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Film takes Ataturk off his pedestal

"Film takes Ataturk off his pedestal

By Delphine Strauss and Funja Guler in Ankara

Published: November 11 2008 01:02 | Last updated: November 11 2008 01:02

At 9.05am on Monday sirens sounded across Turkey, traffic halted and flags were lowered to half mast to mark the death, 70 years earlier, of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk – venerated as founder of the modern republic."

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