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Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Edelman Says If Ataturk Had Lived Today, He Would Have Encouraged Girls To Go To Schools

"Edelman Says If Ataturk Had Lived Today, He Would Have Encouraged Girls To Go To Schools
Published: 2/7/2005
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ANKARA - U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Eric Edelman said on Monday he believed that if Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern and secular Republic of Turkey, had lived today, he would have encouraged girls to go to schools. "

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