Peace at home, peace in the world

The quote in various languages in Istanbul Military Museum, The Hall of Martyrs

The slogan "Peace at home, peace in the world" (Turkish: Yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh, rendered today as Yurtta barış, dünyada barış due to Atatürk's language reforms[citation needed]) was first pronounced by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on 20 April 1931 to the public during his tours of Anatolia. This stance was later integrated and implemented as the foreign policy of the Republic of Türkiye.[1]

The original full sentence was "Cumhuriyet Halk Fırkası'nın müstakar umumî siyasetini şu kısa cümle açıkça ifadeye kâfidir zannederim: Yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh için çalışıyoruz."[2] This is translated into English as "To describe the stable and general diplomatic policy of the Republican People's Party, I think this short sentence is enough: We work for peace at home, peace in the world."

  1. ^ "Synopsis of the Turkish Foreign Policy". mfa.gov.tr. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey). Archived from the original on July 20, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  2. ^ Atatürk’ün Tamim, Telgraf ve Beyannameleri, C. IV, (1917–1938), s. 549–552.