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Fikri hür, irfanı hür, vicdanı hür, bir şairim.
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The speaker describes being free in three connected ways: in thought, in wisdom, and in conscience. Together, these words present a poet who claims the independence to think, understand, and judge inwardly without surrendering that freedom. The line is a clear statement of intellectual and moral independence.
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- Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi, “Kemalizm’in Düşünsel Temelleri ve Tarihsel Oluşumu”
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