"TURKEY: ATATURK DOCUMENTARY STOKES CULTURE WAR
Nicholas Birch 11/12/08
Can Dundar, a prominent filmmaker and journalist, is a darling of Turkey’s secularists. ... Or rather, he used to be before the release of his new documentary about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the soldier-statesman who founded secular, modern Turkey.
The first Turkish film to emphasize the private side of the man whose stern features preside over public buildings throughout the country, Mustafa generally says nothing Turks don’t already know."
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