- He was a great soldier, a genius as a statesman, and a historical personage (Adolf Hitler in a message to Inönü).
- This famous man, who has few peers, has attained a position in history reserved for the very few ( Iranian Speaker of Parliament Isfandiyari, at a session of Parliament).
- Together with Gladstone we can say the following. " Since the death of this rare individual the world is a less interesting place (Kojuhof in the newspaper Bulgar Slove).
- To his nation he devoted a zeal for reform (Camille Huysmans, Speaker of the Belgian Parliament, at a session of Parliament).
- His inspiring successes have placed him in the galaxy of the immortals whom future generations will look upon with awe (Punjab President Sir Sikander Hayat Hun).
- His achievements, wrought with intelligence and success, will leave their mark on the history of peoples (French President Albert Labrun in a message to A.Renda).
- Atatürk won independence for his nation, and for himself the respect of the whole world (USA President F.D.Roosevelt).
- He was a very great man, a political genius (Former French Ambassador to Ankara Kammerer, in the newspaper Excelsior).
- An astonishing, appealing individual, great as a soldier but even greater as a statesman (The Japan Times, Tokyo).
- The greatest leader to come out of Asia Minor for centuries (The Japan chronicle, Kobe).
- Every country erects statues to those who have guided it to victory in war and prosperity in peace. But Turkey will have to drill mountains to find stone for its statue of Atatürk. For here was a man who aroused the admiration of friend and foe alike, a genius whose loss is felt not only by Turkey but by civilization and the entire world (Katimerini, Athens).
- One of the rare geniuses the world has produced, who changed the course of history (An Nahar, Beirut).
- Europe has lost one of the few constructive statesmen to emerge since the war (The Spectator, England).
- He was one of the leading statesmen of the postwar era, in a class by himself and unique in almost every way (The Fortnight, London).
- A giant has toppled (Berlingske Tidende, Copenhagen).
- One of the most interesting individuals in history has departed from the world stage (the Chicago Tribune).
- One of the most able leaders of the post-war era (The New York Times).
- A human miracle (L'Orient, Beirut).
- He was the victor of Lausanne; the first victory in two centuries to be won by old Asia against Europe (The New York Times).
- He was passionate about civilization (Neue Zürcher Zeitung).
- A man of great ideas, the architect of a state (Neue Frei Press, Vienna).
- Among the greatest individuals the world has known (Star of India, Delhi).
- No other name in our time has aroused the respect felt for Atatürk (The Observer, London).
- The world is poorer for having lost this great man, his hero of war and peace (Pesterloyd, Budapest).
- In this one man there was military genius, alongside genius in the spheres of statesmanship and philosophy (Vanguardia, Barcelona).
- He was the man who created the most splendid event of the twentieth century (National Tidende, Denmark).
- No other statesman has done so much for his country in such a short time (Libre Belgique, Brussels).
- A man who transcended centuries (Brive Zeme, Latvia).
- He was not only the head of a heroic nation; at the same time he was the greatest inspiration to humanity (Iran, Teheran).
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Turkiye Turklerindir (Mustafa Kemal Ataturk)
Power is the ultimate afrodisiak (Henry kissinger)
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