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Ataturk's Sacrifice Offer and Rıfat Börekçi's Response

One day, Atatürk asked Rıfat Börekçi about the idea of ​​encouraging donations to charities instead of slaughtering animals during the Feast of the Sacrifice . After a short silence, Rıfat Hoca expressed his thoughts as follows:

"Pasha, if you are going to do such a thing, please do it after I die..."

This statement clearly revealed how much respect he had for both traditions and social sensitivities.