The motto Ne mutlu Türküm diyene! and the Northern Cypriot flag on the Kyrenia Mountains in Northern Cyprus.

"Ne mutlu Türküm diyene!" (English: "How happy is the one who says I am a Turk!") is a motto of the Republic of Turkey. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk used this phrase in his speech delivered for the 10th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey, on 29 October 1933 (Republic Day) for the first time. In 1972, the Turkish Ministry of National Education added this phrase to the Student Oath.[1][2] This was annulled by the AKP government in 2013,[3] before it was reinstated by the Council of State in 2018.[4] However, Ministry of Education appealed against the order and Council of State has again repealed Student Oath in 2021.[5]

References

  1. ^ Necati Polat (1 October 2011). "A Tradition in Delivering Injustice: Judiciary and Rights in Turkey". Insight Turkey. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Nationalists stage protests against package across Turkey". Hürriyet. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Başbakanlık Mevzuatı Geliştirme ve Yayın Genel Müdürlüğü". www.resmigazete.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Court rules Student Oath should be reinstated in Turkey". Ahval. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Andımız kararının gerekçesi açıklandı". www.haberturk.com (in Turkish). 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2022.


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