Cheers to the left and right in this country for old statesman (7)
I believe the answer is:
ataturk
'old statesman' is the definition.
(Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkish statesman)
'cheers to the left and right in this country' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'cheers' could be 'ta' (both can informally mean thank you) and 'ta' is found in the answer.
'right' could be 'r' (common abbreviation) and 'r' is present in the answer.
'country' could be 'uk' (UK is an example) and 'uk' is found in the leftover letters.
The remaining letters 'at' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ataturk that I've seen before include "Kemal -, first president of Turkey" , "Founder of modern Turkey" .)