CarlDiemhadbeenrecommendedtotheTurkishgovernmentbyKemaled-
dinSami,theheadoftheTurkishNationalOlympicCommitteeandambassador
inGermany.²⁰⁰Diem’sjourneywasorganizedbyformersoldierandmemberof
theTurkishNationalAssembly,HasanCemil[Çambel](18 79 – 196 7).Between
190 2and 1904 ,hehadreceivedhisstaffofficertraininginGermanyandhad
servedasamilitaryattachéintheOttomanembassyinBerlinin 1913 /14.²⁰¹
ÇambelmentionedinhismemoirsthatduringhisinternshipintheGerman
army,ColmarvonderGoltzhadorderedhimtowalkfromhisGermanclasses
toarestauranteverydayatlunchtime.InGoltz’opinion,hewouldbeprepared
forexhaustingdutyintheactiveregimentalservice.ForÇambel,theGermanaf-
finitywithsportswassomethingabsolutelydesirableforcontemporaryTurkey.
HisfellowcountrymenhadbeenusedtoanunhurriedlifestyleandinÇambel’s
viewalsohaddeservedthelabel‘sickmanofEurope’inOttomantimes.²⁰²Re-
gardingthephysicalandmoraleducationofthefuturegeneration,thedeeply
Germanophile²⁰³Çambelgaveapublicspeechin 1932 onthismatter,addressed
mainlytomembersoftheRepublicanPeopleʼsParty.Thespeechexpresseddeep
uncertaintyaboutapossiblesuccessoftheKemalistrevolutionaryidealsafter
theMenemenincident,thefailedexperimenttoestablishasecondpolitical
partyandtheresurgenceoftheKurdishrebellionintheEasternprovinces.In
theintroductiontohisspeech,headmittedthat“sport,physicalcultivation
andphysicalperfectionarenoamateur’stask,ratheradutyforeveryadoles-
cent.”²⁰⁴In ordertocreateagenuinenationalculture,itwaslegitimateto
adaptideasfromothercountries,sincethishadalwaysbeenthecasethroughout
history.²⁰⁵ThereforeitisnocoincidencethatHasanCemilsupportedtheemploy-
mentofCarlDieminTurkeyinordertodraftareportonthenationalsportor-
ganization.OnbehalfoftheCHFgeneralsecretary,Recep[Peker],HasanCemil
officiallyinvitedCarlDiemtoTurkey,statinginthepostscriptumoftheletter:“I
AlexandraSchäfer-Borrmann,Vom‘Waffenbruderʼzum‘türkisch-deutschenFaktotumʼ:
EkremRüştüAkömer(189 2 – 198 4),einebemerkenswerteRandfigurderGeschichte(Würzburg:
Ergon,1998),93.
TBMMAlbümü[AlbumoftheTurkishGrandNationalAssembly],ed.T.C.BüyükMilletMe-
clisi,vol.1(Ankara:TBMM, 20 10), 313.
Çambel,“MilliHastalığımız:Tenbellik,” 101.
SeehistranslationofJohannGottliebFichte’sproto-nationalistGermanspeeches,Hasan
Cemil,FihteveFihte’ninHitabeleri[FichteandFichteʼsSpeeches],(N.p.:TürkOcaklarıMerkez
HayatıMatbaası,1 92 8).
HasanCemil,TürkGençliğiNasılYetiştirmelidir?Konferans[HowhastheTurkishYouthtobe
Educated?ALecture](Ankara:HakimiyetiMilliyeMatbaası,1 93 2), 21.
HasanCemil,TürkGençliğiNasılYetiştirmelidir?,23.
144 3German-Ottoman/TurkishCooperationintheMobilizationofYouth