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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk1881–1938

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on war and peace

Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

“Adana Çiftçileriyle Konuşma” (16 March 1923); English translation as delivered in an address by Talat S. Halman (10 November 1995), quoted in The Turkish Times (1 December 1995)

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