"Mustapha Kemal Ataturk: still worshipped after all these years
Founder of modern Turkey has his influence felt even today
NORMAN WEBSTER, The Gazette
Published: Sunday, June 03, 2007
'Revered' is too mean a word to describe how Mustapha Kemal Ataturk is regarded by his countrymen. Hero worship is closer to the mark, the way Mao Zedong was seen by Chinese in earlier days, but without the brainless hysteria that used to play such a part in Mao idolatry."
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