Turkey Art Culture

Among the prominent statesmen of the 20th Century, few articulated the importance of culture as well as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, which stated: "Culture is the foundation of the Turkish Republic." His vision encompassed Creative cultural heritage of the nation and the best values of world civilization. It stressed personal and universal humanism. "Culture," he said, "is a key element, a person worthy of humanity," and described Turkey as ideological "creation of patriotism blended with a high humanist ideal."

To create the best synthesis, Ataturk underlined the need for the use of all viable elements in the national heritage, including the ancient indigenous cultures, and techniques of art and civilization of the world, past and present. Gave impetus to the study of earlier civilizations of Anatolia - including Hittite, Phrygian, Lydian and others. Pre-Islamic culture of theTurks the subject of intense research, which revealed that, long before the Seljuk and Ottoman Empire, the Turks had their own civilization. Atatürk, the popular art and folklore of rural areas as a source of Turkish creativity.

The development of painting, sculpture and crafts, was arrested by Ottoman officials who claimed to represent the human form was idolatry, but these arts flourished during Ataturk presidency. Many museums were opened and architecture gained new strength. Western classical music, opera and ballet, theater and has impressive strides.Several one hundred "People's Houses" and "People's Rooms" across Turkey, the local population and young people, a wide range of artistic activities, sports and culture. Books and magazines publishing publication enjoyed a boom. The film industry began to grow. In all areas of cultural life, Ataturk inspired a boom.

Ataturk's Turkey is living proof of this ideal - a country rich in its own national culture, open to the heritage of world civilization and at home, equipping the modern technological age.