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Turkey's great Sumerologist Muazzez İlmiye Çığ has collected her articles written between 1972 and 2009 in a book titled Atatürk and the Sumerians. The common theme of these articles is Atatürk, the Republican revolutions and Sumerian science. Atatürk attached extraordinary importance to our history, archaeology and Sumerian science in order to create a modern, developed and enlightened Turkey. He took very important concrete measures to establish and institutionalize universities and to enable them to conduct scientific research. Archaeology in Turkey, and in particular the ancient history of Anatolia, was developed and institutionalized mainly thanks to Atatürk's scientific acumen. The study of our historical roots, spearheaded by Atatürk, reinforced our national consciousness. Muazzez İlmiye Çığ is a direct witness to this process. This book provides valuable information about this testimony.Turkish against Arabic, English, Russian and Persian. If Turkish disappears, so do we. Turkish lives and fights.