The Atatürk Centennial was celebrated in Turkey and the Turkish Government organized and supported a series of events, symposiums or conferences in several countries. The centennial of his birth was also honored by the UNESCO in November 1978 by adopting a Resolution on the Atatürk Centennial in which it decided to cooperate with the Turkish Government in the organization of events in memory of the Centennial. [1] The centennial was celebrated officially between the 19 May 1981 and the 19 May 1982, but the congresses and conferences which were organized in Atatürk's memory stretched through a larger time span. [2] A considerable amount of scholars published books about his achievements. [3]
Congresses and conventions organized in his memory
- November 1980, The Atatürk International Conference organized by the Boğaziçi University with Afet İnan and Turhan Feyzioğlu as speakers among others
- April 1981, The Ankara University Faculty of Education
- April 1981, The Atatürk Symposium at the Turkish Naval Academy in Istanbul
- May 1981, The Atatürk Conference organized by the Ministry of Energy and Turkish Petroleum
- May 1981, The Second International Atatürk Conference at the Istanbul University with speakers Frank Tachau, François Georgeon, Sadi Irmak and Kemal Karpat among others
- May 1981, International Symposium on Atatürk organized by the Işbank with speakers Dankwart Rustow, Jerzy Wiatr, and William Hale among others
- May 1981, on Turkish Art and Architecture at the University of Chicago
- October 1981, Atatürk International Research Conference in College of Charleston, with Talat Halman as speaker among others
- October 1981, Atatürk's Turkey Conference organized by the American Turkish Society and the University of New York City with Bernard Lewis and J. C. Hurewitz as speakers among others
- October 1981, Atatürk Centennial Symposium organized by the University of Toronto with speakers Talat Halman and Kemal Karpat as speakers
- October 1981, Atatürk and the Modernization of Turkey organized by the Hebrew University in Jerusalem with speakers Jacob Landau, Frank Tachau and William Hale as speakers
- November 1981, International Atatürk Symposium organized by the UNESCO with speakers Dankwart Rustow, Sarvepalli Gopal and S.N. Eisenstadt
References
- ^ [1], Records of the General Conference Twentieth Session Paris, 24 October to 28 November 1978 Volume I Resolutions (Paris: United Nations, 1979), p. 69.
- ^ a b Danforth, Sandra C.; Tachau, Frank (1982). "Scholarly Meetings held in Commemoration held of the Atatürk Centennial". Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 16 (2): 1–13. doi: 10.1017/S0026318400011627. ISSN 0026-3184. JSTOR 23057674. S2CID 164305255 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Landau, Jacob (1982). "New works about Atatürk (Review Article)". Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes. 75: 183–192. JSTOR 23868557. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-05.