Kocatepe

Would you believe that a nation’s destiny could fit into a single morning? On August 26, 1922, before dawn had even broken, Commander-in-Chief Mustafa Kemal Pasha had climbed the rocks of Kocatepe. Below, the plain was dark and the front was silent; ahead lay the enemy positions dug into the ridges, and behind him an army sworn to save its homeland… The wait carried the patience of a whole summer.