I agree with most of what Mustafa Akyol says in his article about Gençliğe Hitabe (Atatürk’s Address to Turkish Youth). To clarify my position, I believe it should still be taught in schools, but not as a text that someone vows to follow word by word. It definitely should not be on every classroom corner or preface of a textbook, however, it still can be taught within its historic context. It should and can be taught in the same matter the founding documents of USA or Magna Carta are taught (although it definitely does not hold the same significance or value), and it should not be used to further racist and/or nationalistic prejudices, in the same way the latter are not used to support slavery and/or serfdom.
But this is not the main issue at hand. (daha…)