ISSN: 1011-727X
e-ISSN: 2667-5420

Şaduman Halıcı

Keywords: Atatürk, İsmail Müştak Mayakon, Sabiha Gökçen, Children love

Abstract

Atatürk's dining table was not only a place in which the political discussions were made but also a place to exhibit the most beautiful examples of human love, and the worth given to children by the communions and behaviour. An unpublished memory of İsmail Müştak Mayakon, a well known journalist of Atatürk period- is presented in this article. frı this memory; Atatürk had a conversation with a child about seven years old at his dining table in Park Hotel; he asked the little child several questions, he picked him up and hold him in his arms and then he gave his precious platinum watch and its cord to him as a present.