Turkish Opposition Outraged By a New AKP MP's Call to Eliminate Ataturk From Constitution

"Turkish Opposition Outraged By a New AKP MP's Call to Eliminate Ataturk From Constitution

Turkish Opposition Outraged By AKP MP's Call To Eliminate Ataturk From Constitution

Outrage is being expressed by Turkish opposition parties CHP and MHP, as well as by many nongovernmental organizations and the secular Turkish media, over remarks by AKP MP Prof. Zafer Uskul that the nationalism, principles, and reforms of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk should not be included in the new civil constitution, which is planned to be written in the new term of the parliament.

Opposition leaders condemned Uskul's statements, saying that they would only 'cause further tensions and rifts among Turkish people.'"

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