Thursday, July 10, 2008

Ataturk veneration challenged

"Ataturk veneration challenged
Nationalists and Islamists pursued by prosecutors
Nicholas Birch THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Thursday, July 10, 2008

ISTANBUL | In a contest for the affections of schoolchildren in their respective countries, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln would have a tough time competing with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. "

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