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Turkish president demands purge of religion from politics – archive, 1924
3 March 1924 Great crowds had gathered outside the National Assembly, and the building itself was packed by the time he rose to make his speech
Related: Atatürk elected first president of Turkey – archive, 31 October 1923
Constantinople, Saturday
Mustapha Kemal’s speech in the National Assembly to-day, which has been foreshadowed in some quarters as likely to mark an epoch in Turkish history, referred in general terms to the necessity of purging religion from political ties, unifying the system of education, and rescuing the judicial organisation from the influences under which it has hitherto laboured. The speech was received with enthusiasm by Liberals but coldly by the minority of Clericals and Conservatives
Ahmet Alphan Sabancı is a Turkish digital activist who works on free expression, security and privacy.
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