WE COMMEMORATE ZİYA GÖKALP WITH RESPECT AND REMEMBRANCE
28 October 2026
WE COMMEMORATE ZİYA GÖKALP WITH RESPECT AND REMEMBRANCE
On the 102nd anniversary of his passing, we respectfully commemorate Ziya Gökalp, one of the pioneering figures of Turkish intellectual, cultural and sociological life, whom Mustafa Kemal Atatürk described as “the father of my ideas.”
We honour the cherished memory of Ziya Gökalp, who dedicated his life to the Turkish nation and its culture and left a profound legacy through his ideas and works.
“For Turks, the homeland is neither Türkiye nor Turkestan; the homeland is a great and everlasting country: Turan.”
— Ziya Gökalp
Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
