At the conference titled “The Founding Process of the Republic of Turkey in the Context of Comparative World History,” organized to mark Republic Day on October 29, the founding process of the Republic was examined within the framework of the international political developments and historical conditions of the era.
Associate Professor Dr. Ekin Erdem, a faculty member in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at İzmir Democracy University, served as a speaker at the conference, which was moderated by Associate Professor Dr. Halil Kanadıkırık from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Tarsus University. The online conference began with a moment of silence and the recitation of the Turkish National Anthem, followed by an address to the participants by Rector Prof. Dr. Ali Özen. In his presentation at the conference, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ekin Erdem discussed Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s approach to politics and assessed the effects of World War I on global politics and societies; he also examined the founding of the Republic of Turkey within the context of the National Struggle and the shifting international balances following the war.