Nutuk was a speech delivered by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

 from 15 to 20 October 1927, addressed to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Grand National Assembly of Turkey

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey , usually referred to simply as the Meclis , is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Constitution. It was founded in Ankara on 23 April 1920 in the midst of the Turkish War of Independence...

. The speech covered the events between the start of the Turkish War of Independence

Turkish War of Independence

The Turkish War of Independence was a war of independence waged by Turkish nationalists against the Allies, after the country was partitioned by the Allies following the Ottoman Empire's defeat in World War I...

 on May 19, 1919 and the foundation of the Republic of Turkey, in 1923. It is an important source for the study of Kemalism

Kemalist ideology

Kemalist Ideology, "Kemalism" or also known as the "Six Arrows" is the principle that defines the basic characteristics of the Republic of Turkey. It was developed by the Turkish national movement and its leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.-Fundamentals:...

. It takes 1917 to 1930. It took thirty-six hours (on a 6 day span) to be read by Atatürk.

About two-thirds of this speech consists a series of harsh criticism against the following individuals:

Kiasim Kara Bekir Pasha

Kazim Karabekir

Musa Kâzım Karabekir was a Turkish general and politician. He was commander of the Eastern Army in the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I and served as Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey before his death.-Early years:Karabekir was born in 1882 as the son of an Ottoman General,...

, Rauf Bey

Rauf Orbay

Hüseyin Rauf Orbay was a Turkish naval officer and statesman, born in Istanbul.As an officer in the Ottoman Navy, he achieved fame for his actions as the captain of the cruiser Hamidiye during the First Balkan War...

 (Orbay), Refet Pasha

Refet Bele

Refet Bele was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army.-External links:...

 (Bele), Mersinli Djemal Pasha

Cemal Mersinli

Cemal Mersinli also known as Mehmed Djemal Pasha, Mersinli Djemal, Djemal Kuchuk, or the lesser Djemal - October 7, 1941; Ankara) was a general of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army...

 (Mersinli), Nureddin Pasha

Nureddin Pasha

Nureddin Pasha , often called Bearded Nureddin , was a Turkish military officer, who served in the Ottoman Empire during World War I and in the Turkish army during the Greco-Turkish War...

, Kara Vasıf Bey

Kara Vâsıf Bey

Kara Vâsıf Bey was an officer of the Ottoman Army, and a politician of the Republic of Turkey. He was one of the founding members of the Karakol society and his family took the surname "Karakol" after his death....

 (Karakol), Zeki Bey (Kadirbeyoğlu), Djelaleddin Arif Bey, Djafer Tayyar Pasha

Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez

Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army.-External lınks:* Zülal Keleş, , Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi, Sayı 44, Cilt: XV, Temmuz 1999....

 (Eğilmez), Ali Ihsan Pasha

Ali İhsan Sâbis

Ali İhsan Sâbis was the commander for the Sixth Army of the Ottomon Empire. After the war he was exiled to Malta by the British occupation forces. After returning to Turkey, he was appointed to the commandship of the First Army of Turkey...

 (Sâbis), Bekir Sami Bey

Bekir Sami Kunduh

Bekir Sami Kunduh was a Turkish politician of Ossetian origin. He served as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. He was in office during 1920-1921....

 (Kunduh), Rıza Nur Bey

Riza Nur

Riza Nur was a Turkish surgeon, politician and writer.-Early years:After graduating from the Military Medical School in 1901 Riza Nur went on to work as a surgeon at Gülhane Military Hospital before returning to the Military Medical School as an academic in 1907...

, Edhem Bey

Çerkes Ethem

Çerkes Ethem was a Turkish militia leader of Circassian origin who initially gained fame for fighting against the Allied powers invading Anatolia in the aftermath of the World War I and afterwards during the Turkish War of Independence....

 and his brothers, Selahaddin Bey

Selâhattin Köseoğlu

Selâhattin Köseoğlu also known as Çolak Selâhattin, Hüseyin Selâhattin Bey was a military offocer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. A politician of the Republic of Turkey....

 (Köseoğlu), Hussein Avni Bey (Ulaş), Ali Rıza Pasha, Sherif Pasha, Ahmet Izzet Pasha (Furgaç), Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha...