There may be a thousand and one ways to say “the emperor has no clothes,” but I am not sure if there is a way to express the events experienced by the Anatolian people in all their nakedness. No one has expressed, or could express, these truths in all their nakedness. Along with the reality in question, it must also be admitted that, within the current state of affairs we breathe, expressing many truths “without beating around the bush” does not appear reasonable or possible—unless we confuse intellectualism with militancy. However, because I know no other way to breach the ramparts and break through the mental/physical siege woven around our people than to make important issues a matter of discussion, I am of the opinion that our problems can only be noticed first, and then solved, by keeping essential topics on the agenda and discussing them repeatedly, almost to the point of tedium. This work is the product of that same line of thought.
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Contents
The Birth Date of 5816
From Abandoned Papers to Unknown Documents:
What Was Left Behind by Latife Hanım
Religious Books Banned Between 1923 and 1938
The Turk’s Official Sect
The Anatolian Person’s Dungeon: Official History
The Issue of the Apology and Pardon of the 150
The Famous Unknown: Halil Vedad Uşaklıgil
Independence Tribunals Whose Justice Is Not Questioned
Is This Enrichment Without Cause?
We Are Looking for Reverence
The Enemy of My Enemy Is a Saint!

A Short Anecdote
Which Part of This Story Should I Correct?
The Benefits of Kemalist Literature
Parliamentary Records Do Not Lie
A Multinational Nation-State
The Kemalist-Forming Power of the Regime
Kemalism Going Post-Post