Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, hero of the First World War, founder of the Republic of Turkiye, and by some accounts, a bisexual man, 1930s - eviltoast
  • lad@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    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

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      3 months ago

      As I understand it, there’s a strong divide between secular and non-secular Turks in the political and cultural arenas of the country.