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Message to Mustafa Kemal Pasha (Kemal Atatürk)
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| Author(s) | Leon Trotsky |
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| Written | 12 February 1929 |
[Leon Trotsky, The Challenge of the Left Opposition (1928-1929), New York 1981, p. 375, title: “Message on Arriving in Constantinople”]
Keywords : Turkey
Message on Arriving in Constantinople
To His Excellency the President of the Turkish Republic
Dear Sir:
At the gateway to Constantinople, I have the honor to inform you that I have arrived at the Turkish frontier not of my own choice and that the only reason I may cross this frontier will be through the use of force upon me. I request you, Mr. President, to accept from me the sentiments that are fitting on this occasion.