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Turkish Daily News - Eighty years on, ghost of last Ottoman sultan sparks heated debate in Turkey

"Eighty years on, ghost of last Ottoman sultan sparks heated debate in Turkey

The debate whether Vahdettin was a traitor or not pits Ecevit against archrival Demirel, but not in their usual corners

Ragıp Erten

ISTANBUL – Turkish Daily News

Almost 80 years after his death, the last Ottoman Sultan Mehmet VI, or Vahdettin, as he is better known, sparked heated debate in Turkey, debate that for years simmered under the left-against-right political fault line in the country. "

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