"The Republic of Turkey cannot be a country of sheikhs, dervishes, and disciples. The truest, most real order is the order of civilisation."

"A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence. Such a nation would be crippled, one-armed, disabled diseased."

"The future is in the skies."

"How happy is the one who says 'I am a Turk'."

"Every nation has the right to live freely and independently."