"Turkey confronts history
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Opinion by Suat KINIKLIOGLU
Two weeks ago I was fortunate enough to visit a photo exhibition of the Sept. 6-7, 1955, street riots in Istanbul. For me it was truly an experience and cause for reflection. Seeing such graphic evidence of those events made me genuinely uncomfortable. The exhibition and the debate it sparked was a great leap forward in the quest towards confronting some of the unpleasant episodes of our recent history. Although the opening of the exhibition was marred by a protest of a small group of nationalists, the exhibition marked an important change in Turkey. Fifty years later, Turks on both sides of the debate intensely deliberated the Sept. 6-7 events. The debate allowed Turks to become aware of some of the unknown aspects of those events."
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