As Turkish protests rage, Ataturk is a winner
By Michael Birnbaum, Published: June 13 E-mail the writer
ISTANBUL — If one clear winner has emerged in the battle over personal freedoms in Turkey, it may be modern Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
As Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday met for the first time with representatives from some of the main groups behind the protests that have swept his country for two weeks, Ataturk flags fluttered on both sides of the conflict.
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