Turkey was established in 1923 under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk following the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I.
The Minor Asia actual Turkey includes all ancient civilizations dominated by the Greek glory and principles, Lydia, Caria, Lycia. Especially the Aegean borders of Anatolia were part of The Hellenic confederation countries. Alexander the Great merges Anatolia in his Hellenistic Empire. Romans and Byzantines continued the Hellenistic era in ancient Greek values. Seljuks Mongols and Ottomans gave an eastern Asian aspect of interior combination different of the freedom of mind that was the base of Greek antiquity.
Despotism and control of the masses through religious fear was the lever of barbaric Empires. Mustafa Kemal with the honorific name "Atatürk" (Father of the Turks) did a mistake to use as a name of the new republic a name related to the despotism and obscurantism of the previews conquerors of Anatolia.
The bones between Greeks and Anatolians are very strong, stronger than the bones between the Anatolians and the immigrant tribes come to the Anatolia from the central Asia. Anatolians are thirsty for freedom and look more at their Hellenistic origins than the Asians. Kemal did the newborn of the Nation but the people are not totally free.
New generations of Anatolia have nothing to be proud of the Asian occupations in the contrary they have at their blood the freedom of mind and glory of the Hellenistic past.
The name of Turkey has to be changed to Anatolia. It is the only way to forget the problems of the past created from the Asian barbaric tribes brought to the Greeks and Turkeys. Greece, Cyprus and Anatolia can work together as they were together at the past. The names related with the occupations left back memories were never recovered.
From those tribes suffered Anatolians, Greeks, Cypriots, Armenians and Pontians.
The change name to Anatolia will be the first step of real strong collaboration between this Nations that in the base they have more in common to be proud than differences.
Kemal did the first step in road to freedom now the Turks mast completes their liberty.
Turkish people have more European thinking than Asian and if they find a way to smooth things out they belong to Europe and to Occidental World.
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