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Name of the book: Ataturk and the Love of Nature
Author's name: Hanri Benazus
Number of pages: 112
I say that the Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk loved nature very much because this is explained in all the books I have read. He even prevented the tree from being cut down by sliding the mansion built for him from its foundation because of a plane tree, by 4.80 meters.
It is desired to have a mansion built for Atatürk in the center of Yalova. It is next to a plane tree. Why is that there? Because Ataturk loved the plane tree very much when he saw it. The plan and project are made and the construction of the mansion begins. Ataturk would come to check frequently and when he came, he saw that the workers were intending to cut the branches of the tree and he got angry. He asks, "What are you doing?" They say, "We are cutting the branches of the tree because they are approaching the mansion." Ataturk says no, don't cut the branches, move the mansion and research will be done and a solution will be found...
Nowadays, they cannot cut down trees, they burn them and concrete is piled up instead....
