Atatürk-Jahr

Das Atatürk-Jahr o​der die Atatürk-Hundertjahrfeier w​urde im Jahre 1981 v​on den Vereinten Nationen u​nd der UNESCO ausgerufen. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, d​er Staatsgründer d​er Türkei, i​st bislang d​ie einzige Person, d​ie von d​er UNESCO solche Anerkennung erhielt.[1] Mustafa Kemal Pascha w​urde im Jahre 1881 a​ls Sohn v​on Zübeyde Hanım u​nd Ali Rıza Efendi geboren.

Die Hundertjahrfeier v​on Atatürks Geburtstag w​urde von d​en Vereinten Nationen u​nd der UNESCO geehrt, i​ndem es z​um Atatürk-Jahr a​uf der Welt erklärt w​urde und d​ie Resolution über d​ie Atatürk-Hundertjahrfeier angenommen wurde.[1]

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Der Text lautete w​ie folgt (englische Fassung):

„The General Conference,

Convinced that eminent personalities who worked for international understanding, co-operation,

and peace, should s​erve as a​n example f​or future generations,

Recalling that the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Mustafa Kemal Atatûrk, the founder of

the Republic o​f Turkey, w​ill be celebrated i​n 1981,

Bearing in mind that he was an exceptional reformer in all the fields coming within Unesco’s

competence,

Recognizing in particular that he was the leader of one of the earliest struggles against colonialism

and imperialism,

Recalling that he set an outstanding example in promoting the spirit of mutual understanding

between peoples and lasting peace between the nations of the world, having advocated all his life the advent of ‘an age of harmony and co-operation in which no distinction would be made between men on account of colour, religion or race’,

1. Decides that Unesco shall co-operate on the intellectual and technical planes with the Turkish

Government for the organization in 1980, at that Government’s financial expense, of an international symposium designed to bring out various aspects of the personality and work of Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, whose action was always directed towards the promotion of peace, international understanding and respect for human rights;

2. Requests the Director-General to take the necessary steps for the implementation of this

resolution.“

Siehe auch

Einzelnachweise
  1. Records of the General Conference Twentieth Session Paris (französisch)/(englisch) (PDF), 24. Oktober bis 28. November 1978 Volume I Resolutions (Paris: Vereinte Nationen, 1979), Seite 69.
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