Atatürk’s legacy and women in Turkey
November 10 will be the 75th anniversary of the passing away of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of Turkey’s War of Independence and founder of the Republic.
The statement and ceremonies to mark this date are not expected to be as shining as in former years. At the beginning of last week the government lifted his silhouette from Turkey’s highest decoration together with the initials “T.C.” which stand for “Turkish Republic.” Later in the week, an arch with one of his most well-known mottos written on it, that is “Happy is the one who calls himself (herself) a Turk” was taken away in the Southeast city of Diyarbakır, after a lawyer gave a petition to the governor, saying that it contradicted the ongoing dialogue between the government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) for a political solution to the country’s painful Kurdish problem.
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