Studies by ataturk to simplify turkish and an evaluation of discussions on language in this context

Every society and nation has leaders who they value and respect. These leaders were engraved on the community's memory and they are unique people who sacrificed themselves for the sake of their country's and nation's welfare and happiness. Churchill for England, Washington for the USA, Napoleon for France, Gandhi for India are considered as important leaders for their nation and historical personage. Ataturk's position and historical personage are very different for Turkish nation and oppressed nations. Ataturk is not a one dimensional leader. Ataturk, with his revolutions, founded a new nation and beyond being a historical personage, he is one of the rare leaders who had many qualities such as being a citizen, soldier and an intellectual. The life of Ataturk has become a subject of thousands of research not only in Turkey but also in many countries in the world and his life has been studied as a course. Language is the primary value which Ataturk placed emphasis on. Language can be defined as the common value and life philosophy of a nation. Language is undoubtedly the most important means to provide solidarity and unity in a country. A common language spoken by the individuals who constitute the nation is the most important element which makes a nation. Language, the most important indicator of national conscience, is the symbol of bearing the trace of a nation which an individual belongs to. For a nation to evoke the sense of existence socially there is a bond between the way of thinking and feelings, history, language, and culture. At this point, because Ataturk especially believed that the foundations of the new Republic would be actualized by establishing an understanding of national language, he initially preferred to solve the problems of Turkish, an educational and official language. For that purpose, he actualized Language Reform, and he placed emphasis on simplification /nativisation of Turkish. Turkish Language Association was founded for that purpose and Ataturk wanted these problems to be solved. This study aimed at exploring the nativisation/ simplification studies carried out for Turkish from Republic period to today by means of presenting Ataturk's point of view and evaluations were made about the studies which were carried out for the purpose of nativisation/ simplification of Turkish and its becoming a language of science and education and discussions on Turkish language such as liquidationism, fabrication, Ottoman Turkish, language fascism, pure Turkish (Turkish made up largely of words that are etymologically Turkish), and it also aimed at solutions were suggested on current problems of Turkish.