Reşit Galip ..
He was born in Rhodes in 1893,
In 1917, he graduated from the School of Medicine, affiliated to Istanbul Darülfünun, as a doctor.
He challenged Atatürk, saying, "Nobody asked your permission to defend the revolution."
In a speech on Ankara Radio, he said, “We will defend Atatürk's revolutions against everyone, everywhere. If necessary, even against our father and our children! .. ”he said. This is how he believed in Atatürk and his work.
He was a true enlightenment and revolutionary.
Those revolutions he dreamed of were being made,
That's why he was so happy and so enthusiastic.
He was the minister of national education,
He made an intense effort to increase the schooling rate in the country.
Students would started the day every morning with an oath saying "I am Turkish, right, hardworking .." … It was “our pledge” written by him on April 23, 1933.
He founded the National Library.
The Anatolian Civilizations Museum was designed during his ministry.
He made the 1933 University Reform.
He brought in the professors who fled from Nazi Germany.
One day he said to Atatürk; “Venerable veteran, you are not only a hero of this nation, you are much greater than these. You are a member of this nation. Your first greatness is your pride and being a member of this nation.
Neither his master nor his slave, one of each individual!
As Ozan said, “It's like being a stone on the wall of the homeland, like being a citizen”.
It was winter time.
There was no heating in his house.
For as long as he knew himself, he was giving all his income to orphans.
He got cold. He had pneumonia.
And on a spring day
His body was found lying in his room in the books.
Reşit Galip's last breath between his books was because his lungs did not endure the fatigue of the revolutionary who was trying to catch up with Atatürk, running beyond his own horizon.
He was 41 years old when he was buried on March 5, 1934. On that day, the country lost a brave revolutionist, a fervent nationalist, a clean politician and statesman, a sincere populist, a competent orator and a doctor.
Reşit Galip was a true patriot…
