On the death anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and the first President of Modern Turkey, I would like to pay my respect to this great leader of mankind and send my sincere greetings to the Turkish Nation.
Atatürk is very well known in Japan. He has saved Turkey from the disasters after the First World War and has been a hero by winning a great victory. He is a great statesman who has created a new Turkish Republic from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. We have admired Atatürk’s reformist deeds, especially those concerning the Turkish Language.
Ikeda
An amazing and an attractive person. Great as a soldier, yet even greater as a statesman.
Japan Times, Tokyo
The greatest leader Asia Minor has created in a century.
The Japan Chronicle, Kobe