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Writer's pictureBegum BURAK

Let's talk about taboos: Rethinking Ataturk


Today, a tragicomic news piece has been on the agenda. School children have been showing their love to Ataturk -- the picture of Ataturk -- in such a way that they have been seen in a position smilar to that of worshipping. This has been discussed in social media platforms and hardly been criticized.




" In the years following his death, the Turkish state built a personality cult around Ataturk’s memory; much of which is reminiscent of a fully-fledged religion. " For more follow the link below:



" Atatıurk is the man whose portrait adorns banknotes and the walls of homes, who schoolchildren swear allegiance to every morning and whose image is before their eyes as they doze off at night. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. To love and fear him is the most important civic duty for Turks. " For more go to: ( https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/film-controversy-turkey-shocked-by-chain-smoking-raki-swilling-atatuerk-a-590456.html )





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