The Atatürk Centennial was celebrated in Turkey and the Turkish Government organized and supported a series of events, symposiums or conferences in several countries. The centennial of his birth was also honored by the

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in November 1978 by adopting a Resolution on the Atatürk Centennial in which it decided to cooperate with the Turkish Government in the organization of events in memory of the Centennial. The centennial was celebrated officially between the 19 May 1981 and the 19 May 1982, but the congresses and conferences which were organized in Atatürks memory stretched through a larger time span. A considerable amount of scholars published books about Atatürks achievements.{{Cite journal, last=Landau, first=Jacob, date=1982, title= New works about Atatürk (Review Article), journal=Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes , volume=75 , pages=183–192 , url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23868557, url-status=live, access-date=2021-07-05 , jstor=23868557 , language=en, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709224745/https://www.jstor.org/stable/23868557?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior:8f9746b8e61f27d237530f74c4c78ceb&seq=1 , archive-date=2021-07-09

Congresses and conventions organized in his memory

* November 1980, The Atatürk International Conference organized by the

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with Afet İnan and

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as speakers among others * April 1981, The Ankara University Faculty of Education * April 1981, The Atatürk Symposium at the

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Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ...

* May 1981, The Atatürk Conference organized by the

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and Turkish Petroleum * May 1981, The Second International Atatürk Conference at the Istanbul University with speakers

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François Georgeon François Georgeon (born 1942 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French historian specialising in the Ottoman Empire and contemporary Turkey. Biography A graduate from the École des Langues Orientales (Inalco), François Georgeon was an assistant in c ...

Sadi Irmak Mahmut Sadi Irmak (May 15, 1904, Seydişehir – November 11, 1990, Istanbul) was a Turkish academic in physiology, politician and former Prime Minister of Turkey. Biography He was born in the town Seydişehir of Konya, Ottoman Empire i ...

and

Kemal Karpat Kemal Haşim Karpat (15 February 1924, Babadag Tulcea, Romania – 20 February 2019, Manchester, New Hampshire, United States) was a Romanian- Turkish naturalised American historian and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Earl ...

among others * May 1981, International Symposium on Atatürk organized by the Işbank with speakers Dankwart Rustow,

Jerzy Wiatr Jerzy Józef Wiatr (born 17 September 1931 in Warsaw) is a Polish sociologist, political scientist and politician. Professor of the University of Warsaw, Chairman of the European School of Law and Administration rector of a private tertiary educat ...

, and William Hale among others * May 1981, on Turkish Art and Architecture at the

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* October 1981, Atatürk International Research Conference in

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, with Talat Halman as speaker among others * October 1981, Atatürk's Turkey Conference organized by the

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and the University of New York City with

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and J. C. Hurewitz as speakers among others * October 1981, Atatürk Centennial Symposium organized by the University of Toronto with speakers Talat Halman and

as speakers * October 1981, Atatürk and the Modernization of Turkey organized by the

Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

with speakers Jacob Landau,

and William Hale as speakers * November 1981, International Atatürk Symposium organized by the

with speakers Dankwart Rustow,

Sarvepalli Gopal Sarvepalli Gopal (23 April 1923 – 20 April 2002) was a well-known Indian historian. He was the son of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the first Vice-President and the second President of India. He was the author of the ''Radhakrishnan: A Biography ...

and S.N. Eisenstadt

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