In his own terms, the principles on which such a community would be based should not be confused with “the dogmas of books thought to have descended from the heav-ens”; they were not inspired by clues from “the heavens or the invisible world, but directly from life.” Naturally, this scientistic-nationalist vision overtly conflicted with Islam
Instead of disappearing from Turkey, Turkish Islam redefined its relationship with modernity. During the early republican transformation, few could have envisaged an Islamist party leading Turkey on the path to membership in the European Union.
" .... the Turkish nation resembled those who commit the Qur᾽ān to memory with-out understanding the meaning of a single word of it and thus become senile.”
Trakya ve İstanbul'un savaşsız alınması güzel açıklanmış. İlber Ortaylı'nın kitabında hiç değinilmemişti.
"The crisis reached its cli-max when Mustafa Kemal refused to recognize the Allied neutral zone and ordered his troops to prepare to cross into European Turkey. In the end, a number of circumstances combined to avert a clash of arms: Mustafa Kemal’s skill at aggressive brinkmanship, French mediation, strong antiwar sentiment in Britain and its dominions, and the reluctance of the British commander in Istanbul to use force. On October 11, the nationalist government prudently agreed to sign an armistice in return for a complete Greek withdrawal from Eastern Th race and a return to the pre–Great War borders there"