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Atatürk quotes in the Original?
1.       longinotti1
1090 posts
 30 May 2007 Wed 02:48 am

if it is permissible, can someone point to a reference for the orignal Turkish of the tranlated Atatürk quote:

(I believe it goes,) "I don't ask you to fight this day, I ask you to die this day"

Thanks.

2.       harikayim
103 posts
 30 May 2007 Wed 03:43 am

Sizlere saldırmanızı değil, ölmenizi emrediyorum.
I am not ordering you to attack, I am ordering you to die.

Atatürk is supposed to have said it to his soldiers during the battle of Gallipoli. You can find the quote in context either in Turkish or English on most web pages about his life, but this is the only reference I have that puts the Turkish saying and its English translation together: http://www.bedavaingilizce.net/ataturk/sayings.php

3.       longinotti1
1090 posts
 30 May 2007 Wed 03:53 am

Tes¸ekkür Edirim

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