Kemal Atatürk
The latest news and comment on first President of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
100 years of the Republic of Turkey – in pictures
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Turkey switches from Arabic script to the Latin alphabet – archive, 1928
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Turkey’s first multi-party elections – archive, 1946The new National Assembly, chosen by universal suffrage and secret ballot, will also include opposition parties
General Pervez Musharraf obituary
Former president of Pakistan who supported the US in its war on terror and was hailed as George Bush’s ‘best buddy’
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The destruction of Smyrna – archive, 1922The film, Smyrna, depicts the 1922 catastrophe at the end of the Greco-Turkish war that destroyed much of the city of Smyrna (now Izmir). See how the Guardian reported events at the time
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Turkish president demands purge of religion from politics - archive, 19243 March 1924: Great crowds had gathered outside the National Assembly, and the building itself was packed by the time he rose to make his speech
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Atatürk elected first president of Turkey - archive, 192331 October 1923: 101-gun salute in honour of the new republic
Turkish Islamist push may be to blame for removal of Atatürk inscription at Anzac Cove
Words likening Australia’s dead ‘Johnnies’ to Ottoman ‘Mehmets’ disappear as 1985 Gallipoli monument is restored
The Audio Long Read
Welcome to demokrasi: how Erdoğan got more popular than ever – Audio Long Reads podcastAfter a decade in power, Turkey’s ruler presides over a new form of democracy that the west neither likes nor understands: an authoritarian regime that exalts the will of the majority
Defiant Turks stood up for democracy – but not necessarily for Erdoğan
Resistance to the military’s coup attempt may have had more to do with Turkey’s past than with the president’s popularity
The Ottoman Endgame by Sean McMeekin review – the breakup of an empire
The first world war was part of a much longer period of conflict in the east – and its consequences are still with us
Family Politics: Domestic Life, Devastation and Survival 1900-1950 – review
Paul Ginsborg’s masterly and original account puts family life at the centre of revolution and dictatorship. By Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Someone to watch over me: how Atatürk lives on in modern Turkey – in pictures
It’s 75 years since Atatürk died, but he remains the poster boy of modern Turkey. Ersoy Emin photographs his ubiquitous presence while Elif Shafak reflects on the heroic portraits that have looked down on her since childhood
Turkey's protesters proclaim themselves the true heirs of their nation's founding father
Ataturk, the secular reformer, has become the symbol for young Turks defying what they see as Erdogan's reactionary reversion to the Ottoman past
Turkey jails academic for insulting Ataturk
A political science professor who criticised the legacy of Turkey's revered leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was today given a 15-month suspended prison sentence.
Court blocks YouTube access over Ataturk posts
Turkey pulls plug on YouTube over Ataturk 'insults'
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Turkish writer cleared of insulting AtaturkA Turkish writer charged with insulting Mustafa Kemal Ataturk has been cleared by a court in Istanbul amid calls from the European Union for the country to repeal repressive laws curbing freedom of expression. Ipek Calislar wrote a biography of Ataturk's wife which claimed he had fled an assassination attempt dressed in women's clothing. Insulting Ataturk, the founder of the modern Turkish state, is a specific crime in Turkey. (Via International Herald Tribune)
Veil remains over Ataturk marriage
Nearly seven decades after the death of Turkey's founding father, the private life of Kemal Ataturk is to remain a closely guarded secret.
