Ataturk Appreciation Thread

[Böri]

[Ryujin]

Did you vote?

[Sekarotuinen]

His dream is dead. I am convinced Turkey will vote Yes, and as a result, we will see an independent Kurdistan, and a disunified dictatorial Turkey soon.

Long live the de-facto one party state, I guess.

[Gizem]

From his mausoleum:

[Babak]

Turkey and Iran have to work together imo. Both are in some deep shit with the west

[Pennywise]

Turkey and Iran have to work together imo. Both are in some deep shit with the west

No thanks, we are fine. We can dig our way out by ourselves.

[Babak]

No thanks, we are fine. We can dig our way out by ourselves.

Doesn't look like thats working tbh

[Gizem]

Turkey and Iran have to work together imo. Both are in some deep shit with the west

I personally stand with the people of Iran struggling for freedom and secular way of life.

[Melki]

I always wondered why the cult of personality around Ataturk has always been so strong in Turkey, a quite unique fact in Europe. He was an authoritarian leader and in 1923, the Turkish society was too traditionalist and not ripe enough for secularism and European Enlightenment.

[Gizem]

I always wondered why the cult of personality around Ataturk has always been so strong in Turkey, a quite unique fact in Europe. He was an authoritarian leader and in 1923, the Turkish society was too traditionalist and not ripe enough for secularism and European Enlightenment.

This cult of personality is unique in the world such that it is not enforced by the state but lives on the people themselves.

Atatürk was heavily influenced by the French revolutionary way of handling things to radically transform the society in a short period of time. He spoke French and read French books (such as Voltaire and Jean-Jacque Rousseau).

Nowadays Atatürk mostly stands as a symbolical figure for those who appreciate secular way of life and are opposed to religious influence. However; he's also revered by the larger society as a founding father.