The Great Speech

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The Great Speech is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s monumental 1927 address that narrates the Turkish War of Independence and the founding of the Republic of Turkey, serving as a key ideological and historical reference for modern Turkey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document ⓘ
political speech ⓘ
primary source ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nutuk ⓘ
The Speech ⓘ
linked to: The Great Speech
author Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Turkey ⓘ
dateGiven 1927 ⓘ
deliveredAt Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
deliveredBy Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ⓘ
deliveredTo Republican People’s Party congress ⓘ
describes Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s leadership in the War of Independence ⓘ
abolition of the sultanate ⓘ
internal opposition to Atatürk ⓘ
organization of the Turkish National Movement ⓘ
proclamation of the Republic of Turkey ⓘ
endDate 20 October 1927 ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre historical narrative ⓘ
political oration ⓘ
hasPart chronological account of military campaigns ⓘ
critique of the Ottoman government ⓘ
justification of revolutionary reforms ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundational text of the Turkish Republic ⓘ
major primary source on the Turkish War of Independence ⓘ
ideologicalRole key reference for Kemalist ideology ⓘ
influenced Turkish national identity ⓘ
official Turkish historiography ⓘ
laterPublishedAs book ⓘ
length multi-day speech ⓘ
location Ankara ⓘ
originalLanguage Turkish ⓘ
politicalContext early years of the Republic of Turkey ⓘ
politicalOrientation Kemalism ⓘ
purpose to legitimize the new Republic of Turkey ⓘ
to narrate the struggle for Turkish independence ⓘ
to provide an ideological foundation for modern Turkey ⓘ
startDate 15 October 1927 ⓘ
subject Turkish War of Independence ⓘ
collapse of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
founding of the Republic of Turkey ⓘ
timePeriodCoveredEnd 29 October 1923 ⓘ
timePeriodCoveredStart 19 May 1919 ⓘ
titleInTurkish Nutuk ⓘ
usedAs educational reference in Turkey ⓘ

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Nutuk → alsoKnownAs → The Great Speech ⓘ
The Great Speech → alsoKnownAs → The Speech ⓘ
linked to: The Great Speech