Afrasianet - The main opposition party in Turkey has accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of exploiting the memory of the death of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern secular Turkish Republic, in an attempt to gain political gains ahead of the elections in 2019. Many have greeted with derisive irony of Erdogan's preservation of Ataturk's legacy. He does not speak of what is happening on the ground from continuous operations to uproot the Turkish state that Ataturk built at its roots, and the coup against the Turkish Republic, as Ataturk did about 100 years ago when he turned against the Ottoman Empire, which Erdogan wants to revive in Turkey.
So ! - What can Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan do, looking anxiously to the 2019 election but praise Ataturk with the Turks celebrating the 79th anniversary of his death.
Erdogan, however, was not convincing as he spoke of the aspirations of the "father of Turks" and his legacy that must be preserved, and he has sought, and still over the years to change the features of Turkey Ataturkip secular Turkish features of the Erdogan-Ottoman Brotherhood.
"Ataturk is one of the leaders who have led their country to liberation and have achieved great victories and achievements throughout history," said the Turkish president and head of the Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP). On the other hand, he and his party are working against the values of the founder of the republic during his time in office, The phrases he used were still preserved in memory.
Denis Oz, the author of the Turkish-language Arabic-language website Ahawat Turkiya, criticizes these practices, noting that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) banned the Ataturk Memorial Day, youth and sports from national holidays banned by the Justice and Development Party.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's name has been removed from stadiums, schools, streets and alleys; in addition to working to change curricula and transform them into Islamic curricula, not to mention the enactment of many laws that distance the country more and more from the secular orientation established by Kemal Ataturk on the day of the Republic of Turkey 1923).
Oz recalls that the Yarkut district council of the Yozgat district of the Justice and Development Party has decided to divide Ataturk Street into two parts, and Prime Minister Bakir Bouzdag was named the other.
The Turkish journalist added that the Ataturk stadiums were demolished in Turkey, one by one, and the construction of the new stadiums as "the square". These stadiums were spotted:
* Close the Ataturk Stadium in Konya and play matches at the Yeni Konya Stadium.
* Ataturk Stadium was demolished in Kayseri and Kayseri Sport Kader Haas was used in 2009 instead.
* Ataturk Stadium was demolished in Antalya, and a new stadium called "Antalya Square" was set up instead.
* The Ataturk Stadium in Bursa was closed, and a new stadium called the Crocodile Square was built.
* Ataturk Stadium was demolished in Rize to be replaced by a shopping center, and Rize Sport was played at the new Rize Stadium.
Erdogan was not convincing as he spoke of Ataturk's legacy, which must be preserved, which seeks to change the features of secular Turkey
* The Ataturk Stadium was demolished in Eskisehir, and a new stadium called "SS Square" was created instead.
* The Ataturk Stadium was demolished in Diyarbakir, and the name expected to be announced on the stadium in place will be Diyarbakir Square.
Erdal Axonger, Izmir's parliament deputy for the Republican People's Party, said the name "Ataturk" had been removed from the youth and scout training facilities in Izmir.
Stay away from Ataturk
On November 6, Umar Farouk Goreir, Nida MP of the Republican People's Party (CHP), on the agenda of the Turkish National Assembly, launched a parliamentary investigation into changing the names of the stadiums named "Ataturk" and "Inono".
"The removal of Ataturk's name from the stadiums is unacceptable," Gurer said of the changes in the names. "The AKP's words when he took office in 2002 did not match his subsequent practices. Ataturk's name and values were removed one after the other, His or her love, the name Ataturk was removed from all sports venues throughout the country, and the name of the stadium was changed to "Square". We must stand against changing Ataturk's name in those sports clubs, but unfortunately they have chosen to bow for money. "
Gurrer called for the community to know why Ataturk was removed from schools and playgrounds. "Staying away from Ataturk is to move away from Turkey," he said. "At first, we moved away from the word 'peace at home is peace in the world'. We no longer have any friends in the world. Even putting a wreath on the Ataturk memorial during the holidays has become a problem. In this country, the participation of institutions and bodies in the memorial ceremonies was limited to a moment of reverence. They believed that the struggle against Ataturk would add something to them, but in fact this struggle required much effort. "
Not only are schools and playgrounds where Erdogan is working to change the various monuments commemorating Ataturk.
Erdogan's biggest challenge in this context is the destruction of the Ataturk cultural center in the heart of Istanbul and the construction of an Islamic museum and mosque on its ruins, which is strongly opposed to its progress, although experts believe that the Turkish president will go ahead with this even if it is beyond the 2019 elections.
The third airport, built in Istanbul, will be inaugurated on October 29, 2018, and the opening of the new airport will close Ataturk airport in front of the air traffic. The name of the airport will be The newly opened "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan International Airport" will be implemented in the Google Maps application.
Change curriculum
The Marshal Mustafa Kemal Preparatory School in Seljuklu district of Konya has been transformed into a "Hamidiye school for the graduation of imams and preachers" as part of a systematic policy aimed at Islamizing education in Turkey.
The issue of changing educational curricula in Turkey poses a wide debate among supporters and opponents who see this as undermining the AKP's quest to Islamize society through the elimination of educational programs dealing with the history of Ataturk and the secularism of the Turkish state.
Atatürk says that Ataturk's subjects have been reduced to the new curriculum that began with this school year, the abolition of the "perfectionism" unit in the history lesson of the revolution and the perfectionism of the eighth grade, and the emphasis on perfectionism in the lessons has been reduced.
The Turkish Minister of Education, Ismat Yilmaz, shortened the biography of Ataturk in the curriculum, in exchange for adding a section on the failed coup attempt against the Erdogan regime in July 2016.
"In fact, the process of reducing the issues related to Ataturk, Kemalism, the War of Independence and the period of the Republic has started since 2012," says the head of the Teachers' Union, Veri Aitkin Eidogan, commenting on the reduction of Ataturk's themes.
"All the values we have built through the constituent elements of our country have been removed and gradually eliminated," he said.
"The Justice and Development Party is not a party that is reconciling with the regime, and with Mustafa Kemal," said Denis Oz, reading the policy of contradictions that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took on the anniversary of Ataturk's death (November 10).
According to Sermin, the Justice and Development Party "played with the emotions of the active group of voters."
"There is no way to reconcile the AK Party with Mustafa Kemal, because the AKP is not compatible with secularism, it is against it, the AKP is a regime that protects the religious state, wants to control the country, and try to reconcile Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, In Laayoune. "