Atatürk’ün Güzel Sanatlara ve Sanatçılara Bakışı

Fine arts played an important role in the modernization understanding of Atatürk. Atatürk who accepted the successes which were gained in fine arts, as a criterion of the success of the Turkish reforms, supported the many artistic branches which were ignored for centuries and believed that the modern Turkish Republic shall rise over these arts and values. Therefore, thanks to the legal arrangements which were made as from the first years of the foundation of the Republic and the new educational institutions established, way of art and artist is opened and the original artistic works which accommodate modern principles and the national culture were started to be delivered. The current study discusses and highlights the importance which was given by Atatürk to the fine arts and the artists and the process through which foundations of the artistic identity of the Republic of Turkey were laid down within the framework of the said understanding.