PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoMustafa Kemal Ataturk, hero of the First World War, founder of the Republic of Turkiye, and by some accounts, a bisexual man, 1930slemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkMustafa Kemal Ataturk, hero of the First World War, founder of the Republic of Turkiye, and by some accounts, a bisexual man, 1930slemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoAnd, as many many many Turks will hate to hear: he was a strong and proud proponent of a secular state with equal rights for everyone.
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThis really surprises me the most, he’s revered as a great reformator yet what was one of the core points is thrown away and most pretend it did not exist
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoAs I understand it, there’s a strong divide between secular and non-secular Turks in the political and cultural arenas of the country.
And, as many many many Turks will hate to hear: he was a strong and proud proponent of a secular state with equal rights for everyone.
This really surprises me the most, he’s revered as a great reformator yet what was one of the core points is thrown away and most pretend it did not exist
As I understand it, there’s a strong divide between secular and non-secular Turks in the political and cultural arenas of the country.