How happy for those who feel they are Turks
Prime Minister İnönü came to pay Atatürk a visit at around 18:00 in the Florya Köşk:
- Well, hello İsmet... You came without calling.
- Honorable Pasha, it is the minority issue. We are planning to bring the issue up in the parliament. What do you think?
- İsmet, it's too late today. Come by early tomorrow morning and let's discuss it.
When İnönü left, Atatürk called on all of his staff to gather around:
- Leave only the tulips... Pick out all of the other flowers and throw them out, immediately.
İsmet Paşa came again in the morning and saw the state the garden was in and asked the staff:
- What happened here?
- It was the Honorable Pasha's orders sir, so we pulled them out.
Prime Minister İnönü, went into President Atatürk's chambers:
- Honorable Pasha, what is the situation with the garden?
- We pulled out all of the minorities and threw them away İsmet.
İnönü bowed his head down in a manner that stated "I get it."
Atatürk:
- İsmet, I didn't say the words "How happy for those who feel they are Turks" for nothing.Anyone who feels they are Turks is this nation's own children.I want it to be known this way for as long as I live. And don't dare take out a new law that deals only with minorities.
We were told this story by Ateş Ünal Erzen yesterday. He stated; "I heard it from İnan Kıraç". Municipal Mayor Erzen, during an Armenian celebration named the "Affection Table" told this story. The guests listening began to cry.
After Ateş Ünal Erzen left, we spoke with İnan Kıraç. "Yes, it's true, he said."
İnan Kıraç's father Ali Numan Kıraç "was sent to America to study for six years by Atatürk, and he became Turkey's first ever agricultural engineer." Atatürk named him the director of the "Atatürk Forest Farm." The story that was told turned out to be one İnan Kıraç had personally heard from his father.
How sad it is that there are still those that do not understand Atatürk's lesson.
Well, it was an occasion to honor and remember "Atatürk and İnan Kıraç's father Ali Numan Kıraç."
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