October 29 — Republic Day in Turkey 🆚 This date still provokes fierce disputes, which proves that the events of a hundred years ago have not become museum history. They remain a living field of struggle over what Turkey will be. And that is precisely why October 29 is a good occasion to look at 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 suffocating from foreign interference, the Ottoman Empire was collapsing, and modernization seemed impossible without radical reforms. Responsibility for the future was taken upon himself 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, secular civil law was introduced, the Latin alphabet replaced Arabic script, and women were granted equal rights, including voting rights. These reforms laid the foundations of a secular, modern Turkish statehood. ❕ On the other hand, Atatürk displayed extreme forms of nationalism: he confiscated property from Armenians, Greeks and Christians, suppressed the Kurdish national movement and fought against the communist party. And here we turn to our comrades from Turkey, who see this picture from within. Akar Süleyman, editor-in-chief of the Turkish Union of Struggle, SOVINTERN comrade, is convinced: «In reality, the Turkish state and Kemalism were from their very emergence anti-communist, reactionary and chauvinist structures. To ignore this aspect of reality, to attribute “progressiveness” to it and to act as a “defender of the republic” in the face of today's religious-fascist regime is an approach absolutely incompatible with proletarian socialism». 📉🛠 Today Turkey again stands before serious challenges. Inflation exceeds 30%, youth unemployment is around 15%, about 30% of the population is at risk of poverty, and corruption scandals undermine trust in institutions. In society, the demand for social justice, an honest economy and a real struggle against foreign dependence is growing. «Unemployment — which today is tantamount to expulsion from life — has exceeded 30 percent. Real inflation is 45 percent. This is no longer simply chronic poverty; today hunger has become a concrete threat squeezing the throat of workers. Republic Day is not a “holiday” for Turkish and Kurdish workers and working people», — stresses Comrade Akar. ❗️ Two sides of one coin that must not be forgotten: the Republic gave Turkey a secular state, but from the very beginning it carried within itself anti-communism and chauvinism. And today's struggle for an independent and just Turkey is impossible without an honest look at both these aspects of Atatürk's legacy. #SOVINTERN_WORLD #Hub_Asia ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN