal rights, including the right to vote. These reforms laid the foundations for a secular and modern Turkish state. On the other hand, Atatürk demonstrated extreme forms of nationalism: he confiscated property from Armenians, Greeks and Christians, suppressed the Kurdish nationalist movement and fought against the Communist Party. And here we turn to our friends from Turkey, who see this picture from the inside. Eker Suleiman, the editor-in-chief of the Turkish Struggle Union, a winter member, is convinced: "In reality, the Turkish state and Kemalism were from the very beginning anti-communist, reactionary and chauvinistic structures. Ignoring this aspect of reality, attributing "progressiveness" to it and acting as a "defender of the republic" against today's religio-fascist regime is an approach that is completely incompatible with proletarian socialism." Today, Turkey is once again facing serious challenges.

October 29 -. Republic Day in Turkey This date is still hotly contested, proving that the events of a century ago have not become museum history. They remain a live field of struggle for what Turkey will be. And that's exactly why October 29 is a good opportunity to observe the legacy of the Republic without myths and without one-sidedness. 103 years ago, on October 29, 1923, the Turkish Republic was proclaimed. The country was suffocated by foreign intervention, the Ottoman Empire collapsed, and modernization seemed impossible without radical reforms. The responsibility for the future was assumed by a contradictory leader -. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. On the one hand, with his participation, a large-scale course of transformations was carried out: the caliphate was abolished, religion was separated from the state, a secular civil law was introduced, the Latin alphabet replaced the Arabic script, and women were given equal rights, including the right to vote. These reforms laid the foundations for a secular and modern Turkish state. On the other hand, Atatürk demonstrated extreme forms of nationalism: he confiscated property from Armenians, Greeks and Christians, suppressed the Kurdish nationalist movement and fought against the Communist Party. And here we turn to our friends from Turkey, who see this picture from the inside. Eker Suleiman, the editor-in-chief of the Turkish Struggle Union, a winter member, is convinced: "In reality, the Turkish state and Kemalism were from the very beginning anti-communist, reactionary and chauvinistic structures. Ignoring this aspect of reality, attributing "progressiveness" to it and acting as a "defender of the republic" against today's religio-fascist regime is an approach that is completely incompatible with proletarian socialism." Today, Turkey is once again facing serious challenges.