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After the triumph of his nationalist party in the early 1920s, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk established a republic with a constitution and regular elections.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Pamuk’s allegory has not gone unnoticed by the powers that be, earning the Nobel laureate legal trouble for supposedly insulting Turkey’s flag and the nation’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022
In 2013, an internal Facebook moderation document was leaked, revealing that Facebook moderators were instructed to flag all attacks on Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 28, 2017
This helped cement his position as the most potent leader in modern Turkey’s history, with the exception of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, its founder.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2015
In Caryl's analysis, Khomeini's arch enemy was fatally beholden to the secular radicalism of Kemal Atatürk, who founded the modern Turkish republic.
From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2013
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