@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 4 months agoMustafa Kemal Ataturk, hero of the First World War, founder of the Republic of Turkiye, and by some accounts, a bisexual man, 1930slemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down15
arrow-up163arrow-down1imageMustafa Kemal Ataturk, hero of the First World War, founder of the Republic of Turkiye, and by some accounts, a bisexual man, 1930slemmy.world@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglish34•4 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-squareladlinkEnglish25•4 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-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilinkEnglish5•4 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.